Starting Off Survival With A Small Treehouse-Chapter 49 Convenient Features of the Treehouse Table

Xu Xin sat in the tree, anxiously watching the herd of wild boars below.

He had no means of long-range attack, unable to harm the pigs below, unless he jumped down to fight them head-on. But fighting against a group of pigs averaging two hundred kilograms each would be sheer madness.

Clinging to the tree trunk, Xu Xin could clearly hear the sounds of impact and the rooting and gnawing at the tree roots.

"It shouldn’t be, right? This trunk is almost half a meter thick. It shouldn’t get uprooted, right?"

Fortunately, wild boars don’t have that much patience. The herd persisted for only about half an hour before some pigs began to leave.

Soon, more and more black-haired wild boars joined the exodus, and only one boar remained under Xu Xin’s tree, persistently rooting away.

Glancing at the tree roots, oh boy, the earth had been uprooted, and the roots were exposed. If the herd kept at it, there really was a chance they’d topple the tree.

Xu Xin eyed the black boar beneath him, pulled a stone spear from his backpack.

"Brother Boar, since you won’t leave, stay and keep me company!"

He checked his surroundings, and the other wild boars were out of sight.

Just like the first time hunting the black bear, Xu Xin gripped the stone spear, aimed for the back of the boar’s head as it rooted the tree, took a deep breath, and leaped down from the tree!

"Swoosh!"

Without any suspense, the sharp stone spear pierced straight through the back of the black-haired wild boar’s head. The boar didn’t even have time to let out a wail before collapsing to the ground, its body trembling.

Keke jumped onto the black boar and gave it a few swipes with its little paws.

Pulling out the stone spear, Xu Xin cautiously stabbed the boar’s head a few more times until it stopped moving completely, then pulled out his boning knife.

[Acquired complete wild boar hide (green) *1, wild boar meat (green) *160kg, wild boar tendon (green) *1, wild boar bone (green) *1]

Another animal tendon!

The crossbow requires one animal tendon, and the treehouse heavy crossbow requires two. If Xu Xin hunts one more, he can make both the crossbow and the automatic heavy crossbow!

But this boar meat... it’s quite a lot. Adding up both boars, it totals 340kg, with nearly 70kg in the backpack. Even though his body has been enhanced several times, this weight would still hinder his mobility.

Although the boar meat is not a critical resource, letting it go is not an option for Xu Xin.

Xu Xin suddenly remembered the trade function on his watch and attempted to list the boar meat on the trade platform, specifying that he only wanted to trade for basic resources of green grade or higher.

However, the trade platform doesn’t store items until the trade is confirmed, so the boar meat remained on the ground.

Xu Xin wrote in the [Explorer] group: "Hey, anyone want some wild boar meat?"

The group quickly responded, as everyone had watches and could communicate at any time.

Zhao Xiaochuan: "Wild boar meat? Did you go hunting, boss?"

Xu Xin: "Yes, just killed one. Anyone interested?"

Wang Lei: "Do you have boar meat, boss? I want it! What’s on the marketplace are just beast-chewed carcasses—just can’t stomach those! Since you hunted it, I’m in! I’ll trade with green resources!"

Xu Xin: "Over 600 pounds of boar meat, all for you?"

Wang Lei: "...Boss, you trying to kill me with food?"

Xu Xin realized even if he traded it all away, the resources he received in return would still exceed his carrying capacity. freёweɓnovel.com

Thinking it over, he found Ji Chaoyang in his private message list and sent him a message: "Are you near the treehouse?"

After a while, Ji Chaoyang replied: "No, I’m out hunting too, saw your message. Too much meat to carry, huh? Direct trading is handy."

It seemed that the other side was in a similar situation. Fortunately, he had a way to trade on the spot, as he couldn’t carry it away.

Xu Xin replied: "No problem, carry on."

"Mm."

He sent a private message to Li Wenxi: "Are you near the treehouse?"

Li Wenxi responded immediately: "Yes, you want me to buy boar meat?" It looked like she saw Xu Xin’s group message.

Being at the treehouse made things easier.

Xu Xin: "I’ll trade the boar meat to you, you keep it for me, and give it back when I return. I’ll give you a tenth, how about that?"

