Ye's lips were now blue. She bit her tongue hard to stay awake, and with all her might, she climbed onto her special cloth bag before losing consciousness.

When she woke up again, she was in a cave. The falcon hunter, who had transformed into human form, was sitting cross-legged on the ground, holding her in his arms, his eyes bloodshot.

"Hmm."

"Ye? You're awake?" Eagle Hunter gently pulled the female in his arms closer.

"How long did I sleep?"

"It's almost dawn."

It wasn't even noon when she was injured. She was unconscious for half a day and a night. When Ye raised her injured arm, she found that the wound was covered with something green.

"Is this the antidote?"

"Yes, the leaves of this plant can be crushed and applied to wounds, and the fruit can be eaten to detoxify," Eagle Hunter explained dejectedly.

The female, who had just woken up, was not fully awake and did not notice the oddity of his voice.

Rewind to yesterday afternoon. The falcon hunter carried the unconscious female to find the antidote herbs, only to discover in despair that his handless beast form could neither crush the leaves, nor gently place the female down without any bumps, nor carefully apply the medicine or feed her fruit.

The whole process was chaotic, and he even accidentally pecked her lips while feeding her fruit. The herbs on the wound on her arm were crushed and replaced by him after he transformed into human form at night.

Ye regained consciousness for a moment, feeling weak all over, and said, "Help me up."

"Okay." Eagle Hunter agreed, carefully raising an arm to let her sit in his lap.

Facing the cave entrance, Ye looked at the gradually brightening sky and said, "You're about to transform into your beast form, aren't you?"

Eagle Hunter stiffened, remembering his helplessness yesterday. He gave a soft "hmm," lowered his eyelids, and dared not look at her. He was thinking that if she thought he was useless and told him to leave, how could he hide in the shadows and take care of her without being discovered by her?

"I'm still feeling weak all over. When will this poison be completely cured?" Ye didn't have time to think about such delicate matters. For her, adapting to this world as quickly as possible was more important.

"Things will be better after today."

"That's good." Ye nodded, thought for a moment, and quickly made a decision: "This is the cave you mentioned where we can settle down, right?"

"Yes."

Does the river freeze over here during the cold season?

"Of course it will. Apart from the boundless sea, there's nowhere that doesn't freeze in the cold season."

"So this place is just a little warmer than the original one?"

"Yes, and when I was in the tribe, I heard the shaman say that heavy snow during the cold season can bury low-lying areas."

Oh, that's true. They've been flying towards higher ground the whole way.

"We'll change our rest time from now on. Once I'm better, we'll go out in the afternoon to collect wild vegetables and fruits. After that, you can bring me back and go hunting. We'll process the prey once you can turn back into human form." They concentrated their work time in the afternoon and the first half of the night, and their rest time was the second half of the night and the morning.

"it is good."

"Besides hunting and gathering, we have another important task: to prepare the cave where we'll be staying." The cave was pitch black, and apart from the area near the entrance, she couldn't see how big it was inside.

"I'll find some large rocks to block the cave entrance."

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Ye waited a while, and seeing that he didn't speak again, asked, "And then?"

"Make a fire?" the falcon hunter asked tentatively. In the past, when they lived through the cold season, they would live in caves, block the entrances, and then stay there except for hunting. If they were sworn in, the female would bring her male and live there, roasting meat and sleeping by the fire. If they were not sworn in, several people would live together in one cave.

Because they are eagles, they live in tree nests except during the cold season.

Ye Liaoran nodded. The stronger races tend to stick together in family units or small groups, while the weaker races, like her original tribe, all gather in a large cave to save fuel and keep each other warm.

"I have a lot to prepare here." First, I need to figure out how to make a heated kang (a traditional Chinese bed-stove). The heated kang itself isn't difficult, but the chimney is. It's quite challenging to make a chimney in a cave.

Ye rambled on and on, and the eagle's eyes were wide with wonder.

"Never mind, you'll know once I try making adobe bricks tomorrow." Ye said she was tired. This was something she had specially asked an old craftsman from the north to teach her in her third mission world. If there were no fired bricks or tiles, she could use traditional adobe bricks to build houses and kang beds.

In such a world teeming with wild beasts, building mud houses is impractical; they would be knocked down in an instant. But there is a heated kang (a traditional Chinese bed-stove) in the cave.

Before Eagle Hunter could transform into his beast form, Ye, supporting his weak body, took out the bed and lay down inside.

The next morning, Ye woke up and checked his physical condition. The humans in this world had a stronger constitution. Despite being poisoned so severely, he recovered in less than two days, and even his wounds had healed.

"Ye, you're up?"

"Hmm, I'm going out to take a look." Ye walked out of the cave and found that the mountain where the cave was located was relatively low among the continuous mountains. There was a rather steep slope outside the cave that could be walked down, but one had to be careful.

The slope was very long, and it took Ye a full five minutes to reach the bottom.

Is there a water source nearby?

"Yes, up ahead." The falconer tied the cloth bag back on and flew with the female over a mountain, where there was a spring that gushed from the ground.

For the flying eagles, this water source is very close, but if Ye were to walk over, it would probably take him most of the day.

"Let's fill up the water container so I don't have trouble getting water." Ye took out several large buckets from his spatial storage.

"It's alright, I'm here," Eagle Hunter assured him.

Ye didn't say anything, just kept filling her cup with water. She couldn't possibly put all her hopes for survival on someone else; that would be too foolish.

Eagle Hunter was somewhat at a loss. He couldn't take care of the females perfectly. He was already grateful that Ye hadn't driven him away. He still needed to find another orc to live with.

Ye's mind was focused on survival, food, clothing, shelter, and transportation—a whole host of things. She simply didn't have time to think about anything else. In her eyes, hunting falcons was all about getting meat. Whether it was forming a bond or building a close relationship in the future, it was all for a quality life.

At midday when the sun was blazing, Ye had the falconer lead her to a flat area where she began to mix mud, preparing to make adobe bricks.

"Is this the shape you want? Can't it be made of stone?" The beast-type orc could only stomp on the mud with its claws and couldn't do anything else, so it could only watch the female work up a sweat.

"Stone? I can't find stones this neatly arranged either," Ye said hesitantly.

"I can use my claws to make the same shape." The falcon hunter raised his sharp, muddy talons.

"Can your claws take it?"

"It's alright, my claws are very strong, and besides, judging from the size of the kang you mentioned, it shouldn't require many stones," the falcon hunter quickly said.

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