American Landowners: Starting with Hunting in Alaska

After the meal, the dishes and chopsticks were still soaking in the sink without being washed.

Su Wei began warming up on an empty space on the living room floor.

High knees, jumping jacks.

My body quickly warmed up, and sweat broke out on my forehead.

The warmth from eating braised pork and the calories from exercise mingled together and flowed throughout my body.

He took off his sweater, leaving him in only a T-shirt.

The [Fitness] buff has a very noticeable effect.

My body, which usually takes five minutes to warm up, felt completely warmed up in less than three minutes today.

The muscles felt relaxed and the joints were very flexible, as if they had been coated with oil.

He bent down and supported himself with his hands on the ground.

A standard push-up posture.

"one."

Use your arms to push yourself up until your chest is almost touching the ground, then push steadily upwards.

The movements were very precise, and the rhythm was steady.

On the sofa, the marshmallow, who was licking its paws, was attracted by the commotion.

It tilted its head, its blue fox eyes full of curiosity.

Seeing Suwei rising and falling, it seemed to think it was a fun game.

A white shadow flashed by.

Cotton Candy nimbly jumped off the sofa and ran to Suwei's side with small, quick steps.

It circled around Suwei and sniffed the air.

Then he stuck out his tongue and licked Suwei's face.

"Stop fooling around."

Su Wei uttered a number.

"fifteen."

Marshmallow didn't seem to understand, but instead got even more excited.

Taking advantage of the moment Suwei's body went down, it lightly leaped onto Suwei's back.

Its small body wasn't heavy, but the furry touch and the sudden weight still made Suwei pause for a moment.

"Hello!"

Su Wei was both amused and exasperated.

Marshmallow found a comfortable spot on his back and lay down, nuzzling his neck with her head and making a satisfied gurgling sound.

Now it's turned into weighted push-ups.

Su Wei gritted his teeth and continued.

"sixteen."

"Seventeen."

The little guy on my back seemed to find the undulating "mount" very fun, and its tail was wagging excitedly.

After completing thirty repetitions, Su Wei stopped and maintained the plank position.

The marshmallow slid off his back and started circling around him again, occasionally pawing at his arm with its paws or nudging his head with its furry head.

Suwei switched to abdominal crunches.

He had just lain down when Cotton Candy came over and squatted on his chest.

As soon as he sat up, the faces of the human and the fox were almost touching.

Those pure blue eyes looked at him curiously, and her warm breath brushed against his face.

"Waaah?"

Su Wei lay down.

The marshmallow tilted its head.

Suwei sat up.

"Eek!"

The little guy seemed to find this game more interesting; every time Suwei got up, it would nudge his nose with its own.

"You bastard..."

Suwei was so annoyed by its antics that he simply picked it up and placed it on the carpet next to him.

Go play by yourself.

The marshmallow rolled around on the carpet and then ran back.

The entire workout session turned into an interactive time between him and the little fox.

Despite being constantly harassed, Su Wei didn't feel tired at all.

That 10% efficiency improvement is no exaggeration.

His muscular endurance and explosive power have both shown a slight but noticeable increase.

Sweat soaked through his T-shirt and dripped down his chin onto the floor.

But his breathing was steady and his heartbeat was strong.

The buff duration ended one hour later.

Su Wei also stopped what he was doing.

He slumped to the floor, panting heavily.

My muscles were sore all over, but it felt incredibly good.

When Cotton Candy saw that he wasn't moving, she obediently came over and rubbed her head against his arm, making a soothing whimpering sound in her throat.

Suwei rubbed its head, a sense of satisfaction rising in his heart.

After a good meal and a good sweat, the unpleasantness from the previous failure had long since vanished.

He felt he had regained his rhythm in life.

The afternoon passed slowly in this peaceful atmosphere.

The blizzard outside the window has finally subsided a bit.

The wind was much quieter, and the snow was no longer so dense that it was difficult to see.

The snowflakes grew larger, drifting down slowly, one by one.

Visibility has improved a lot; at least I can make out the outlines of the few pine trees in the yard.

Suwei went to the fireplace to add firewood.

He looked at the wooden frame next to him and found that it was empty.

Only a few small sticks for starting a fire remained.

He then realized that the fireplace had been burning almost 24 hours a day to combat the minus 30 degrees Celsius.

The firewood was being consumed much faster than he had anticipated.

This is a big problem.

Without fire, being in this place is no different from waiting to die.

