Chapter 335 - Camp (1/2)

Chapter 335 - Camp

TL: xDh20, LifeisaJourney

With the current situation, some standards had to be put aside. Liu Gan’s hydration status was close to black on his wrist watch. His health condition status was displaying bright red. If he didn’t drink some water, his body functions could collapse at any moment.

After resolving the dehydration problem, many members started gathering around the creek in an attempt to catch fish or shrimp. These small streams didn’t have many fish, but plenty of the small freshwater shrimp. Judging from the texture of the shrimp, they hadn't been contaminated yet and were quite healthy.

As the majority of the group gathered to catch the shrimp, Liu Gan was drilling the wood to start a fire. In the real world, trying to start a fire with this primitive method would take an hour or longer to create the tinder. With Liu Gan’s strengthened body, it wasn’t an obstacle. He used ten minutes or so to create a huge fire.

Since no one had been in the jungle or the area recently, the pillage was bountiful. The group members were able to gather a huge heap of shrimp by the fire.

Liu Gan used the tree bark as the base layer on top of the charcoal, then a layer of mud with the final two layers being tree leaves. The shrimp were laid on top of the leaves. Afterwards, another two layers of tree leaves were used to cover the shrimp, with a centimeter thick layer of mud on top of the leaves. Another bark layer was added on top to seal and thus the shrimp were sandwiched in the middle of this mud baking style cooking method. Then with the charcoal created from burnt wood acting like an earth oven, it was placed all around the outer tree bark to cook the shrimp thoroughly.

Other members copied the same method Liu Gan used, to cook their own food. First with the fire to create charcoal, then with the charcoal to create an oven to cook the shrimp.

After twenty minutes, the heated goods were removed from the fire. Cracking open the top mud layer revealed fresh red colored shrimp. The aroma erupted from the mud mount like a volcano and the juices of the shrimp flowed out of the shell. Inside the shell was juicy fresh shrimp meat. Every bite was filled with shrimp juice. It was enough to temporary relieve the terrible memories of this whole day. Everyone had a smile on their face as they ate their share of the meat.

Alongside delicious food and the campfire, unbeknownst to them, night had fallen upon them. This would be their first time experiencing a night in the jungle. From Liu Gan’s knowledge and prior experiences, the jungle predators usually napped during the day and hunt at night. If these variants become even more malicious after their mutation, then tonight would be a long night.

“Things like setting up the camp should’ve been done before it was night, but we took too long to get through the shrubbery. We can only do it now in the dark,” Liu Gan explained to them.

“Elder Liu, the members are very tired already. Can we just set up camp by the stream?” Han GuangMing said to Liu Gan. If they set up camp by the stream, it would be very convenient in the morning to clean and to gather resources.

“No, setting camp here is very dangerous. If there were any flash flood from the mountain, it would go downstream. Plus the ground by the stream is very damp, it is a breeding ground for mosquitoes. We need to find a drier place to set up camp,” Liu Gan shook his head.

Even though they were tired, under Liu Gan’s ushering they created torches from concentrated resin found in the trees. With torches in hand, they sought higher ground for an appropriate encampment location.