Douluo Continent: What should I do if I don't have a cheat system?

Chapter 23 Survival in the Forest and Wilderness

Jerry had prepared before he came! But when he arrived in the forest, he found there was nothing there. It was a real-life survival show. Jerry had watched many survival shows in his previous life, but most of them were just acting. Now that he was facing the wilderness himself, he realized how difficult it was.

First, they needed to find a place to live, commonly known as a shelter! Jerry and Xiao Wu are both Soul Masters, so their stamina is quite good. Add to that the Titan Giant Ape, a super lumberjack with practically unlimited stamina, and they quickly prepared the wood to build the house! And let me tell you, the Titan Giant Ape is incredibly fast at logging—one tree per kick!

Because of his good stamina, he worked quickly and soon built a small wooden cabin by the lake! Jerry originally wanted to make it nicer, but in reality, he knew nothing about carpentry or house design. He had a lot of ideas, but in the end, he built a flat-roofed cabin. He had originally planned to build a triangular structure on top, but after several attempts, he couldn't get it right! So he simply laid down a layer of planks and covered it with some large leaves. The bed was very simple, since the trees here were so big! He just cut a large log into a cube, and that was it for the bed. The bedding and other necessities were all bought beforehand, and he carried a big bag of them—thank goodness he didn't use his spatial abilities! Otherwise, he would have bought even more.

Then, he led Erming to cultivate a piece of wasteland and planted the seeds of vegetables and grains they had brought!

One advantage of this world is that it is filled with soul power everywhere. Most of the plants absorb the soul power from the soil, rather than the fertilizers like nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium that I knew in my previous life. For any plant, absorbing enough soul power can make it grow into a soul beast (except for the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, where the terrain is special and plants will not become soul beasts even after ten thousand years of growth).

Ordinary people don't know how to use fertilizer, and they harvest crops before they've absorbed enough soul power to grow into plant-type soul beasts! Jerry's fertilizer accelerated the process of plants absorbing soul power, which is why he was able to cultivate plant-type soul beasts before! He wasn't worried about the method of making fertilizer from Blue Silver Grass that Jerry had taught the villagers, because Blue Silver Grass has very little soul power, and even after being made into fertilizer, it wouldn't increase much, at most increasing crop yields by a few percent. It would probably take several years for crops to truly absorb the Blue Silver Grass fertilizer and grow into ten-year soul beasts, and since crops are harvested only once a year, there's simply no time for them to grow!

Looking at the house and vegetable garden, Jerry and Xiaowu were very pleased, after all, they would be living here from now on, so they had to be self-sufficient!

Da Ming and Er Ming can now survive without food, relying solely on cultivation to avoid hunger. Er Ming, being greedy, often catches and eats hundred-year-old or thousand-year-old soul beasts. Ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts are intelligent, so Er Ming doesn't eat them! Xiao Wu and Jerry do need to eat, but not much. Er Ming caught a hundred-year-old Gale Giant Wolf. Gale Giant Wolves are known for their enormous size, wind-attribute attacks, and incredibly high reproductive rate, often appearing in packs! Therefore, they became one of Er Ming's favorite foods! Jerry and Xiao Wu ate very little before feeling full, leaving the rest for Er Ming. After eating, Jerry collected all the bones, ground them into bone powder, buried some in the vegetable garden, and buried the rest in a large pit dug near the entrance. He then planted his martial soul in the powder! The martial soul can then automatically absorb the energy, although it would be even faster if Jerry actively cultivated!

Seeing Jerry's actions, Erming asked him about it. Jerry explained that the flesh and bones of spirit beasts contain spirit power. After a spirit beast dies, most of its spirit power condenses into a spirit ring. If no one absorbs the spirit ring, it will naturally dissipate, and the spirit power returns to the world! Spirit beast flesh and bones also contain some spirit power. Eating spirit beast flesh can slightly enhance one's physique and accelerate cultivation. Therefore, many spirit masters rely on hunting spirit beasts for a living. Spirit beast bones are very hard and inedible; they are useless to others. However, for plants, grinding them into powder makes natural fertilizer, which is easier than absorbing spirit power from the air! This is my spirit's special cultivation method! Previously, Xiaowu and I caught fish spirit beasts in the mountains behind the village. Some of the meat was shared with the villagers, and the fish bones were used as fertilizer! At that time, to accelerate cultivation, we also used some of the leftover meat to make fertilizer!

(End of this chapter)