Back in the shelter, Chris instantly stewed the chicks.
Unfortunately, there were no mushrooms.
However, the chicken soup with enough seasoning was still tantalizingly delicious, more than twice as good as the chick Chris had caught the first time.
This little chicken was caught by Max, and in order to reward Max, Chris seasoned both chicken legs and put them in Max's bowl.
Max wagged his tail happily and clicked and chewed, chewing and swallowing the bones as well.
Watching Max's eating, Chris's appetite also increased.
Under the swallowing of one person and one dog, a full two pounds of chicken was not enough.
Chris took out the baguette bread again and soaked it into the chicken soup and ate a little before feeling full.
Lying down on the wooden bed with Max in his arms.
Chris couldn't help but be filled with worry.
Today was already over.
There was one more day tomorrow to prepare for the arrival of the acid rain.
Was he really fully prepared?
Just like that, with worry in his heart, Chris entered dreamland.
.....
"End Times Calendar, Year 1, January 5."
"You are very excited that you have built a drainage channel to protect the safety of the shelter through your own efforts. (Survival Points +25)"
"You are concerned about the ventilation of the shelter, and have worked hard to produce a plan for this. (Survival Points +5)"
"Your pet learns and completes its first autonomous hunt, and you are very pleased. (Survival Points +10)"
"You slept exceptionally soundly last night, and your mental and physical strength has been fully restored. (Survival Points +5)"
"Congratulations, you have managed to survive another day and are being evaluated on what you did today. (Survival Points +10)"
"Final settlement, you have gained a total of 55 Survival Points this day, with a total of 365 Survival Points remaining."
Accompanied by the system's voice, Chris got up.
Looking at the system menu, with a whopping 365 Survival Points, he was excited.
Yesterday, he used 50 points for upgrading the drains, so there were still 310 Survival Points left.
With today's 55, it was back to 365.
Although these points weren't particularly large compared to the items in the manufacturing list, they were already a considerable fortune in Chris's eyes.
These points he could spend for a week at the very least!
After a simple breakfast, Chris went outside the shelter with Max.
When he built the drainage canal before, he didn't use all the stone, and in his warehouse, there were still more than a hundred units of stone lying quietly.
Moreover, it wouldn't cost much just to resurface the short diversion channel and create the umbrella-like shelter.
The rest of this would certainly be enough.
After holding the stone spade in his hand and letting Max continue to go around spreading it out like he did yesterday, Chris began the day's work.
The first thing was to dig and set up the diversion channel near the cave entrance.
This work was carried out quickly because there was already previous experience.
Moreover, because of the time constraints, Chris was also deliberately speeding up.
In just two hours' time, it was already all dug up.
After opening the system menu and taking out the required stone, 15 Survival Points were consumed.
A drainage canal exactly like the spectacular one created earlier appeared in front of his eyes.
Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Chris looked up at the sun.
It was already noon, time for lunch.
Frowning, Chris dismissed the idea of resting.
There was still half a day left.
In half a day, the acid rain disaster would arrive.
The ventilation system must be completed as soon as possible.
Coming to the side of the hole that had already been dug, Chris looked through the system's manufacturing list, searching for items that met his requirements.
However, after rummaging around for a while, he couldn't find any.
There was simply no item he needed in the manufacturing list!
Chris couldn't help but freeze.
Why, why hadn't he thought to take a look at the manufacturing list first before?
Now, having put in so much effort, there was merely one last step to go.
Could it be that all that he had done in front of him would be in vain, and that his ventilation system was doomed to failure from the start?
The thought of the acid rain disaster coming tomorrow filled his heart with fear.
Instantly, panic filled his brain.
Calm down!
It was imperative to calm down!
Chris quickly realized that his thinking had fallen into the wrong zone.
Not caring whether it was a waste or not, Chris took out some spiritual energy water from the warehouse and pounced on his face.
The cold psychic energy water calmed Chris down.
There must be another way!
Chris rushed into the shelter and took out his drawings.
There were two dilemmas now.
One was to punch holes in the ceiling of the shelter, and the other was to create a cover to conceal the void.
These two items had to be done together for it to work.
A ridiculous idea suddenly popped into Chris's mind, and he wasn't sure it was feasible.
But, the disaster was at hand and it had to be tried.
Chris hurriedly ran from the shelter to the dug hole, took the needed stone out of the warehouse, and set it next to it.
Then, staring intently at the empty hole, his mind began to chant silently.
This is a ventilation system, this is a ventilation system, this is a ventilation system .....
"Name: simple ventilation system (ordinary) ????"
"Introduction: a very rudimentary ventilation system that can't even ventilate."
