Chapter 184 - 7: Argali Shelter

"Familiar rhythm."In the campsite on the production team’s side, Lin Jiawei sighed in relief.

This time, however, someone beside him questioned: "Familiar rhythm?"

Lin Jiawei glanced over and saw it was his senior, Luo Yao.

He quickly explained, "It’s like this, Chen Wen’s approach to survival is different from the average person. He tends to prioritize finding something edible after landing, to taste it."

This habit...

Luo Yao didn’t know what to make of it, as it was her first time seeing this kind of survival method.

However, every survivor has their own way of survival.

Like Hua Yun’s rare hunting survival method, immediately hunting upon landing.

...

After collecting Arctic poppies and obtaining an entry, Chen Wen was quite satisfied.

In the alpine tundra region, there aren’t many edible plants, mostly dominated by Arctic poppies.

Following the rugged ridge downwards.

By midday, Chen Wen and Hua Yun reached a slightly gentler slope.

"Shall we camp here?" Hua Yun panted, placing her backpack on the ground.

Chen Wen also put down his backpack, looking downwards.

"Let’s set up camp here. Below is the Glacier Zone, if we get up early tomorrow, we might reach the tree line by afternoon."

As Chen Wen spoke, he pulled out his sleeping bag.

Among the supplies this time, the sleeping bag was bulky, but it was a necessity.

After all, to survive long-term in such extreme cold, you must ensure warmth while sleeping at night.

"How do we sleep tonight? If we just sleep outside with the sleeping bag, we won’t make it."

Chen Wen asked Hua Yun, "We have no fire tonight."

In the alpine meadow zone, it’s rare to find anything like wood.

Hearing this, Hua Yun also frowned with worry.

According to the plan, they initially intended to endure a night at the border of the meadow and glacier zones.

In that area, you could use an axe to cut some ice blocks and build a windproof wall.

But now, they can’t seem to reach the planned location; spending a night in such an exposed area would be disastrous!

Hua Yun pondered and said, "How about... trying to reach the planned spot?"

"I don’t think that’s feasible."

Chen Wen shook his head, providing a reason for opposition: "We’ve already wasted a lot of time, and we definitely won’t reach it before dark."

"Once it gets dark and we can’t find a suitable shelter, the situation will be far more dangerous than it is now!"

This made sense, so Hua Yun didn’t suggest continuing onward.

Just then, Chen Wen suddenly heard a familiar noise.

He furrowed his brows, stood up instinctively, and listened intently.

Under Hua Yun’s confused gaze, Chen Wen asked, "Did you hear any sound?"

Hua Yun furrowed her eyebrows too and stood up.

A moment later, Hua Yun said: "Seems... like rocks sliding and hitting the ground."

Chen Wen nodded: "That might be what you say, but I feel it’s the sound of bighorn sheep ramming their horns!"

Hearing this, Hua Yun was stunned. Fresh chapters posted on novel·fiɾe·net

Sound of bighorn sheep ramming their horns?

She mused, "It does sound a bit like that, but we need to address the shelter problem first before we can hunt."

Chen Wen hesitated, then said, "Actually, if we can hunt an adult bighorn sheep, our shelter problem could be solved."

"I’m quite resistant to the cold; I could manage one night with just a sleeping bag, but you need a cover."

"What’s this got to do with the bighorn sheep?"

Hua Yun was puzzled.

Chen Wen explained: "The bighorn sheep living in this alpine meadow are called Daishi sheep."

"Male Daishi sheep are very big, weighing over a hundred kilograms and reaching a body length of about 1.8 meters. If you hollow out a male Daishi sheep and curl up inside, it could serve as a simple shelter for the night."

"Daishi sheep have a double-layered coat consisting of a hard, long, hollow guard hair and a base of fine wool, which is very thick. The thickness of their winter coat can exceed five centimeters. The Daishi sheep should have molted by now, so they are definitely cold-resistant!"

Chen Wen’s words left Hua Yun silent.

Just listening to Chen Wen, she could tell this method might actually work.

But curling up inside a gutted Daishi sheep, she found it a bit hard to accept.

"I..."

Hua Yun hesitated before biting the bullet, "Let’s try it then!"

...

"Can this... really work?"

Lin Jiawei’s eyes widened, feeling bewildered.

Just from listening to Chen Wen, he felt this plan was a bit absurd.

How could a person use a sheep’s body as a shelter?

Not to mention whether the Daishi sheep is big enough for Hua Yun to squeeze in.

Even if she could fit, could a woman endure being wrapped in a sheep’s carcass?

But from Hua Yun’s reaction, it seemed she could accept it!

Luo Yao was equally stunned by Chen Wen’s plan.

She too was from Inner Mongolia and had been involved in survival a lot, so she had heard of people sleeping inside horse carcasses overnight.

But could this Daishi sheep really be like a horse?

Luo Yao quickly flipped through the information provided by the program team.

But the data matched what Chen Wen said; the male Daishi sheep were relatively large.

Weighing over a hundred kilograms was achievable.

But compared to horses, they were still small.

"A last-ditch attempt with the Daishi sheep; we can only hope it provides warmth like a horse."

Luo Yao said helplessly.

...

Back with Chen Wen.

After confirming the plan, Hua Yun took out her bow and arrow.

She had a rather primitive recurve bow, equipped with nine arrows.

"Bighorn sheep are generally hard to hunt; let’s assess the situation first."

Chen Wen reminded Hua Yun.

Under his lead, the two of them slowly searched for the bighorn sheep, following the source of the sound.

Very soon.

At Hua Yun’s signal, Chen Wen spotted the Daishi sheep.

A group of about seven or eight Daishi sheep were on a high cliff.

As a type of bighorn sheep, Daishi sheep also have very large horns.

However, unlike Canadian bighorn sheep, female Daishi sheep also have horns.

But unlike the males’ horns, the females’ horns are long and slender.

The male Daishi sheep’s horns are very large, spread out and curved.

"Did you know?"

After observing the Daishi sheep for a while, Chen Wen suddenly said, "The character Warm Sheep we watched as kids could very well be modeled after the Daishi sheep."

"After all, Warm Sheep is a ewe, and a hybrid of bighorn and domestic sheep. Many female bighorn sheep don’t have horns, but female Daishi sheep do, suggesting Warm Sheep might be a descendant of Daishi sheep."

...

A suffocating silence.

Hua Yun looked into Chen Wen’s eyes, sincerely saying, "Can we cut the nonsense?"

"Oh, oh."

Chen Wen was silent, fixating on the two male Daishi sheep ramming their horns on the cliff.

Both male sheep were not small, even quite large.

But their bellies were far from accommodating a human.

Hua Yun expressed her doubt.

Chen Wen replied, "Just make the opening larger, cut through the spine, and use it like a blanket to cover."

"Trust me, this is definitely doable. I feel the sheep’s body is big enough!"