Su Wei put on his windbreaker and went to the door.

He pushed the door open a crack, and a blast of cold air immediately rushed in.

The snow outside is still deep, but the wind has died down, so at least people can move around outside.

Can't wait any longer.

The food supply can last for a few more days, but heating is the immediate problem that needs to be solved.

He closed the door and began to put on his gear.

Winter clothing, snow boots, thick gloves, goggles, and a hat.

Fully armed, he pulled out the heavy logging axe from the tool shed.

"I'm going to chop some firewood. You stay home and behave yourself."

Suwei said something to the cotton candy at her feet.

The little fox seemed to know he was going out, and just sat quietly, watching him with its blue eyes.

Suwei pushed open the door and stepped into the fresh snow, which was knee-deep.

A chill swept over him, but his body, which had just been trained, still radiated warmth.

He didn't go far; he looked for his target in the sparse woodland beside the cabin.

Fortunately, the one thing that is not lacking here is wood.

Soon, he set his sights on a birch tree that had already withered and died.

The trunk wasn't too thick, just right for firewood.

He cleared the snow from around the tree roots and got a firm footing.

I gripped the cold axe handle tightly with both hands and took a deep breath.

"drink!"

The axe blade whistled through the air as it precisely cleaved the tree trunk.

"Click!"

A crisp sound echoed through the quiet snow-covered forest.

Wood chips flew everywhere.

Once, twice.

His movements were steady and powerful, and he used the strength of his waist and abdomen with every swing.

Sweat soon broke out again, quickly freezing into frost in the cold and clinging to his eyebrows.

After being chopped a dozen times, the dead tree made a creaking sound.

Su Wei took a few steps back.

The withered tree slowly tilted before finally collapsing with a crash, creating a large crater in the thick snow and kicking up a cloud of snow mist.

"bite."

The familiar panel unfolded in my mind.

[Successfully completed a logging operation, Life Experience +4]

【Life Skills Module lv2 (103/300)】

Can you gain experience by chopping down trees?

Su Wei paused for a moment, but it seemed to make sense.

This also falls under the category of life.

He snapped out of his daze, looked around without stopping, and continued searching for his next target.

Suwei then cut down two more dead trees of similar size.

[Successfully completed a logging operation, Life Experience +3]

[Successfully completed a logging operation, Life Experience +5]

The experience points may be few, but they add up over time.

More importantly, these three trees are enough for him to burn for several days.

The next task is to haul these trees back.

He used an axe to cut off the excess branches, then grabbed one end of the trunk and dragged it laboriously through the snow.

The snow was very resistant, and every step felt like being stuck in mud.

He was breathing heavily, and his breath immediately frosted over his goggles.

By the time he had dragged the trunks of the three trees to the open space in front of the wooden house, it was already dark.

He leaned against the door frame, panting for several minutes before he could catch his breath.

The final step is chopping firewood.

He sawed the tree trunk into sections about one meter long and then placed them on a thick tree stump to use as a chopping board.

He picked up another, heavier wood-chopping axe.

Align with the center of the log.

Fall.

"Bang!"

The log split in two with a snap.

This job is purely a combination of strength and skill.

Su Wei seemed to have found his rhythm, mechanically repeating the lifting and lowering motion.

The muffled sound of chopping wood, along with the snowflakes still falling in the distance, created a unique scene of labor in the wilderness.

By the time he finished processing all the logs, it was completely dark.

A small mountain of firewood had been piled up under the porch by the entrance.

[Successfully processed a batch of timber, Life Experience +10]

【Life Skills Module lv2 (121/300)】

Suwei threw down his axe and exhaled a long breath of stale air.

He took off his gloves; his hands were already stiff from the cold, but he felt incredibly at ease.

Food, shelter, warmth.

Of the three essential elements for survival, he secured another one with his own hands.

He was soaked to the bone, his sweat mixed with sawdust and dust, sticky and cold.

He only wants to do one thing right now.

Take a hot shower.

Use boiling hot water to wash away all the fatigue and chill.

Suwei went into the warm wooden house, closed the door, and shut out the wind and snow.

He first added a few pieces of freshly chopped birch wood to the fireplace, and the flames immediately blazed up, crackling and popping.

Then he dragged a huge tin tub from the corner and placed it not far from the fireplace.

Then, he picked up an empty large iron pot, placed it on the hot fireplace, and filled it with water.

The cold water sizzled as it hit the hot iron pot.