Chapter 30: Cracked
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
In any case, the intimacy had already decreased. He ignored it and continued with his work.
Soon, he had made a bag that could be tied to his waist. It could hold his stock of rations, and the small knife.
Done with all that, he felt very satisfied and his mood became great.
Seeing Luca still lying in its cage, curled up uneasily, he chuckled and shook his head.
Luca looked up when he arrived, its eyes watching him carefully.
“Since you’re so sensible, I’ll give you a reward.”
He tossed a piece of fish to it. Luca turned its head away with no intention to eat it.
David was puzzled. “What’s wrong with you? Aren’t you hungry?”
Luca got up and took two steps back. It hid at the bottom of the cage and stopped looking at him.
Ding!
“Detected decrease in intimacy between Host and pet. Current level: 12%.”
[System prompt: After intimacy drops to 5%, the relationship between the two of you will be removed. Host, please understand the pet’s needs.]
David was speechless. He had never had a pet before. He didn’t know anything about pets.
Now he had to understand some pet needs. How would he know so much?
Seeing how Luca was curled up and ignoring him, it seemed very angry.
He could not help but feel curious.
Holding his chin, he asked, wanting to give it a shot, “Are you angry?”
Luca shifted, glanced at him, then looked away.
“Looks like I guessed correctly?” David laughed.
Luca’s head was on the ground, its eyes on him.
David continued to guess. “Did the wind earlier scare you?”
Luca still stared at him, its face unreadable.
David consoled, “It’s just wind, isn’t it? If you’re even afraid of this, how will you serve me in the future?”
He felt extremely disappointed. He had thought that he had picked up a treasure, but in the end, it was a burden. What would he do in the future with such a snowflake?
He got up and turned to leave. There was still a lot to take care of, and he wasn’t in the mood to waste time with small animals.
In the livestream, when the audience saw this scene, they all felt that David was very funny.
“Why do I feel that I’m seeing how my dog looks when he’s angry?”
“Me too. My husky gets angry easily and tears down the house at every turn. He’ll even wag his tail at you when you scold him.”
“When my dog is angry, I can only play with him.”
“Why does this animal feel especially intelligent?”
“It seems so. It’s like it knows what David is talking about.”
David came to the clay brick. The wind was so strong that it had knocked them to the ground.
The water in it had also evaporated and it had become very dry.
Some parts had fallen to the ground and got crushed into powder.
“Intimacy decrease detected, current level: 10%.”
David paused and looked at Luca again.
A pet was really not something that the average person could afford. He really did not have that much patience.
However, it seemed pretty good to have a companion who could listen to him talk on this island with terrible conditions.
He could talk to it when he was free and ease the loneliness in his heart.
At this thought, David returned to Luca helplessly.
He had just squatted down when he heard a crisp sound.
He turned his head and saw that a crack had appeared on the big bird egg again.
Luca tensed upon hearing this sound. It rose and arched its body, its hair standing on end.
“Sss, sss, sss, sss…” Luca let out a threatening cry.
Seeing this situation, David looked to the left then to the right and was suddenly enlightened. “So this is what you’re afraid of.”
Luca leaned against the cage, revealing its unease, wariness and fear from head to toe.
“What’s there to be afraid of? Isn’t it just a bird egg that has yet to break open?”
David could not understand why Luca was afraid of such a thing. Wasn’t it a little too timid?
Would such a pet really be useful in hunting in the future?
Was it too weak?
The wild beasts on the island were not simple. They were completely different from the ones on Earth.
Some of them had extremely dangerous abilities. If Luca was so timid, it would be instantly killed once it went forward.
“Sss, sss, sss, sss…” Luca was still crying out uneasily.
David saw this and knew he couldn’t let them stay together any longer.
Hence, he picked up the bird egg’s cage and put it very far away so Luca could no longer see it.
Luca could not see the bird egg anymore, and its emotions quickly relaxed as it blinked and stared at him.
David snapped, “All good now?”
Luca relaxed its hair and wagged its tail at him.
Ding!
“Congratulations Host on deepening the intimacy with your pet, current level: 60%.”
David was taken aback. He had done such a small thing, but it had increased the intimacy so significantly?
Wasn’t that a little too fast?
If he were to deliberately leave Luca at a dangerous place and then save it again, could he reach 100% immediately?
At this point David thought that this was a good idea.
Especially when the wind was raging this morning, if he had thrown it in a place that was completely in the path of the wind and then went to save it, would he be able to gain its trust like this?
David felt that his idea was really full of scheming. If there was a next chance, he would act accordingly.
He moved the clay bricks to a flat area and prepared to start making the pottery.
He first stirred up the dried clay soil and molded it into the shape of a clay pot.
This process was extremely slow. It required a certain amount of skill and meticulousness.
In the beginning, he had used too much strength. Several times, the molds either broke or went out of shape.
After several attempts, he finally made a decent clay pot.
Next was the firing.
He went to find some dry wood and piled them on the ground.
Firing these things required a high temperature and a certain amount of time.
He used other stones to build a pit and lit the fire. He placed the molded clay pots beside it to bake.
When it was about time, he took it down.
Then, he placed a lot of wood in the stone pit, needing to burn it fully.
He placed the semi-finished clay pots in the middle and then placed some firewood on them.
He slowly lit the fire and the fire immediately started burning.
As for whether the products inside were successful, he could only wait quietly to see.
The people in the livestream were also very excited and looking forward to it.
“Do you think he will succeed?”
“Who knows?”
“Is pottery that easy to fire? Why do I feel like it’s especially simple?”
“Pottery is a very simple craft to begin with.”
“Person above, you make it sound so easy. Why don’t you give it a try?”
David stood quietly by the side and waited. It took more than an hour for all the firewood to finish burning.
At this moment, the camera was focused on the fire. A clay pot had cracked open.
“Did you all see that? It cracked, he failed!”
“Haha, I finally saw him fail!”
“I told you pottery wasn’t that easy to make. Now you know, right?”
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