Li Wenxi paused before responding: "Can you trade right there?"

Xu Xin thought it was no big deal since Ji Chaoyang already knew, so he said: "Yes, my watch is purple quality, can trade."

"That’s great!" The other side was clearly envious. "Sure, a tenth for me, give me a sec; I’m planting trees under the treehouse!"

Xu Xin wasn’t worried about this small-time rich girl swindling his boar meat. The minerals she held were far more valuable than boar meat.

"This purple-grade watch is so handy. With this method, material transfers are directly possible!" Xu Xin was pleased with his idea. In this world, only he could use this method, and he needed a trustworthy person to transfer the resources.

After trading with Li Wenxi, Xu Xin felt much lighter.

Wang Lei was still asking in the group.

"Boss, where are you?"

"Boss, still selling the boar meat?"

"Boss, sell me ten jins!"

Zhao Xiaochuan: "Alright, boss obviously doesn’t want to deal with you."

Wang Lei: "I want to eat boar meat."

Xu Xin couldn’t help but smile and replied in the group: "Let’s talk when I get back tonight."

Wang Lei: "Alright, boss!"

Xu Xin: "No need to call me boss, just call me Xu Xin."

Wang Lei: "Alright, Xu Xin boss!"

Closing the small screen of his watch, Xu Xin looked toward the mine, heart racing.

Is it a salt mine?

He walked into the cave, where the ground was covered with white crystals.

Pulling out the boning knife, he pried a piece of white crystal from the ground.

[Salt Crystal: A crystal rich in salt, can be extracted to obtain edible salt.]

"Beautiful!" Xu Xin was excited. He finally found salt, and now he just wanted to lick it like a wild boar.

This salt mine was valuable. Although the jungle wasn’t short on food, the human body needed salt, a necessary resource that all survivors lacked! People would certainly trade important resources for it.

Xu Xin felt he was about to become a salt baron.

"Now, how to extract it? Distillation? Not sure if the crafting bench can create tools to extract table salt, never mind, better take it back first."

Xu Xin took out a pickaxe and began mining the salt.

The cave was full of salt, impossible to mine completely. Xu Xin stopped after mining about twenty kilograms of salt.

Anyway, the salt mine wasn’t going anywhere. First, he’d bring back some and try. Once he had a mount, the distance wouldn’t be a problem.

Leaving the salt mine, Xu Xin again looked toward the interior of the hills. The map still showed a dense cluster of red dots; he decided to climb to a small hill without red dots to get a better look at the situation, since a higher vantage point offers a better view.

"Let’s go, Keke, let’s climb the hill."

Choosing a small hill about a hundred meters high, Xu Xin began climbing up the slope covered with shrubs and trees, while Keke jumped directly onto Xu Xin’s shoulder.

"You little lazybones."

"Coo~" Keke shifted position, a bit uncomfortable on the hard iron of Xu Xin’s shoulder.

Quickly, Xu Xin reached the top of the hill and looked to the other side.

"Huh?"

There were indeed many wild animals on the other side of the hill. This area seemed like a basin surrounded by a ring of mountains, with a very flat central area and a small lake in the middle, where all kinds of wildlife came and went.

Moreover, this area was exuding a green glow everywhere, with small spots of blue.

"A new resource zone!" Xu Xin’s eyes lit up. "And it seems the entire zone is within the protection range of the treehouse!"

"Wait, what’s that?"

Squinting into the distance, Xu Xin could see an area exuding a more prominent blue glow.

Several large, robust trees stood ahead of the blue glow, and even standing at a hundred meters high, Xu Xin couldn’t see clearly. There seemed to be large stone pillars, each topped with a stone-carved statue.

The statues seemed to depict some kind of animal, but it was too far to see clearly.

"Is that some kind of special structure?" Xu Xin felt a surge of curiosity since such notable glows were only seen at the Black Bear Cave and his treehouse, with the cave glowing green and the treehouse glowing purple.

That place must be a special location.

"Other survivors’ treehouse?" Xu Xin speculated, then dismissed the idea. "Impossible, this area is full of wildlife, and that’s clearly a stone structure."

Maybe he should go check it out?