8mi The skill point allocation in Chapter 25 was very timely.
The skill point allocation in Chapter 25 was very timely.
In the biting wind, Zhou Ye trudged through the snow, his steps uneven. He was in high spirits; he had completed another task. Now, he could finally relax and work like crazy all winter... wait a minute?
Zhou Ye suddenly noticed many hoofed animal footprints on the snow. He pulled out a javelin and began to quickly chase after the footprints.
However, just as they rounded a large clump of bushes, they saw a dozen or so deer grazing on the grass roots beneath the snow. Because it was so sudden, neither side had noticed beforehand. So the deer, only thirty paces away, were clearly startled by the sudden appearance of someone and stared intently at Zhou Ye.
Huh? I was overjoyed. Such a good thing really happened?
Without hesitation, Zhou Ye threw the javelin with all his might, and with a whistling sound, it accurately struck the nearest deer. Basic Throwing Experience +8
Startled, the entire herd scattered and fled. The deer that had been hit by the javelin staggered a few steps before collapsing heavily onto the snow…
To be honest, Zhou Ye doesn't lack food at all right now. But since he'd come across it, he figured he might as well pass by and not miss it. Unexpectedly, his luck was just as good.
However, at this moment, Zhou Ye felt somewhat embarrassed. The deer was simply too heavy, weighing over 300 pounds, and he certainly couldn't move it himself.
After thinking for a moment, Zhou Ye first bled the deer, removed all its internal organs, and threw them into the nearby field. Then he chopped off the deer's head, leaving only the two large antlers. He didn't need the deer head as an ornament, so he simply discarded it to reduce weight.
Then he cut down a few small trees and made a makeshift sled. He loaded the deer onto the sled, tied it up, and Zhou Ye pulled it with a rope, continuing his journey home…
Two hours later, Zhou Ye arrived near the small family compound. Seeing that success was in sight, he was physically exhausted but very happy.
But just then, the faint howls of wild beasts suddenly drifted in the wind. The howls rose and fell, and it seemed... it looked like wolves? And there were quite a few of them; it must be a pack of wolves.
Upon discovering they had encountered a pack of wolves, Zhou Ye immediately tensed up. It would be such a waste to abandon the deer.
Furthermore, the wolf pack was quite far away, while I was only a little over fifteen minutes away from my little home.
Since that was the case, Zhou Ye gritted his teeth and started allocating points. First, he added +1 to Strength, and after adding two points, he had reached the average level of an ordinary person. Then he added +1 to Constitution, which not only improved his Constitution to the average level of an ordinary person, but also gave him a full recovery.
After adding the points, Zhou Ye immediately felt a surge of strength and boundless energy within him. He continued pulling the sled, and his speed increased significantly.
They hurried along like this, and in less than fifteen minutes, they successfully dragged the sled into the little house...
……
After closing the door, Zhou Ye felt relieved and finally breathed a sigh of relief. The extra points he'd added were perfectly timed, coming at just the most crucial moment.
Not long after we closed the gate, a black dot appeared in the forest, followed by a second, a third… It was indeed a pack of wolves, six in total.
However, it was too late; they couldn't possibly climb over the outer fence.
They ignored the wolves outside. They would leave on their own once they couldn't find food nearby.
Zhou Ye moved the deer into the kitchen and skillfully skinned it. He then butchered the deer into eight pieces and piled the meat outside in a snowdrift. The temperature was so low it could serve as a natural refrigerator.
However, after finishing all that, Zhou Ye glanced around and was surprised to see that the wolf pack was still there. Perhaps food was scarce in winter, and these wolves had been lured by the scent of deer blood. Therefore, they were persistently surrounding their small home, as if they were encircling it?
"No way, are even the wolves that stupid?" Zhou Ye thought to himself, amused. With all the supplies stored here, he could easily stay indoors for months without any problems, right?
He shook his head with a smile. Zhou Ye then retrieved his javelin and bow and arrows, and climbed onto the stone wall. "Since you don't want to leave, then I'll play with you!"
With half his body exposed above the wooden stake, Zhou Ye drew his bow and aimed, but with a "whoosh," the arrow... still missed its target.
As his strength increased, the bow could now be drawn to its full extent, and its range had also increased considerably. However, it still lacked accuracy, relying entirely on faith in its aim.
However, compared to other wild animals, wolves are still quite cunning.
Seeing that the arrow had missed, they ran away a distance, beyond the arrow's range. But they wouldn't leave, and instead howled and barked at Zhou Ye.
Seeing that he couldn't do anything to the wolf pack, Zhou Ye had no choice but to give up. He took some wheat grains, intending to feed the bamboo rats and the birds.
However, when they arrived at the bamboo rat's nest, they found that two bamboo rats had already frozen to death, and the rest were huddled in the hay, shivering.
The situation was the same in the chicken coop and duck coop; one pheasant had frozen to death. The others were also huddled together in a similar mass.
Zhou Ye quickly brought over an empty wicker basket and moved all the pheasants and ducks indoors. Then he cleared out a large vat and moved the bamboo rats inside as well. Although it would get much dirtier, at least it would keep them warm.
Even after feeding them, the number of bamboo rats was still too large.
Let's clean up the dead chicken first, then start a fire to make chicken soup. Next, we'll deal with the two dead bamboo rats, and take another one, skin it, cut it into pieces, coat it in flour, and prepare to deep-fry it...
And so, wolves howled outside the wall, while inside they feasted and drank to their hearts' content. The aroma of the food wafted out, enticing the wolves to leap and bound.
After finally finishing his meal, Zhou Ye, armed with his weapons, went to the courtyard with a smile, ready to check on the wolf pack outside.
But as soon as he stepped out of the house, he saw a werewolf stand up. It lay on the wooden stake and howled at Zhou Ye: "Awooo—!"
Zhou Ye was startled. He instinctively threw his javelin. Unexpectedly, this time he performed exceptionally well; the javelin emerged from the gap between the two wooden stakes and plunged deeply into the wolf's head. Basic throwing experience +10
The wolf's body went limp, and it was clear it wouldn't survive. But it remained hanging outside the stake.
Taking the bow and arrows from his back, Zhou Ye leaped onto the stone wall in a few steps and looked outside.
Sure enough, the wolf pack had already begun their move. They had silently arrived outside the wall. Perhaps driven mad by hunger, upon discovering that the previous wolf was dead, several wolves pounced on the body, ready to devour their companion.
Since there were such good live targets, and the distance was so close, Zhou Ye didn't hold back. Aiming at the wolves, Zhou Ye fired arrows in succession.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."