Chapter 68: The Lynx's Reward

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Chapter 68: The Lynx's Reward
Xu Yi patted Su Keke's head and nodded.
Even though the lynx had been eaten, it was still worth taking a look.
So, he led Su Keke toward the trap.
Upon arriving, Xu Yi saw that one large hind leg of the lynx was still hanging from the trap, untouched.
The shrubs Xu Yi used to set up the trap needed to be relatively thin so they could be bent downward.
If they were too thick, it would be impossible to craft a snare trap.
Because of this, no carnivorous animal could climb up along the slender shrubs.
Normally, once a lynx triggered the trap, it would be hoisted more than a meter into the air, dangling in suspension.
Last night, a leopard must have leaped up and bitten the lynx's body.
As a result, instead of snapping the vines and shrubs, the force tore the lynx's body and thigh directly apart.
The remaining lynx leg was left behind on the snare, completely ignored by the leopard, which came as quite a surprise to Xu Yi.
Therefore, Xu Yi could not quite tell whether his luck was good or bad.
Xu Yi untied the lynx leg from the trap and placed it into a wooden bucket.
Eating this leg should grant him a reward.
Thus, he could not afford to pass it up.
Xu Yi planned to reset the snare trap shortly and needed to improve its design as well.
He intended to place two wooden sticks above the trap and run the vine right between them.
This way, once an animal was snared, it would be hoisted upward and instantly wedged and choked to death by the two sticks.
Consequently, the trapped animal would not cry out for long and would quickly suffocate.
That way, their sleep would not be disturbed at night.
The drawback, however, was that the trapped prey would be more easily spotted and eaten by other scavenging animals.
The best approach was actually to set the traps further away so that no matter how miserably the animals cried at night, it would not wake them up.
However, since these vines and shrubs had already passed a rigorous test, Xu Yi felt it was best to let them continue serving their purpose.
The more diverse the animals he consumed, the stronger he would become.
He knew this region was the hunting ground of that single leopard.
The location of his treehouse was right within the leopard's territory.
So sooner or later, he would have to clash with the leopard.
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If he did not kill the leopard, this place would never be safe.
Once the roof was properly fixed, Xu Yi needed to build a large-scale trap—one capable of killing a leopard.
Returning to the log bridge, Xu Yi grabbed some fish and crabs from his back basket.
With the two of them working together, the preparation went much faster.
After cleaning everything, Su Keke took the fish and crabs back to cook breakfast.
Xu Yi went back to reset the trap, adding two wooden sticks above it.
Because it was a bit meticulous, it took Xu Yi about twenty minutes to finish.
When he returned to the camp, Su Keke had already finished cooking breakfast.
Aside from the fish and crabs, there was also the roasted lynx leg.
"Dad, you should eat this leg. You'll have more strength for work after eating it."
Su Keke took the initiative to hand the lynx leg to Xu Yi, believing that he needed to eat more meat.
Doing so much manual labor every day meant he needed proper nourishment.
Eating meat with every single meal lately made her feel that in these twelve days, she had gained more flesh than when she first arrived.
"I used to hear that cat meat is very sour and tough, I wonder if that's true."
Xu Yi took the lynx leg and took a bite.
He genuinely needed this lynx leg, so he did not stand on ceremony with Keke.
"Hmm, it really does have a sour taste, not very good."
"Do you want to try some?"
Xu Yi asked.
Su Keke immediately shook her head; even if it tasted good, she wouldn't eat it.
Unless there was enough for both of them, she would refuse.
After taking two bites without receiving any system prompts, Xu Yi grew somewhat anxious.
Therefore, he quickened his pace and ate more.
By the fifth bite, a long-familiar voice echoed in his mind.
"Ding! Consuming jungle civet has improved speed and agility."
"Ding! Because you hunted using a trap and obtained a reward, the system rewards you with a set of trap-setting skills and experience."
Oh? There were other rewards as well?
Joy bloomed in Xu Yi's heart. He had never expected to acquire the installation techniques for various traps.
This came at the absolute right time.
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Just moments ago while resetting the trap, he had been pondering what kind of trap to deploy against the leopard.
Now, a reward concerning traps had arrived.
Additionally, Xu Yi captured a crucial piece of information.
Because he successfully hunted using a trap and received a reward, he was granted a package of trap-setting experience.
Does that mean if he hunted animals using other methods and received rewards, the system would grant him corresponding rewards as well?
For instance, if he hunted an animal with a hunting bow and received a reward, would he obtain a knowledge package for archery or weapon crafting?
Last time, when he shot a snake, since it was the same species as the first one, he did not receive any reward.
Now, as long as he shot a brand-new species with a spear, he could verify whether his guess was correct.
At the same time, he could also crush a new animal to death with a stone, or slash an unconsumed animal to death with a machete to test his hypothesis.
The more he thought about it, the more excited Xu Yi became, and the faster he ate.
An outsider would have thought the lynx meat was exceptionally delicious, and that Xu Yi claimed it was sour and tough only to prevent Su Keke from snatching it away.
"It's getting a bit greasy. You try the rest, Dad will eat some fish meat."
Xu Yi left the meat closest to the bone for Su Keke; the meat there was the tenderest, even if it still retained some sourness.
However, since Xu Yi had already obtained his reward, he felt he could let Su Keke taste it too.
Su Keke silently accepted the meat handed over by Xu Yi and took a bite.
After chewing twice, her eyebrows furrowed.
"Blech, this is awful."
Su Keke spat the meat straight into the campfire because it was genuinely unpalatable—not only sour, but carrying a very strange, gamey stench.
"Dad, why is this meat so terrible?" Su Keke couldn't help complaining.
Xu Yi took it back and smiled. "It's indeed not tasty, but don't waste it."
With that, Xu Yi finished off the remaining meat.
"Actually, once you eat enough of it, you start to feel it's not bad. It's quite distinct from the meat of other animals."
Su Keke figured this must be Xu Yi comforting her.
With it being so thoroughly unpalatable, how could anyone think it was not bad?
After finishing the meat, Xu Yi threw the bones into the campfire to burn them to ash.
Right now, minimizing leftover scents was paramount.
In this place, the leopard might not be the only ferocious beast; other predators could easily track the scent to their doorstep.
(End of this chapter)
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