In the beast cage, the two wild rabbits looked at the human who had squeezed in and quickly hid to the side.
Qin Ziwen crouched in front of the feeding trough, using his fingers to poke at the remaining plants inside.
"Hah, quite picky eaters. They've basically eaten all the tender leaves and leaf tips."
After observing for a while, he discovered that what had been eaten were mostly tender leaves and plants with thin, soft leaves.
However, they didn't eat all the plants—two types of grass remained largely untouched.
He waved to his brother outside the cage and picked up the uneaten grass. "Don't pick these two types in the future, and pick more tender leaves from these other three types."
Qin Ziwu nodded to show he understood.
"For water, just scoop some from the nearby spring for the rabbits. You can give a bit more—they'll drink it themselves when they're thirsty."
Qin Ziwu was practically ready to take out a notepad and write this down. He suggested, "Brother, we're raising animals here, and there's the spring over there. I was thinking, should we get a cloth to cover the top to prevent dust or other things from dirtying the spring water?"
Qin Ziwen looked puzzled. "We don't have cloth that big at home, do we?"
Qin Ziwu smiled proudly. "We can sew one together! If I take several bed sheets and stitch them together, we'll have one."
Qin Ziwen was greatly shocked. This kid looked so rough and tough, yet he actually knew needlework? "When did you learn that?"
Qin Ziwu blinked. "Learn what?"
"Needlework."
Qin Ziwu finally understood. "I don't know how! I meant we could find someone to help sew it. With so many people in the residential complex, there must be someone who knows how. We could exchange some food for their labor."
Qin Ziwen came out of the cage and patted his brother's shoulder, saying approvingly, "Not bad. Having this kind of idea shows you're maturing. I'll leave this task to you then—I'm going to get some sleep."
He finished with a yawn.
He had been staying up past midnight for the past two days and getting up at six in the morning.
Coupled with high-intensity physical labor during the day, his body had long been sending signals of exhaustion.
When he woke up, it was already the next morning.
Qin Ziwen opened the daily settlement records.
「You have successfully survived your sixth day safely in the wilderness. You cooperated with residents of the residential complex to hunt the male crocodile leader of this river basin. You actively participated in setting traps and attempted to raise rabbits. Comprehensive score: 47 points」
「Rewards obtained: [Expansion Card] Blank Expansion Card (Micro) 1, [Building Card] Level 1 Restroom 1, Fish Trap 2, Archery Equipment Case 1」
He finally obtained another expansion card!
His home area wasn't sufficient now—he couldn't even gather enough space for a Level 1 farmland currently.
It had to be said, farmland with a 20*20 range added up to four hundred square meters—don't even think about achieving that in a short time.
As for the other building, the Level 1 Restroom.
Qin Ziwen couldn't help but ponder. Any normal person had physiological excretion needs. With the water cut off now and no septic tank in the residential complex, Chinese people had always been reserved about such matters. Currently, people either used bags to discreetly dispose of waste outside or found secluded spots in the wilderness to secretly relieve themselves.
He decided to use the blank expansion card first, designating the area between the beast cage and the spring!
After all, no one stipulated that newly expanded areas had to be chosen at the edges.
Activating the micro blank expansion card, a white light flashed and enveloped the entire area. When the light faded, the distance between the spring and the beast cage had stretched by nearly ten meters, and the entire space had grown considerably larger.
As for this restroom... it required selecting a 2*2 area.
Qin Ziwen looked toward the area north of the beast cage.
He selected to use it.
When the light faded, a neat, square small tile-roofed house made of blue bricks appeared on the spot.
It had blue bricks on all four sides, a wooden door in the middle, and a thick layer of black tiles on the roof.
Pushing the door open, the interior walls were coated with cement, with just one squatting pit in the middle.
The entire restroom was brand new, and the squatting pit had a flush button on its back side.
Qin Ziwen was astonished.
This thing actually had a flush system? Where did the water come from? It wouldn't deduct from the spring, would it? That would be absolutely devilish—the little water from my spring definitely wouldn't be enough.
He tentatively pressed the flush button.
The next second, the piston at the bottom of the pit suddenly opened, followed by a strong suction airflow from inside, while blue deodorizing liquid flowed out from all four sides at the base of the wall.
The entire process was quick and efficient, just like the bathrooms on airplanes.
Qin Ziwen didn't understand it, but he was greatly impressed.
He had initially thought this Level 1 Restroom would be the kind of ancient, primitive latrine, but it turned out to be a small toilet with a modern style, thoughtfully equipped with flushing and other necessary conditions—way too considerate.
【Home】Building 8, Unit 2, 5-2
【Area】298㎡
【Height】2.8m
【Buildings】Level 1 Root Cellar, Level 1 Beast Cage, Level 1 Restroom
【Resources】Level 1 Spring
Looking at the home panel, Qin Ziwen felt a deep sense of accomplishment.
Returning to his bedroom, he took out the fish traps and archery equipment case.
The fish traps were the small type, with only six sections, each about 50cm long. He had seen others use these before—they were placed in rivers to catch small fish, shrimp, or eels, and occasionally you might get lucky and catch something more substantial.
Opening the archery equipment case, inside was a fifty-pound compound bow, equipped with fifteen carbon fiber broadhead arrows.
There was also a small instruction manual that explained proper bow-drawing posture and usage precautions.
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The morning sun rose in the east, and the riverbank south of the residential complex was crowded with many people.
According to Deng Guang, the complex had spontaneously organized five or six crocodile hunting teams, but so far no one had actually spotted any crocodiles.
As a result, some people had grown bolder.
Some were fishing, some were catching shrimp, and others had rolled up their pants and were grabbing eels from the mud.
"Got it, got it!"
A middle-aged man nearby said excitedly.
His clothes and pants were covered in mud, as if he had just rolled around in it.
He was holding a large, fat eel in his hand—judging by its size, it probably weighed at least six or seven ounces.
A fishing enthusiast who had been fishing finally couldn't take it anymore. People had been making noise since morning, and some bratty kids had been throwing stones into the river. "Buddy, could you keep your voice down? You're scaring away my fish."
The man who caught the eel laughed heartily and didn't argue, just shook the eel in his hand and turned to leave.
"Ah, it's hard to fish with so many people around. I'm thinking of checking downstream," Deng Guang said as he packed up his fishing rod.
There weren't many fish in this river to begin with, and with all these people disturbing the water, the fish near the shore had become even scarcer.
Xiao Meixue unusually agreed with this assessment.
Perhaps because the male crocodile leader had been hunted, many people in the residential complex had become much braver.
In their view, if even such a fierce crocodile leader could be killed, what was there to fear from other crocodiles?
Besides, there were so many crocodile hunting teams along the riverbank.
But with so many people by the river, the water became turbid, making it difficult to catch anything—whether fish, shrimp, or anything else.
Qin Ziwen didn't plan to set up the fish traps here right now. First, there were too many people, and second, they would easily attract attention. Unless he watched the traps constantly, having them stolen or snatched was almost inevitable.
It would be best to set them up in the evening when the riverbank was nearly empty, then collect them early the next morning.
As for what bait to use... nothing would be more suitable than the internal organs from yesterday's crocodile hunt.
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