"Evolvable Branch 1: Function Expansion: opening ventilation holes in the ceiling of the shelter and installing a rain cover over the holes, ventilation efficiency is greatly increased and stability is greatly improved. Consumption of Survival Points: 30"
"Evolvable Branch 2: Material Reinforcement: reinforces the ventilation system to stone, still non-ventilatable, no increase in ventilation efficiency, significant increase in stability. Consumes 10 Survival Points."
Sure enough, it was possible!
Chris looked at the system panel in front of him with a look of surprise on his face.
Without a moment's hesitation, his consciousness instantly clicked on Evolution Branch 1.
Since Chris had provided enough stone on the side, the specific enhancement did not consume 30 Survival Points.
With only 15 Survival Points, the strengthening was completed.
After completing the reinforcement, Chris crouched down next to it and observed it carefully, letting out a gasp under his breath.
It was simply exactly like the ventilation system he had imagined, perfect!
After having the experience of the first one, Chris quickly ran next to the other three hollows.
The same technique was repeated.
Soon, the remaining three simple ventilation holes were also built, consuming a total of 65 Survival Points and twenty units of stone.
With this, the fortification of the shelter was considered to have been completed.
However, the preparations for the acid rain disaster were not considered complete.
Although the system had predicted that acid rain would descend tomorrow, it did not specify how long it would last.
One hour, two hours, half a day, or even three to five days.
These were all possibilities.
It was necessary to prepare in advance and store food.
Opening the system panel, Chris found the creature illustration panel.
It wasn't to look up the creatures, but to use the scanning function.
The scanning function could only be used once a day, and Chris hadn't used it in the previous days, but it hadn't accumulated, but the number of times it could be used was still once.
This gave Chris quite a feeling of having lost money.
Tapping lightly, the image that had already been seen once appeared again.
Like the ripples that appeared when a drop of water entered a horizontal surface, it swept across the surrounding map of a thousand meters.
Soon, dozens of red dots lit up, and Chris' eyes lit up.
After a few days of not searching, he didn't realize that there were already so many creatures in the vicinity.
Either they could bring meat food or could burst out treasure chests, these red dots could be rare resources.
One by one, Chris clicked to view them.
But it was very unfortunate that there weren't any fresh species among them.
Surprisingly, all of them were stoic chicks!
However, this was also in line with the laws of biology.
The higher up the food chain a creature was, the more energy it needed to consume to survive, which led to the fact that their numbers would not be huge.
Only creatures like the Concealed Chick that were omnivores and could obtain energy from plants would have large populations.
After closing the system interface, Chris gently lifted his lips and a light and bright whistle sounded.
Not far away, a white figure ran over.
It was none other than Max.
After tending to Max's soft white fur, Chris took out the Compound Bow that he hadn't used for a long time from the warehouse.
Toward the red dot on the map that was closest to him.
Target, the stoic chick!
.....
With Max's assistance, Chris's hunting was like a tiger's wings, and the red dots on the map were swept away as soon as it was dark.
Chris had wanted to travel to a longer distance to explore a bit more, but considering how late it was getting, and the fact that it was littered with dangerous and unknown creatures.
He still dismissed this idea of death.
Using the wooden spear as a stretcher and carrying the forty to fifty pound stoic chick, Chris and Max returned to the shelter.
Looking at the corner, the entire twenty or so Concealed Endurance Chicks, the corner of his mouth hooked into a smile.
These chicks, at the very least, would be able to guarantee that he wouldn't go hungry for a week.
The stoic chicks were not fast, and they would first bury their heads under their wings when they saw danger due to their personality.
Concealment.
Therefore, hunting them didn't consume much of Chris' physical strength.
After fading all of these stoic chicks, Chris stowed them away in the warehouse.
Putting them outside, there was a risk of spoilage, while putting them in the system's warehouse wouldn't be at all.
Right now in Chris's warehouse, besides the 45KG of chicken, there was also quite a lot of bread, salami.
And in the shelter, the oleaginous vegetables that were planted a few days ago had sprouted small green shoots at this moment.
Under normal circumstances, oilseed rape would only germinate within 7-10 days after sowing.
But now, after only two or three days of work, the shoots had sprung up and seemed to be thriving.
It must be that one's own spiritual energy water had worked.
According to this progress, maybe within two weeks, one would be able to eat fresh, green vegetables.
Chris smiled and took the tomato and onion seeds out of the storage.
The tomatoes were sown in the middle layer, and the onions were sown in the bottom layer.
After sowing the seeds and removing the psychic water and watering it down, he prepared dinner for himself and Max.
After doing that, he climbed into bed.
But, there was no rest.