Live Strong in the Wilderness-Chapter 214: Two White Men

"Xu Yi, it’s Raccoon Monkeys."

Lu Ke sat up and saw several Raccoon Monkeys shrieking, but they didn’t seem to have noticed them yet.

Xu Yi nodded and immediately grabbed his Hunting Bow.

Raccoon Monkeys are not easy to deal with, and they can climb trees. Their Stilt House won’t be able to block these monkeys.

"Look, they’re fighting with the Flying Giant Bird." Xu Yi glanced over and discovered that these Raccoon Monkeys were in a fight with the Flying Giant Beast.

To be precise, these monkeys were attacking the Flying Giant Beast with stones.

"Amazing, these monkeys are quite fierce to even think of targeting the Flying Giant Beast."

"That’s bold, using stones against the Flying Giant Beast. They seem to have quite some strength. Really worried, what if they discover Xu Yi and Lu Ke?" 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

"The Flying Giant Beast is stubborn too; I saw it got hit but still didn’t fly away and continued to get beaten."

"Really a bit foolish; it can’t hit the Raccoon Monkeys, what’s it doing?"

"They’re quite close to Xu Yi and Lu Ke, which isn’t good. If the Flying Giant Beast flies away, they might discover Xu Yi and Lu Ke."

"Indeed very dangerous, they’re too close. Counting them, there are over 10, which isn’t a number Xu Yi and Lu Ke can handle. They could easily climb onto the Stilt House."

"The main issue is they use stones to attack, which is quite rogue behavior, and Xu Yi and Lu Ke currently have nothing to defend against that."

"Will Xu Yi and Lu Ke be eliminated by these monkeys?"

"Looks tough, these monkeys are almost cheating, with such power and understanding of using stones."

"Look, the Flying Giant Beast left, and they chased after it."

Upon seeing this, Lu Ke and Xu Yi both sighed in relief.

Thankfully, the direction the Flying Giant Beast flew wasn’t towards them.

Otherwise, they’d have to make a run for it.

More than ten, really can’t beat them, can’t beat them.

If they run, they still have some chance.

Maybe, they could even counterattack.

However, avoiding conflict is the best option.

It’s still raining, and if they haven’t seen Xu Yi and Lu Ke, the chances of finding them by scent are relatively low.

The further they go, the less likely they are to return.

Xu Yi breathed a sigh of relief and then said in his mind: "System, check-in."

Today is the 60th day of check-in, in two days, they can collect the monthly reward.

Just now, Xu Yi was startled awake and didn’t manage to stop and check-in.

Now that the Raccoon Monkeys have left, he finally has the mind to check-in.

"Should we... still cook breakfast, or just eat jerky?" Lu Ke asked, considering that cooking breakfast would create a strong aroma, which might attract the monkeys.

"Let’s cook, otherwise it won’t preserve for long." Xu Yi felt that if they don’t cook it, it would be wasted.

"Okay." Lu Ke nodded and then took the meat out of the water, chopped it up, and put it into the pot.

Then she went to freshen up.

Xu Yi looked after the flame and also went to freshen up.

Once they were done, the water in the pot started boiling.

Lu Ke and Xu Yi remained somewhat vigilant since Raccoon Monkeys were indeed difficult to deal with, especially when there are so many of them. If there were two or three, Xu Yi wouldn’t be worried.

He now hoped that the group of monkeys would encounter the wolf pack from the night before. Then, if both sides were to suffer losses, they wouldn’t come to disturb them.

But such things can only be wished.

After all, whether it’s wolves or Raccoon Monkeys, neither are easy to mess with, and they might not fight if they meet.

Having safely eaten breakfast, the two went back out.

Since their Stilt House wasn’t finished yet. Xu Yi and Lu Ke needed to continue carrying logs. Once they brought them back, they could proceed with the method from yesterday, continue splitting the logs, and then lay them down.

Xu Yi and Lu Ke made three trips and carried back 10 logs, finishing at around half past one in the afternoon.

The Raccoon Monkeys and the wolf pack didn’t show any signs of coming closer, allowing Xu Yi and Lu Ke to breathe a sigh of relief.

After eating some jerky, Lu Ke then cooked the Forest Rat meat.

The meat wouldn’t last until tomorrow, so they had to eat it today, otherwise, it would be wasted.

After lunch, Xu Yi and Lu Ke continued working.

With Lu Ke’s help, Xu Yi’s speed improved a bit.

By four o’clock in the afternoon, they had laid all the flooring for the Stilt House and covered it with clay, leveling the floor.

Then, Xu Yi went to cut two jointless bamboo, starting to fix the bark, forming the walls of the Stilt House.

"Finally, it looks like a Stilt House; this camp is much better than their previous one."

"At least sleeping will be more secure."

"You seem to have forgotten about the Raccoon Monkeys; it’s very easy for them to get up here."

"The previous camp couldn’t block the monkeys either; this one is relatively better."

"Regardless, this Stilt House is quite exquisite, looks more comfortable than the previous camp. They’ve left three spaces for windows, making it much brighter."

"I think Xu Yi will find a way to deal with those Raccoon Monkeys."

"After spending so much time, they’ve finally got the camp set up. Tomorrow, they can go hunting. Although they’re still in first place, the second place has 130 points."

"Can’t they rest for a day? It’s still raining outside."

"It’s estimated that the rain should stop tonight, but they don’t have time to rest. After enduring these 500 days, they can retire, and then rest all they want."

Xu Yi and Lu Ke moved the clay jugs and two pottery pots to the Stilt House, so they wouldn’t have to worry about honey and wine being ruined by wild animals.

As for creatures like monkeys, they can’t defend against them.

They can only hope the forest doesn’t have too many of these types.

Xu Yi picked up quite a few stones, lined them up, and covered them with clay. He then surrounded them with a circle of stones so that they could make a fire without burning through the floor.

After finishing these tasks, it was already past one o’clock.

Xu Yi and Lu Ke added some firewood to the fire pit and then lay down to sleep.

The ground was covered with some bark, and they could sleep on it.

Just as they lay down, Xu Yi and Lu Ke heard a noise.

So, they both grabbed their weapons and stared at the direction of the door.

What kind of animal?

Both had the question arise, listening to the sound which was somewhat small but definitely near the camp.

"I’ll go check it out." Xu Yi said, gripping his weapon, and opened the door.

Outside the door, there was a corridor, one and a half meters wide.

Upon coming out, Xu Yi saw the creatures making the noise.

Hmm, it was two people, two men wearing animal skins, they weren’t Asian; they were two Caucasians.

They seemed to have anticipated Xu Yi would appear, greeting him accordingly.