Chapter 60: Chapter 12: Anomaly
After dinner, Chen Wen and a few members of the logistics team worked quickly to finish the last domed cabin.
"That’s it for today, everyone rest and see how you sleep tonight."
Chen Wen said to everyone in front of the campfire.
It’s not enough for the cabin to look good; it has to be effective.
Hearing this, everyone nodded and returned to their shelters.
The five who snore loudly went to the cave to continue cave-dwelling.
The five who don’t snore stayed in the cabin.
"This thing is really hard to get into!"
Yan Bian, who was relatively tall, muttered.
But once he got inside, Yan Bian couldn’t help but exclaim, "Wow, there’s more inside than meets the eye!"
"It’s not easy to stand inside, you have to bend your waist, but sitting, squatting, and lying down are no problem!"
Hearing Yan Bian’s muffled voice, Zhuo Hongnian also marveled, "Besides being spacious, it offers good privacy; you can’t see inside from outside and it’s soundproof."
"Hehe."
Du Feng, standing nearby, laughed a bit lecherously, "Zhuo is young and vigorous, and ate oysters tonight, don’t do anything naughty!"
Soon, the topic veered off into a direction unsuitable for broadcast.
Before long, they received a warning from the production team.
"Ah, almost forgot it’s a 24-hour livestream, let’s sleep!"
Zhuo Hongnian said regretfully, ending the conversation.
Meanwhile, Chen Wen took this time to look again at the entries selected during dinner.
Among the groupers, two were the tiger groupers seen before, and another was the spotted grouper Chen Wen encountered earlier.
The entry from the spotted grouper was related to underwater vision.
[Fish Eye (Purple): You can see underwater, seawater won’t harm your eyes, and you’ll be able to see more in the shadows]
[Note: How can you rule the coral reefs without good eyes? —Spotted Grouper]
The horse crabs and oysters left Chen Wen a bit disappointed, as both only produced three negative entries.
In the end, Chen Wen decided not to choose any.
The cat’s eye snail produced a good entry, though it wasn’t a tongue-like one.
[Seaweed Terminator (Purple): You can distinguish most seaweeds and determine if they’re edible, increasing your ability to absorb seaweed]
[Note: I know the taste of seaweed! —Cat’s Eye Snail]
The mussel, however, had an entry that was not very useful.
[Stability (Green): When standing in the sea with legs wider than shoulder-width apart, you can stand more firmly]
[Note: Triangles are stable! (Knock on blackboard) —Mussel]
As for the sea grapes, there was no special entry, just a downgraded [Sun-lover].
[Light lover (White): You prefer sunny areas, slightly improving mood and survival ability when in such areas]
[Note: The sun is so nice, let’s sit down and chat! —Sea Grapes]
That was all the entries for tonight.
Chen Wen sighed.
It seemed like a lot, but many were unusable.
Because many entries can only be used underwater.
Chen Wen had read information that there seemed to be a batch of released roosters on the island.
Additionally, on the tenth day, there would be a second release of pigs and sheep.
Should he try to find them?
This is meat!
And certainly, the entries from these three would be on land.
Should he discuss it with them tomorrow?
Chen Wen noted this in his mind and slowly closed his eyes.
In the occasional crackling sounds of the campfire, Chen Wen spent a peaceful night.
...
The next day.
Everyone woke up late.
When they opened their eyes, the sun was already almost overhead.
"Heh~ What’s up, everyone?"
Yan Bian yawned as he crawled out of the cabin.
Lv Guocheng, who was older and slept less, got up a bit earlier, and was currently boiling water by the fire, cooking fish in the process.
He looked at Yan Bian, smiling, "Everyone’s making up for sleep."
"Last night, fewer people in the cave, fewer people getting up at night, less frequency, and the stink was a lot less, everyone slept soundly."
"I got up around nine, and they were all still asleep, I didn’t wake them."
Hearing the conversation, Chen Wen emerged spiritedly.
"Morning, you two, hmm~ I can smell fish soup!"
Hearing Chen Wen’s voice, Yan Bian laughed, "Amazing, a simple shelter directly resolved our ten-plus days of sleep woes."
"Heh, it’s nothing."
Chen Wen laughed.
By this time, others who had slept in the cabin also gradually woke up.
Everyone’s hair looked like a mess, and they were still half-asleep.
"Looks like everyone had a good sleep last night."
Du Feng hushed his voice, sat down, and reached for the pot to season the fish soup.
The guys had brought some seasonings up.
At this time, the four who slept in the cave also joined.
After enjoying this late breakfast.
The members of the outdoor team were rejuvenated, heading back to gather oysters on the reef.
The logistics team looked at Chen Wen, waiting for the next plan.
Sitting by the campfire, Chen Wen thought for a moment, still, there wasn’t much urgent business.
Hygiene and sleep issues had been resolved.
Zhuo Hongnian’s foot was injured, so he couldn’t walk too much.
He would just collect firewood around the camp.
Du Feng’s left arm was injured, so he could only move around the camp, gathering wood for cooking.
As for the others.
"Shan."
Chen Wen began assigning tasks: "The bed you made was good, keep making them, Lu Heng and Wang Zhi will assist you with materials, how about that?"
Gan Tieshan nodded.
He didn’t have any objections.
But Lu Heng frowned and said, "I... probably can’t this morning, I had diarrhea last night, no strength."
Chen Wen was startled, "Diarrhea? Is it serious?"
"It’s okay, mainly eating too much seafood."
Lu Heng said helplessly, "I’ve always had a bit of a bad stomach, eating too much seafood causes diarrhea, it’ll stop once I stop eating it."
"Well... then rest first."
Chen Wen shook his head, the idea of finding chickens, pigs, and sheep surfaced again.
Need to find an opportunity to bring it up, maybe tonight.
Also, it’s a chance.
Chen Wen planned to divide the men’s group into three groups, one to explore the island, one to gather food by the sea, and the remaining one to do chores at the camp.
Now that Lu Heng was not well, it was just the right opportunity to change the men’s group system.
...
With Lu Heng resting, Chen Wen had to fill in.
Soon, the busy morning began.
But it wasn’t long before Chen Wen felt something was off.
Lu Heng wasn’t working.
Gan Tieshan was troubled, stopping work shortly after starting.
Du Feng hadn’t gathered much wood and seeing Gan Tieshan not working either, he too went over to the fire to rest.
Netizens exclaimed at the return of Du Feng’s slacker ways.
Seeing everyone stop working, Wang Zhi and Zhuo Hongnian followed the trend, sitting by the fire to chat.
In the end, only Chen Wen, carrying a large amount of bed-making materials, returned to the shelter.
Something’s not right, hadn’t they already talked enough yesterday?
Why were they slacking today?
Chen Wen also put down what he was doing.
He walked straight to the campfire, planning to ask what was going on.
[The atmosphere seems a bit heavy...]
[What’s going on? They suddenly seem lazy.]
[They worked all day yesterday, not wanting to work today is normal.]
[But Chen Wen is still working, why are they like this!]
[Chen Wen just arrived, okay? They’ve survived over ten days already, their enthusiasm is wearing off.]
[Plus, they all rested well today, and that tension has worn away.]
[Mainly it’s Shan, he seems to have a problem, not high-spirited, and was the second to slack off]
[Unless Chen Wen finds a way to revive their enthusiasm, they’ll just keep slacking off later on]