15: Chapter 15 The real sixth brother never lives on the first floor.

Lin Ye pressed the switch.

The three-pronged hook shot out, biting into a thick tree branch fork 20 meters above.

He tugged down hard on the cable to confirm it was secure, then retracted the cable.

"Hum—"

The cable tightened, his feet left the ground, and his whole body shot into the air like he was riding an elevator.

The 20-meter vertical height difference took only the blink of an eye.

He braced his feet against the bark and stood steadily on a fork in the tree trunk.

The main trunk began to branch out from here, and the intersection of the branches naturally formed a depression.

The bottom was covered with a layer of old, fallen leaves.

Lin Ye crouched down and casually swept it with his hand.

It was flat and spacious, just about enough for an adult to lie down and rest.

He raised his eyebrows in satisfaction.

"Living on the ground with venomous snakes and bugs? I don't have that kind of masochistic tendency."

...

At the commentary desk of the Great Xia Live Stream.

Xu Mingyuan, who had just been vigorously preaching "Ground Defense Science," suddenly fell silent.

He hung his mouth open, his cheeks flushed bright red.

After staring blankly for a full five seconds, the expert silently picked up the cup in front of him and took a tactical sip to hide his embarrassment.

The audience also realized what happened and went crazy laughing.

[A true sneak never stays on the first floor!]

[Whenever Teacher Xu opens his mouth, Brother Eye is guaranteed to do the opposite. This toxic milk ability is legendary!]

[Xu: Need to build a ground defense line! Lin: I'm out, I'm out, I'm going up the tree!]

[How could an expert understand the level of Brother Eye's survival dao!]

[I'm dying of laughter. Teacher Xu swallowed that water so hard! I'm afraid there might be thorns in his cup!]

[How can physical defense be better than high-altitude isolation?]

Commentator Chen Guofeng sat beside him and burst into loud laughter.

"Hahaha! Good lad! Teacher Xu, you've misjudged this time!"

Xu Mingyuan put down his thermos, scratched his head, and smiled bitterly:

"I was too dogmatic. This kid's thought process... cannot be judged by common sense."

Su Qinglan tried to hold back her laughter and smoothed things over:

"Teacher Xu's judgment based on conventional survival is fine; it's just that the trump cards in Lin Ye's hands gave him the confidence to step outside the norm."

Meanwhile, in the laboratory of the Third Research Group at the Disaster Prevention Administration.

Lu Chen sat in front of the screen, his fingers crossed and resting against his chin.

He looked at the flushed face of Xu Mingyuan on the screen and let out an undisguised cold snort.

"Face slapped swollen, huh?"

He pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose, his eyes revealing a fanaticism that saw through everything.

"What could a mediocrity possibly know?"

"In the whole world, only I understand Lin Ye! ＜(￣︶￣)＞"

...

Lin Ye half-crouched in the depression, calculating quickly in his mind.

This was an excellent place for shelter.

The physical height difference of several dozen meters not only avoided the damp miasma of the ground but also avoided those creatures that tracked by scent.

Combined with the Wind-Chasing Claw, others couldn't come up, but he could go up and down in seconds.

But the drawbacks were also equally fatal.

It is cold at high altitudes; the nighttime temperature high up was much lower than on the ground.

Yet, he couldn't build a fire in the tree; if it really caught fire, he would just be roasting himself.

Additionally, there were no barriers at the edge, making it easy to fall off while rolling over in his sleep at night.

But this was still better than the tree hollow below.

If there's a problem, solve it. He got right to work.

He pulled out his dagger, straddled a thick branch, and started building.

With swift knife strokes, he carved a series of perfectly sized slots into several branches.

After finishing, he re-attached the cable and descended smoothly.

He returned to the pile of materials he had collected earlier on the ground.

Lin Ye used his dagger to cut off the excess forks on the thick branches and scraped away the stinging thorns.

He then straightened the thin vines into loops and slung them over his body like a bandolier.

He took flight again, returning to the branch 20 meters in the air.

After unloading the vines, he pointed his right arm downward, aiming the Wind-Chasing Claw at the pile of materials on the ground.

