"You have successfully survived safely in the wilderness for four days, successfully catching five fish, the longest being a silver carp with a tail length of 81cm and a weight of 10.54kg. Through trading, you acquired a pair of juvenile mountain rabbits for captivity. Overall score: 9 points"
"You have received the following rewards: [Resource Card] Level 1 Spring, Solar Flashlight *1"
Seeing today's rewards, Qin Ziwen was stunned.
This was the first time he had seen this type of card.
Could a spring actually be installed in his house? His house had five floors! However, even folding space had been created, so creating a spring out of thin air didn't seem unacceptable.
He just didn't know how big the spring was or how much water it could provide each day.
He summoned the card, and a silver-background, black-bordered card appeared in his hand, with a spring pattern in the center.
He needed to select a 3*3m circular area to activate it and create a Level 1 spring within that area.
Qin Ziwen pondered for a moment. Although 3*3m wasn't very large, there weren't many places in his house that he could take out for that area at once.
First, there's the living room; next, the master bedroom and the second bedroom; and finally,
the area newly expanded by the expansion card. The living room is definitely out of the question, and the master and second bedrooms already have beds and wardrobes, plus people need to sleep, so the only option is the area newly expanded by the expansion card.
Qin Ziwen was glad he'd built the animal cage on the left-hand side of the entrance.
Considering there might be other domesticated animals in the cage later, to prevent pollution of the spring, it's best to keep a certain distance.
So he went to the upper right corner, diagonally opposite the animal cage.
The animal cage was in the lower left corner after entering; Qin Ziwen walked to the upper right corner and silently recited "use."
The card in his hand transformed into a beam of light and merged into the ground.
When the light dissipated, a rock protruding from the ground, three meters in diameter, came into view.
The rock's edges were irregular, nearly a meter high, but the inner walls were relatively smooth, like a natural stone bowl carved from rock.
But...
where's my water?
Qin Ziwen summoned a flashlight; the flashlight was a bit heavy, with a solar panel on the handle.
He pressed the switch, and a beam of light instantly illuminated the room.
The flashlight even had a small display showing the battery percentage, which was quite thoughtful.
There were four settings; setting one was similar to a small flashlight, while setting four was very powerful, boasting a beam of 10,000 lumens, providing both a large illumination area and high brightness.
Climbing up the rocky spring to its bottom, he braced himself on the ground and peered closely.
Finally, he saw the gradually deepening mass of stone at the bottom of the basin.
Over time, a very shallow layer of water had accumulated at the bottom, which he easily wiped clean with a gentle rub of his fingers.
The water was seeping from the cracks in the stone.
"..."
I knew this was a level one spring, so I didn't have high hopes.
But this was too small.
How much water could it possibly contain in a day?
Qin Ziwen shook his head. "Never mind, I'll check tomorrow morning."
The next morning, early in the morning, Qin Ziwen went to the spring. At the bottom of the rocky spring, a small puddle of water had accumulated.
The puddle was very shallow, about half a finger's width deep.
Qin Ziwen estimated it to be about seven or eight liters.
There should be about 20 to 30 liters of water a day.
I gently scooped up a handful and tasted it.
The spring water was sweet and refreshing. If we used it sparingly, we should have enough water for our home.
We wouldn't have to carry water from the river every time anymore, saving a lot of energy. Carrying it from the river back to the apartment complex and then up to the fifth floor was quite tiring.
If the apartment complex were located in a desert or Gobi environment, the value of this spring would increase many times over.
Last night, after returning home, Qin Ziwen told Lao Deng about hunting crocodiles.
So Lao Deng knocked on the door early.
Seeing Lao Deng fully equipped, Qin Ziwen couldn't help but joke, "Wow, what a look on you!"
Lao Deng wore a motorcycle helmet, a thick down jacket, and especially on his legs, several magazines were taped to his sides. He also carried a sharpened wooden stick.
Clearly, the events of the day before yesterday had left a deep impression on him.
"You guys go out like this?" Lao Deng noticed that Qin Ziwen and Qin Ziwu were only wearing long sleeves and long-sleeved shirts, without any other special protective measures.
"Wearing too much would restrict movement,"
Qin Ziwen smiled. "This way it's more flexible. If we get bitten, it won't make much difference whether we wear more or less."
Lao Deng felt that wearing thicker clothing was safer,
and chuckled as he followed the Qin brothers to the meeting point.
On the way, Old Deng boasted to the two, "My wife tied this on my leg; it's from my daughter's elementary school textbook."
Qin Ziwen gave him a thumbs up, "Cool."
Arriving at the gate of the residential area, they found it crowded with people, divided into at least seven or eight groups.
"Over here!" Zheng Yuan waved to him.
As they got closer, Zheng Yuan introduced the man next to him to Qin Ziwen, "Zou Sheng, my downstairs neighbor, a professional fitness enthusiast."
Zou Sheng wasn't very tall, about 1.75 meters, with a muscular build, a buzz cut, and a smile revealing eight teeth.
Zou Sheng extended his hand, "I've heard Zheng Yuan mention you all the way here, since we came downstairs. He said your spear strike was crucial when we killed the crocodile the other day. Please take good care of me later." Qin Ziwen shook hands,
"I wouldn't dare say I'll take care of you. We'll all work together. Crocodiles are very fast when they burst at short distances, so just be careful."
Time passed slowly as they chatted, and the temperature in the air gradually rose.
Zheng Yuan frowned. "Why isn't everyone here yet? Everyone else has already set off."
He walked over and found Huang Tao.
The two talked in hushed tones for a moment, and then Zheng Yuan returned.
Qin Ziwu quickly asked, "Brother Zheng, what did they say?"
Zheng Yuan said, "Huang Tao asked around and found out that one person from Building Seven hasn't arrived yet. He probably overslept."
Soon, someone jogged out from the south gate and whispered something in Huang Tao's ear. Huang Tao froze for a moment, then his face turned grim.
He took a deep breath and clapped his hands. "Brothers, everyone's here, and the tools are ready. Let's set off now."
Someone said, "Weren't there twenty people? Why are there only nineteen?"
Huang Tao hesitated for a moment, then frankly said, "One person in the team can't come. His family is worried about him and thinks hunting crocodiles is too dangerous. But it's okay, nineteen people and twenty people don't really make a difference, and we'll even have one less person to share the meat."
Hearing this, the team erupted in commotion.
"Damn, which family is it?"
"He should have said so beforehand if he wasn't coming. Now he's suddenly not showing up, leaving us one person short."
"That troublemaker, always afraid of this and that, might as well starve!"
Someone suddenly said, "Isn't it the guy from unit 2, apartment 302 in building 4 who didn't come? Damn it, he and his wife came to see me last night, babbling on and on about how hunting crocodiles is dangerous and unsafe. They even asked if I was coming tomorrow. I was so confused; apparently, he didn't want to come and was trying to drag me down with him."
Qin Ziwu was also a bit angry. "He should have said so earlier if he wasn't coming, making me wait so long."
Huang Tao calmed everyone down, while he and the security guards distributed the tools they had prepared, especially the large net.
"Where did this net come from? It looks familiar."
"It looks like the climbing net from the children's playground; he took it away."
"Wow, I knew where all the rope nets from the recreation area went! They took them."
(End of Chapter)