Chapter 15

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Following his marks, Gray successfully returned to the safe house. Although he almost made a mistake a few times along the way, the amazing thing was that although the dragon egg did not have eyes, it had a surprisingly good sense of direction.

Every time Gray almost deviated from the direction, it would send out a sense to correct Gray back to the right path.

When he returned to the safe house, it was already dark outside. Gray casually pulled a flag from the house, wiped the dragon egg, and put it on the bed.

Then he fumbled around the house for a while, and finally found a fire fuse on the inner side of the fireplace. This was something he found when he explored the small house in the morning.

As for the burning wood, Gray had already considered it.

Along the way, he had observed the surrounding environment. The humidity in the jungle was too heavy. Even if he cut down some branches and brought them back, they might not be able to be used as a source of fire. When encountering such a problem, of course, he chose to trade.

Gray took the opportunity to open the trading hall in his attribute panel.

It was still filled with a large number of strange items. However, Gray was surprised to find a phenomenon. The meat trade Aikasha posted was actually gone!

This meant that someone already had a way to obtain wood and metal.

He looked around again. There were a lot of items in the trading hall, but none of them were sold for meat. The trades were short-lived, appearing and disappearing very quickly.

This was very interesting. It seemed that there was more than one person who had mastered this method.

After all, there were countless humans who had been teleported to this world. Even in this jungle region, there were still a shocking number of people. This could be confirmed through the chat channel and the trading channel.

Furthermore, Aikasha and Gray himself had already proven that even on the first day, there were all sorts of powerful troops and Guardians that could step out of the safe house and hunt wild beasts.

Facing the Beast Tide that would arrive in seven days, Gray believed that Aikasha was not the only one who thought of using meat to exchange for resources to build a safe house.

And now, there was basically no meat trading in the trading hall.

What exactly was the method that allowed that many people to have wood and metal to be used for trading?

With curiosity, Gray put up to five units of meat to trade. Naturally, the exchange was also wood and metal, and the price was also at three units of wood and two units of metal, the same as Aikasha.

Not letting Gray wait for too long, his trading hall became lively. He could only see the people below the trade entry boisterous:

“Hurry, hurry, hurry. There’s another big shot trading meat. I’ll give you a table. Are there any brothers who can chip in two units of wood?”

“I’ll give you a basin and knives and forks. Split one unit of wood and one unit of metal. Follow me!”

“My knives and forks can also be split. I’m going to starve to death. What’s the point of keeping my knives and forks?”

“I have a big appetite at night. I’ll pay for all the wood. I just need two more servings of metal. I’ll get the lion’s share later!”

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Looking at the chat logs, Gray didn’t know what to say. Who in the world thought of breaking down furniture in exchange for food?

He finally understood why meat was traded away in such a large amount. These Guardians were truly talented individuals.

Gray was amazed. A person’s creativity under extreme conditions was truly limitless.

In the face of the pressure of survival, a little comfort could be sacrificed.

Soon, several joint transaction requests were sent to Gray. He saw that there were no problems with the content and clicked agree. After all, this was not the first time. He was very good at this job.

With the wood, Gray successfully lit a fire in the fireplace. Then, he took out a unit of meat and put it on the fire to roast.

The loss of the wood was necessary for survival. The night in the jungle was damp and cold. There was no heat source. He was worried that tomorrow would be a burden on his body.

The night was silent. After a meal, Gray tiredly hugged the dragon egg and fell asleep on the small bed.

The first day of transmigration ended just like that.

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The next morning, Gray woke up.

The dragon egg that he was hugging before sleeping had already rolled to the side. He could not feel the emotional fluctuations that came from it. It seemed that the egg had not “woken up” yet.

Gray lay down and stretched his arms. As expected, the muscles in his body were sore. Yesterday’s hard work had still brought a burden to his body.

However, the soreness was not as severe as he had imagined. Perhaps it was because his physical fitness had been strengthened after he had levelled up to tier 2.

Gray could not help but think how good it would be if he had another one of those fruits that could restore fatigue.

Gray rolled up from the bed and sat up. He looked at the sky outside the window. It was obviously not too late in the morning, as it was thanks to the good sleep and daily routine from before he had transmigrated.

The sound of Gray getting up woke the dragon egg up. A confused emotion came from the dragon egg.

Gray looked at the dragon egg. It felt like a cat that was sleeping with its master had been woken up by its master.

“It’s okay. I’ll go prepare some food. We’ll go into the forest later. You can continue sleeping.”

Gray’s comforting words seemed to put the dragon egg at ease. Gray sensed that the dragon egg’s emotions had calmed down, and it slowly fell silent again.

After comforting the dragon egg, Gray began to make preparations for going out today.

First was food. Yesterday, due to the limited conditions, he was unable to make dry food. After running around for a day, his physical exhaustion was still quite severe.

Since he was going out today, he had to prepare some simple meals.

Second was the water source. Yesterday, Gray had already successfully discovered a stream. After fighting with the violent ape, he smoothly backtracked along the stream and confirmed a water extraction point that was relatively close to the safe house. He planned to wait until he had finished making dry rations before bringing the dragon egg to bring back some water.

Gray took out a unit of meat and used a knife to cut the meat into strips. Then, he started a fire and prepared a barbecue.

During the barbecue, Gray casually opened the chat channel, wanting to see how the situation of the Guardians had changed the next day:

“I’ve finally walked out of the safe house. Hahaha, beasts, it’s time to hunt you!”

“I’ve been imprisoned for 10,000 years and exiled from my hometown. Now, I’m finally back!”

“Ah, the land, the fragrance of the soil!”

“Don’t be intoxicated. There are only rotten leaves and little bugs in the soil here.”

“Hurry, hurry. Does anyone know where resources are collected? There’s no extra furniture in the house.”

…

It was truly a mob of demons.

The chat channel was filled with records of venting their emotions and asking for resources. It seemed like there was no more valuable information.

Gray wasn’t in a hurry. As more and more Guardians joined the exploration, the secrets of this forest and this world would rapidly decrease. It was still only morning. By the time the Guardians vented their pressure and embarked on the path of exploration, there should be more useful information.

Gray wasn’t unable to understand these people who were almost overwhelmed by the fear of death. Although he looked brave at first and went straight out of the door to the forest, that was because there was only one dragon egg as his troop, and his only option was to be brave.

The facts also proved that if it wasn’t for the magic of the dragon egg, his decision would have been a bit rash..