Wang Yu didn't search for long before the fire on the wood died out. He had to knock off the charred part of the wood and then relight it.
He didn't want to waste the lantern's kerosene now; he needed to save it for emergencies.
He could only use burning wood for illumination. Although a piece of wood only burned for a few minutes before going out, it was enough for him to search for a few minutes.
Soon, Wang Yu found another water snail.
As long as one was willing to spend time searching in the stream, they would definitely find many water snails.
After the wood had burned down considerably, Wang Yu went to the bonfire, picked up a burning piece of firewood, and continued searching.
There was plenty of dry firewood by the stream, so Wang Yu didn't have to worry about running out of firewood.
However, these water snails were only about the size of a thumb, making them very difficult to find in the dim firelight.
After searching for a while, Wang Yu felt he should move his position.
So, Wang Yu, holding a torch, walked downstream. After walking one or two hundred meters, when he saw the torch in his hand was about to go out, he started another bonfire by the stream.
Without proper lighting, Wang Yu could only go through this trouble. After starting the bonfire, he relit the wood and continued to search for water snails.
After searching for over an hour, Wang Yu found 40 water snails. He decided to stop searching for now, as he was a bit hungry and wanted to eat something first.
After adding firewood to the bonfire, Wang Yu picked up a stone and smashed it against a water snail.
The water snail shell was smashed open, and just then, Wang Yu saw two prompt messages appear in the middle of the water snail shell.
water snail meat 10g
copper coins * 2
Wang Yu looked at these two messages, somewhat taken aback.
"Holy crap, this really is a game."
Game currency dropped.
Actually, Wang Yu wasn't that surprised. He had learned online that killing creatures in a Survival Game would drop game currency.
Moreover, many people and professional companies online were currently buying game currency with cash.
Still, seeing game currency drop with his own eyes gave Wang Yu a strange feeling.
Wang Yu picked up the water snail meat and then picked up 2 copper coins.
Obtained 2 copper coins.
The moment Wang Yu picked up the copper coins, they disappeared, and a light screen appeared in front of him.
It was his personal panel.
Name: Wang Yu
Age: 24
Strength: 0.9
Agility: 0.8
Spirit: 1.2
Wealth: copper coins * 2
Wang Yu found that his personal panel had a new entry: Wealth: copper coins * 2. Now he also possessed game wealth.
This was significant, as Wang Yu had heard that items in the Survival Game could be brought out of the game, but only items on the personal panel could be brought out.
Now that he had 2 copper coins on his personal panel, it meant these 2 copper coins could be brought out of the Survival Game.
At this moment, another prompt message appeared in front of Wang Yu.
Obtained game currency, enabling 'Game Store'.
A light screen appeared in front of Wang Yu, displaying four icons: personal panel, Game Store, backpack, and game channel.
Previously, his light screen only had three icons: personal panel, backpack, and game channel. Now, a Game Store icon had been added.
Wang Yu clicked on the Game Store icon.
A message popped up.
This game mode cannot open the Game Store.
As expected, he couldn't use it. Otherwise, he could buy things in the Game Store.
Closing the light screen in front of him, Wang Yu picked up a stone and continued to smash open another water snail.
water snail meat 10g
copper coins * 2
...
water snail meat 10g
copper coins * 2
...
Because the backpack could not store living creatures, Wang Yu smashed open all 40 water snails.
Wang Yu found that all water snails yielded 10g of meat and 2 copper coins.
After smashing open 40 water snails, Wang Yu obtained 400g of meat and 80 copper coins.
Wang Yu skewered 100g of water snail meat onto a wooden skewer and roasted it over the fire. The remaining 300g of water snail meat, Wang Yu also skewered onto wooden skewers and put into his backpack. This meat would serve as reserve food.
While roasting the water snail meat, Wang Yu actually smelled a fragrant aroma. He swallowed, realizing he was truly hungry.
After the water snail meat was roasted, Wang Yu picked up the roasted meat and ate it.
The original flavor of roasted meat.
Not bad.
After eating the roasted meat and some berries, Wang Yu was full.
Next, Wang Yu didn't plan to look for water snails anymore. Now that he had found a stream, the water problem was solved. He could also find water snail meat for food in the stream. With food and water settled, he needed to start looking for a place to build a Shelter.
Only by building a Shelter could he safely store firewood and search for food.
As for where to build the Shelter, it needed a water source nearby, but definitely not too close to the stream. Wild beasts frequently appeared by the stream, and it would be dangerous to encounter large predatory beasts if he lived too close to it.
Moreover, the most important thing was that there might be floods near the stream. The game prompts said that the Wilderness World would experience various extreme natural disasters, and Wang Yu had to prepare for floods.
So, Wang Yu wanted to build a Shelter in a high-ground area near the stream, not too close and not too far from the stream.
Wang Yu still planned to use the method he used to search for water snails to find a place to build a Shelter. He would first start a bonfire in one spot, and then search for a suitable Shelter building location within a ten-minute radius of the stream.
A ten-minute walk, this distance was neither too close nor too far.
Wang Yu got to work, starting a bonfire and searching nearby for a suitable place to build a Shelter.
After searching for over an hour, Wang Yu still hadn't found a satisfactory place suitable for building a Shelter.
At three in the afternoon, Wang Yu returned to the bonfire. He was tired and needed to rest.
Subsequently, Wang Yu picked up his military shovel and went to the stream, filling the military shovel with water from the stream. The shovel of this military shovel had a palm-sized concave surface, which could hold a good amount of water.
After filling the military shovel with water, Wang Yu propped the military shovel on the stones of the bonfire to heat it with fire; he wanted to boil water to drink.
The military shovel had many uses: it could cut firewood, dig earth, be used as a weapon, and in critical moments, serve as a pot for boiling water. Choosing the military shovel was the right choice.
Wang Yu could also use the tin bucket to boil water, but the tin bucket contained a small half-bucket of berries, so he could only make do with the military shovel.
As long as he could boil water to drink, it was fine.
Wang Yu dared not drink the water from the stream directly; drinking it might lead to severe vomiting and diarrhea, and being gravely ill would be the end of him.
After the water boiled, Wang Yu opened the chat channel. He wanted to see what the other players were doing.
Wang Yu opened the chat channel, and most of the players inside were complaining bitterly. Wang Yu didn't pay too much attention.
While browsing the information, Wang Yu saw someone he knew.