"Bang!"

The hook shot into the pile of branches, biting into a thick branch.

Retract!

"Hum—"

The branch was hoisted into the air and pulled up to the treetop.

The Great Xia Live Stream bullet comments fell into a new round of revelry.

[Holy crap! A crane?]

[Wind-Chasing Claw: I'm a high-end combat equipment, dammit! You're using me as a tower crane?]

[Practicality is king! A claw that can pull wood is a good claw!]

[In Brother Eye's hands, this equipment has been utilized to its full potential!]

[The ultimate destiny of high-end equipment is moving bricks on a construction site!]

With all the materials hoisted to the treetop, Lin Ye turned into a ruthless old carpenter.

He laid the branches horizontally along the edge, locking them into the slots he had carved earlier.

Then, he used flexible thin vines to cross and tie the joints tightly.

He repeated this process, continuously reinforcing it.

After using up all the thick branches, a simple surrounding guardrail was completed.

Lin Ye pushed on it hard; it was alright, quite sturdy.

To block the wind, he used the Wind-Chasing Claw to make another trip to the ground.

He cut a large amount of broad plant leaves and hoisted them up as they were.

He layered them inside the guardrail to form a windbreak.

Not only that, but he also conveniently broke off some leaves and twigs from the giant tree itself, weaving them onto the outside of the guardrail as visual camouflage.

To sleep more comfortably at night, he cleaned out the old fallen leaves in the depression.

Then he picked up plenty of dry dead leaves from nearby.

He transported them all up and laid them in the depression.

Finally, he used the hook to grab the backpack from under the tree next to him and pulled it up.

He took out his sleeping bag and spread it out.

Mission accomplished.

Lin Ye looked around, nodding in satisfaction.

"I'm a damn genius."

After patting himself on the back, he returned to the ground and looked up from below.

This anti-fall guardrail blended perfectly with the treetop, looking completely natural.

The Great Xia Live Stream bullet comments were full of amazement.

[Wilderness construction master is online!]

[Details are maxed out, even external camouflage was considered!]

[Too stable, this shelter looks overflowing with a sense of security.]

[Others are still sleeping in the wind and dew, but Brother Eye is already living in a high-rise duplex.]

[This is the racial talent of Great Xia—infrastructure maniacs!]

The sky gradually darkened, and night fell.

The temperature began to drop.

Lin Ye slid back down to the ground using the Wind-Chasing Claw.

In front of the tree hollow, the campfire was reduced to dark red coals.

He added a few pieces of dry wood and blew gently underneath, and the flames flared up again.

He brought over the remaining Silver Shuttle Fish, which was the length of a forearm.

He skewered it with a branch and set it over the fire.

"Sizzle—"

Fish oil dripped, white smoke rose, and the aroma of meat wafted through the air.

After it was roasted, Lin Ye dug in with his hands and feasted.

After a bout of physical labor in the afternoon, his stomach had long been empty.

There were no seasonings, but the firm texture and pure taste were enough to make up for everything.

In a flash, the entire fish was picked clean.

He kicked the fish bones into the fire as usual to destroy the evidence.

Lin Ye burped and wiped the grease from the corners of his mouth.

He stood up and walked to the shaded stone from earlier in the day.

He lifted the leaves covering it.

The giant Silver Shuttle Fish, nearly a meter long and without a single gray spot, lay quietly on the stone.

The snow-white flesh at the cut in the fish's belly made his Adam's apple bob involuntarily.

Lin Ye picked up the big fish with both hands and placed it on a flat patch of open ground.

He raised his left wrist and pressed the button on the terminal.

"Hum—"

A translucent, pale blue light frame projected out, enveloping the giant Silver Shuttle Fish.

A prompt automatically popped up on the light screen in front of his right eye.

[Target resource detected: Giant Silver Shuttle Fish × 1]

[Confirm upload?]

Lin Ye stared at the screen without any hesitation.

"Upload!"

The light frame contracted, and the giant Silver Shuttle Fish dissipated into points of light.