After eating, following Chen Wen's idea.

Hua Yun placed the food in the clearing fifty meters away from the camp.

It was still her keeping watch for the first half of the night, Chen Wen for the second half.

Chen Wen crawled into his sleeping bag and fell asleep immediately.

But the time for the shift change came quickly.

Hua Yun, who was barely holding on, crawled into the shelter immediately after waking Chen Wen.

Chen Wen rubbed his eyes and relieved himself downwind.

Then he began the long night watch.

However, while Chen Wen was on night watch, he was also contemplating the plan this time.

The effect provided by the beavers' "loggers" was quite impressive.

The main thing was the improvement in the ability to make tools from wood.

This improvement was quite comprehensive.

The most important aspect was the increase in experience.

The increase in experience brought very significant effects, just take sled making for example.

Originally, Chen Wen only had a rough idea of sled making in his mind.

But now, these rough ideas had been refined.

"Tomorrow's main task is to set up a net to fish, and chop wood to prepare materials for making sleds."

Chen Wen murmured softly, picking up a piece of charred charcoal and writing his plan on the rock beside the shelter.

"The sled must be made to perfection; it's related to qualifying for the championship later on."

"However, once the sled is made, it would probably be me pulling it more often. If there's a chance, I could try taming reindeer or moose."

"If we manage to tame these big guys, it would save a lot of effort later."

"But it's pretty hard to tame them now. Without food in hand, these guys won't follow you, so we need to stockpile some moss and shrub leaves to prepare for taming."

Now with "Friendly" and "Animal Doctor," if we encounter injured animals, or relatively gentle animals.

Chen Wen believed there was a pretty good chance of taming them.

While Chen Wen was thinking about the later plans.

Suddenly, not far from the camp.

There was a clang.

"What was that!"

Chen Wen exclaimed softly, immediately gripping the axe in his hand.

He cautiously approached the bonfire, using the previous tactic that scared away the grizzly to make his shadow bigger.

The effect was significant.

After the clang, there was a series of light and quick footsteps.

Whatever was in the dark ran away.

Chen Wen waited a little while longer, confirming there were no more sounds, then slowly walked to the place where the sound came from.

This was where Hua Yun had placed the food.

Chen Wen thought, slowly bending down to check the food.

As expected, the lid of the pot had been overturned by the creature that just passed by.

After putting the lid back in place, Chen Wen looked around with a frown.

This should not have been the grizzly; it was likely a smaller black bear.

"Damn, there are really a lot of bears in this area!"

Chen Wen cursed and went back to the camp.

...

The next morning.

After Hua Yun woke up, Chen Wen told her about the incident.

Upon hearing about another black bear, Hua Yun was somewhat overwhelmed.

"In any case, be careful when you go hunting."

Chen Wen reminded.

"I understand. To be honest, I'm starting to doubt whether it was wise to settle in this river valley."

Hua Yun said helplessly.

Two bears visiting in just one night.

The area's resources are abundant, but that doesn't mean we can accept these fierce creatures coming every day!

"The bear issue is not easy to solve unless we expend great effort to build chevaux-de-frise."

Chen Wen explained his method from last night to Hua Yun: "But we won't be staying here for more than ten days, so building chevaux-de-frise is not worthwhile."

"My idea is that after obtaining food, immediately process it cleanly and hang it in a place far from the shelter, and out of the bears' reach."

"This can maximize the avoidance of bears affecting our survival."

Hearing this, Hua Yun nodded.

The method Chen Wen provided was already the most suitable solution at the moment.

"So, I think we should still follow the previous plan."

Chen Wen said, "Today, you go hunting, and I'll handle the food at the shelter, and also chop wood to prepare for sled making."

"No problem."

After reaching an agreement, Hua Yun quickly ate breakfast and started hunting.

To assist Hua Yun, Chen Wen reluctantly let the Golden Eagle accompany Hua Yun on her hunt.

"If the Golden Eagle makes short calls, it means it has found prey. If it's a prolonged call, it means there's a threat to your life around."

Chen Wen explained the codes he had discussed with the Golden Eagle in the morning.

Hua Yun seemed a bit puzzled.

In just a few days, has the Golden Eagle become so capable?

"Anyway, her safety is in your hands."

Chen Wen spoke to the Golden Eagle.

But Hua Yun replied, "Don't worry, I'll take good care of it."

...

After Hua Yun left.

Chen Wen began to process the food obtained in recent days.

Bear berries and Arctic poppies can be ignored; bears aren't very interested in these.

These two vegetarian foods were temporarily stored in the backpack.

But the bighorn sheep meat, beaver meat, and pike fish needed to be properly handled.

Because there was a lot of meat to process this time.

Chen Wen decided to smoke the meat to cook and dry it, making it easier to store.

Time to get to work.

Smoking meat isn't difficult, the key is building the smokehouse.

On this vast land, materials for building a smokehouse can be found everywhere.

Chen Wen chose the abundant Yunshan trees as the material.

Taking his axe, he went up the mountain to start chopping trees.

This time while chopping trees, Chen Wen noticeably felt the difference.

Previously, his approach and method for chopping trees were simple and rough.

Find a spot and hack away.

But this time, with the experience provided by "Loggers," Chen Wen created a wedge-shaped cut on one side of the Yunshan, allowing it to fall under its own weight along the wedge.

In terms of exerting force,

Chen Wen stood with feet shoulder-width apart.

Holding the axe tightly with both hands, he lifted it above his head, using his body strength and gravity to let the axe fall naturally into the Yunshan.

And this time, each chopping was almost aligned with the previous spot,

forming a continuous cut.

In just a few minutes, Chen Wen easily felled the trees he needed without much effort.

He dragged the felled Yunshan trees near the shelter.

After drinking a sip of hot tea, Chen Wen began to trim off the branches with the axe.

Four smooth logs formed the main frame of the smokehouse.

Chen Wen processed the four logs to about 1.7 meters.

He hammered them into the ground outside the shelter, making sure they stood firmly.

Then he used the remaining wood to further stabilize the four logs and filled the gaps between them with branches.

These branches became the walls of the smokehouse.

Next, at about seventy centimeters above the ground, Chen Wen placed the first smoking platform.

Every thirty centimeters upward was another smoking platform.

Once the smoking platforms were set up,

Chen Wen topped the smokehouse with thick Yunshan leaves.

The smokehouse was roughly complete.

Next, Chen Wen explored the surroundings, found a large number of moss and lichens, and took them along with the soil.

He smeared them onto the branches around the smokehouse, further improving the smoking efficiency.

Finally, through the reserved window for feeding wood, he put in the prepared dry firewood.

Mission accomplished!

Chen Wen sliced all the bighorn sheep meat thawed by the campfire into strips.

He set aside some for the Golden Eagle's food, and the remaining was placed on the smoking platforms.

Up next was the beaver meat.

The top level held half of a pike fish.

With the food placed, the smoking began!

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