The Abyss World, the Kemono Girl Encyclopedia Project!

Wang Yan then recounted to Zhuohua the story of their encounter with the mysterious black rabbit among the argali tribe. Zhuohua pondered for a moment, seemingly recalling the events, before saying uncertainly:

"The witch you mentioned, I think... I think I've heard about her deeds."

"She seems to be quite well-known in the middle ranks. She's kind-hearted and has a dignified demeanor. It's said she often helps the weaker groups. Did you actually meet her?"

Wang Yan's lips twitched slightly. Was the reputation of this Xuanran really that good? She was clearly an extremely greedy egoist!

"It should be...it's her, after all, I don't think many people would do something like this..."

Zhuohua nodded slightly, then said, "So you mean she saw through your abilities and can help... awaken your abilities?"

"What she said wasn't very clear, but she was very insistent that I had this ability, and I don't know how she figured it out."

Zhuohua seemed to understand something, and could only attribute it to the fact that this witch had lived a long time and therefore had more experience. However, she did not dwell on it and let the matter drop.

It was through this incident that Wang Yan finally understood the strange power within him. Zhuo Hua, intrigued, nudged him and asked:

"Did they eat Xiao Youli?"

".....Um."

Zhuohua smirked, hands behind her back, "That's great, you've eaten half of our family of five." As she spoke, she revealed a look of satisfaction, "Actually, from the moment you first came back, I could tell that Youli had changed. She seems... not as gloomy as before. To be honest, I have to thank you, Wang Yan. Thanks to you, that child has become much more cheerful."

Wang Yan, with a smug look on his face, put his arm around her waist and said with his head held high:

"Hmph, what can I do? I'm a good man."

Zhuohua chuckled, a very beautiful laugh:

"Are you sure it's not just lust?"

"..."

It's worth mentioning that during the half-month that Wang Yan was away, the little beast girls went to some remote places and found some herbs. They noted down the locations in advance and waited for Wang Yan to come and pick them, earning more than 10,000 points, which can help subsidize their upcoming house-building project.

In the following days, Wang Yan did not rush to start construction. Instead, he prepared some materials and assigned some odd jobs to Lupia, such as cleaning the ground, arranging the timber, digging pits and building foundations. If there was really no work to do, he would make her move the brick stacks from one place to another, and then make her move them back. His main goal was to make things difficult for her.

Wang Yan's next step is to roughly process these 500 kilograms of rock salt. If this rock salt is processed well, at least for a long time, they won't have to worry about salt anymore. However, the quantity is large, and it will take a lot of time.

First, the big pot in the house was requisitioned, which caused a black cat to protest loudly. However, after being appeased by Wang Yan with two cans of fruit, the black cat changed its attitude in an instant and even said it would help Wang Yan with the cooking.

If you want to process rock salt, the first step is to crush it into powder. This is a big project, so the whole family has to pitch in. Wang Yan made a few simple wooden hammers out of logs, and they sat together to crush all the rock salt into powder.

Even with everyone involved, this process still took almost a day, but the results were quite remarkable. The magenta salt blocks had all turned into a fine, pinkish-white powder. Next, Wang Yan only needed to soak them in water, then filter them with coarse cotton cloth before further boiling.

However, boiling water is a slow process, and Wang Yan didn't have a good solution. But all he had to do was keep boiling water, so he handed the task over to his cat, who was in charge of cooking. What Wang Yan needed to do next was build the house.

Currently, the only people in the family who can do construction work are Wang Yan, who has used the construction knowledge capsule, and Xiao Ji. The others are not incapable of doing it, but they can only do some heavy physical labor. To give a simple example, only Wang Yan and Xiao Ji are skilled workers, while the other little beast girls can only be considered laborers, so the construction speed will indeed be slower.

Wang Yan's plan is for each of the six family members to have a separate bedroom, a living room, a kitchen, a dining room, a bathroom, and a bathtub. These are just Wang Yan's initial ideas, but Xiao Ji doesn't think they are too difficult.

So, after Xiao Ji's processor analysis was completed, a well-planned blueprint was projected out by Xiao Ji. Wang Yan looked up and was very satisfied with the projected house surface, but some building materials were still missing, which could be added slowly as construction progressed.

The main structure of the house is made of red bricks and cement, but a lot of logs have been added for decoration or support. For example, Wang Yan used pre-cut logs to replace some of the supporting columns and beams. He had no choice but to do this because he didn't have any steel bars available.

However, the wooden structure also has a unique charm. Wang Yan used a lot of wooden boards to decorate the house, covering the entire exterior with a layer of wooden boards, so that it really looks like a wooden house from the outside.

However, this also led to a surge in the family's wood consumption. To address this, Wang Yan specially exchanged a craftsmanship knowledge capsule from the mall for Zhuohua to use. Zhuohua possessed a natural talent for craftsmanship, and with this knowledge capsule, she was able to perform some fine processing on the wood to meet the needs of building the house.

Everyone was busy at work, even Little Cake joined in. She couldn't do any heavy work, so she distributed some tea and snacks to everyone and helped look after Little Rice. In short, Wang Yan felt that they were still too short-handed. Including Lupia, the slave, there were only nine laborers in the family, not counting Little Cake and Little Rice, which was still a bit too tight.

The house is designed as a two-story house. The first floor has a living room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom and other public areas, while the second floor has six single rooms. According to Xiao Ji's statistics, it will require about 22 red bricks. With the addition of some cement, it is estimated that at least 35 points will be needed to complete the house. To be honest, the pressure is still a bit too much.

Given Wang Yan's current efficiency in earning points solely through Sunlight Fruits, if he were to plant them all, the average daily yield would be around 700 points, which would be somewhat insufficient. It seems it's time to come up with some quick and easy ways to make money.