29: Introducing water flow

This was indeed a problem that needed to be solved; bathing by the lake was too dangerous, as the exotic beasts in the water were not vegetarians.

However, fetching water was also a waste of time; although the three physical-type professionals were strong and robust, it still took a considerable amount of time to fetch enough water.

Ma Junjie suggested, "Why don't we mine groundwater to completely solve the water source problem? We're by the lake, so the groundwater won't be too deep, probably around ten meters. Once we mine it, it'll be a permanent solution."

Everyone agreed.

The next day, the project began, and Lin Ye started his tree-hammering journey.

Ma Junjie assisted Wang Meng in building a fence, preparing to enclose an area with a ten-meter radius. The fence was built very high, about five or six meters, as most exotic beasts had strange abilities, and climbing over a regular fence was not a problem for them.

This fence was actually only for defending against first and second-tier exotic beasts; third-tier exotic beasts could easily destroy it, but even if they did, it would give everyone time to react.

Lin Yao and Ilene Ye cleared the ground that was freed up.

It must be said that awakened ones were highly efficient workers; their progress was comparable to a construction team of dozens of people with large machinery.

Lin Ye enjoyed hammering trees, feeling refreshed. During this time, many predators attracted by his movements came. He drove away ordinary wild beasts, killed exotic beasts, and if he encountered a third-tier one that was difficult to handle, he called Lin Yao to control it, then dealt with it.

A considerable number of beast corpses piled up, waiting for Wang Meng, the treasure boy, to open his boxes. Lin Ye tried it himself, but his luck was too bad.

His strength also secretly astonished everyone. While everyone else was cultivating silver-tier skills, Lin Ye had already practiced a complete set of gold-tier skills.

Especially when a third-tier Blood Claw Wolf just came, it tried to test Lin Ye's strength, but Lin Ye instantly killed it with a Cannon Fist.

Lin Ye suddenly felt that the Astral Realm was not bad; combat indeed made his cultivation progress faster than training alone, even faster than under Jiang Xiaoyu's guidance.

He secretly thought, no wonder so many awakened ones frequented the Astral Realm.

Apart from those with industries and public positions, most awakened ones on Blue Star basically frequented the Astral Realm. Many of Lin Ye's classmates were left-behind children, seeing their parents only a few times a year.

After a morning of work, the fence was built. After eating, they began to dig for a water source.

The main force was naturally Wang Meng. The other four transported the soil Wang Meng dug out from underground to under the fence, enhancing the fence's defensive power and solving the problem of soil transportation.

They dug for a whole afternoon. When Wang Meng dug to about twenty meters, he finally found a water source.

When muddy water sprayed onto Wang Meng's face, he was not angry but overjoyed; he had finally found a water source.

"You found it? Wang Meng, you're amazing!" Ilene Ye was the happiest.

"Haha, I found it! I just need to compact it to prevent collapse," Wang Meng said joyfully. He loved civil engineering the most.

If his father hadn't disagreed back then, he would have followed his father's subordinates to work on construction projects.

Lin Ye also marveled at the treasure boy's prowess: he could build good houses, dig good wells, cook good food, hunt well, and his luck when opening boxes was incredibly good.

He was a top-tier teammate; with his skills, he would never have to worry about joining any team.

Wang Meng used Earth Control to thoroughly tidy up the well.

Exhausted, Wang Meng didn't want to move at all. Dinner was left to Ilene Ye and Lin Yao. For this team, my Brother Wang has sacrificed too much.

Lin Ye and Ma Junjie were not idle; they began to manufacture training equipment. This was not difficult, and they were mostly done before dinner.

The two girls' cooking skills were ordinary, far inferior to Wang Meng's, but everyone, tired from the day's labor, ate with relish.

They all took a hot shower, which was truly delightful.

Although the well water was still a bit cloudy, there was still plenty of water in the water tank. With well water, there was naturally no need to be stingy with this bit of water.

After dinner, Lin Ye immediately went to practice Tiangang 36 Forms.

Everyone marveled at his diligence and also began to cultivate.

Their worries had been resolved; now they only needed to hunt in peace.

The next day, everyone woke up early, ate breakfast, put on their equipment, and began to search the surroundings.

The main searcher was Ma Junjie. He had always been hesitant to fly into the sky, fearing snipers. Now that their base was established and they had each other to rely on, he was no longer worried about attracting strong enemies.

Aerial reconnaissance was indeed powerful. In less than half an hour, Ma Junjie had clearly investigated the distribution of exotic beasts around the lake.

"Moon Lake mainly has three beast groups. The largest one is the Wild Boar Beast Group, estimated to have tens of thousands of various types of wild boars, with terrifying strength. Next is the Lake Crocodile Beast Group; relying on the abundant resources of Moon Lake, thousands of Lake Crocodiles bask in the sun on the lake island. Then there's the wolf pack, also numbering over a thousand. This poses the greatest threat to us; the smallest wolf packs have at least a dozen members," Ma Junjie shared the information gravely.

Everyone was glad they chose to establish a base before investigating, rather than rushing into hunting blindly.

These beast groups posed the greatest threat to everyone. There were many other strong exotic beasts, but they didn't form groups, so their threat was limited.

Among them, the wild boar group posed the greatest threat. Its leader's charging ability could easily break through the base. Moreover, boars were easily angered and reckless.

Wolf packs generally had poor offensive capabilities, posing a relatively smaller threat, but encountering them when venturing out was the most difficult. Wolves were cunning and coordinated, with strong combat power.

Everyone decided to hunt within two thousand meters of the base so that they could quickly return to the base in case of danger to avoid being surrounded.

After spending these past few days together, the team's tacit understanding had improved significantly. Often, when Lin Ye or Ma Junjie discovered an enemy, Lin Yao would confirm it carefully, and they could then easily resolve it.

Lin Ye was very proactive, always rushing to the front lines, sparing no effort to increase his skill points.

Everyone thought he was a very diligent person, so they let him do as he pleased.

"Night Brother, you're too diligent! I hadn't even taunted him yet, and you already killed him instantly," Wang Meng patted Lin Ye's shoulder, happy to have such a fierce teammate.

Lin Ye touched his nose, "I like cultivating and fighting."

Everyone understood. Ma Junjie asked with concern, "Lin Ye, can your recovery keep up?"

Lin Ye nodded, "Everyone, don't worry. My recovery speed is very fast, and hunting these low-level exotic beasts consumes very little of my energy."

Everyone said no more.

The first day of hunting was very conservative, but the harvest was fruitful.

Exotic beasts were treasures all over. Their hides could be used to make magic robes, their flesh and blood were rich in nutrients, their claws, teeth, and bones could be used to make weapons, and some parts could even be used in medicine.

Not to mention the awakened seeds. Once they knew there was no aerial threat nearby, Captain Ma Junjie became the main transporter.

Ma Junjie said that he could handle the sale of spoils of war from now on, as he could fly. At full speed, even including selling time, it would only take half an hour for a round trip.

However, they hadn't reached that point yet.

Lin Ye estimated that it would take about two days to reach Ma Junjie's transportation limit.

As for why there weren't many powerful flying exotic beasts, Lin Ye thought it might be because Magic University had cleared them out, as flying exotic beasts posed too great a threat to students.