Chapter 1021 - 40: Entries
But in the end, Chen Wen didn’t go as far as making Adam do all the work.
After Adam cleared about a third of the path.
Chen Wen still helped Adam, clearing the remaining part.
Of course, Adam wasn’t idle either.
He was sent by Chen Wen to the camp to make sleds.
We don’t need too many sleds next, just two more will do.
But Chen Wen has high requirements for these two sleds.
His exact words were: "On one hand, these two sleds need to be stable, should be able to stack more items, and should be convenient for us to drag. On the other hand, the quality of these two sleds should be higher than Fred’s, because besides transporting rocks, I also plan to use them to drag prey once it snows."
Hearing these two requirements, Adam’s vision darkened.
This job isn’t humanly possible!
He helplessly said, "Why do you want me to do it? Can’t they do it too? Isn’t Hua Yun idle as well?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Wen started using his unknown source of PUA tactics.
He patted Adam’s shoulder and said sincerely, "Isn’t it because you’re good at doing this kind of meticulous work? Think about it, Fred’s a big guy, everything he makes is shoddy; Gaston looks unreliable, Roland is competing with me, can I let them do this work?"
"Hua Yun is the only woman in our team, it’s not that I have opinions about women, but having her do this task makes me uneasy, so after thinking it over, you’re the most suitable, Adam!"
"Honestly, I feel like on such delicate tasks, you’re even better than me!"
Adam was speechless.
However, being recognized by Chen Wen for his finesse in delicate work, felt quite nice.
He suppressed a smile, snorted, "Well, since you put it that way, I’ll do the job."
Chen Wen laughed heartily, gave Adam’s shoulder a strong pat: "That’s the Adam I admire! Okay, this task is yours!"
After speaking, Chen Wen turned and left, showing no mercy.
Compared to work that tests patience and skill, Chen Wen prefers finding rocks, which requires less brainwork.
Simple and direct, no worries about doing poorly, and the sense of achievement is quite strong, isn’t that great?
Watching Chen Wen’s back, Adam couldn’t help but scratch his head.
Feels like he just got tricked...
Everyone had their duties, and time soon turned to evening.
Fred, exhausted, brought the last batch of rocks back to the shelter, then slumped to the ground.
The afternoon’s work had drained his energy to the limit.
Others weren’t doing much better either.
Gaston lay on the ground without a hint of elegance, though he never really had any.
Roland was also sitting by the campfire, his head down, not wanting to move.
Chen Wen was still okay.
His stamina was somewhat higher than the others.
He still had the energy to help Hua Yun prepare dinner.
After all, letting Hua Yun prepare dinner alone was a bit...
Not that he worried Hua Yun would mess it up, but after a tiring afternoon, they should eat something nice.
Dinner was still roasted potatoes and pig innards bone broth, but tonight there were more bones.
The meat on these pig bones had become quite tender after a whole day of stewing.
Chen Wen planned to feast on bones with everyone.
Besides bones, there was bone marrow, and freshly smoked wild boar meat.
There was plenty of food, and it was quite abundant.
The exhaustion from the afternoon was somewhat relieved by the delicious food.
And to help everyone recover faster, Chen Wen added a bit of salt to everyone’s pork soup.
Take a sip of soup, then use chopsticks to pick several innards.
No idea whether it was heart or lung, with so many innards entering the mouth, Chen Wen sighed contentedly.
How satisfying!
Oh yes, there was the entry.
In the afternoon, Chen Wen got the wild boar entry, but everyone was discussing it, and he didn’t pay much attention to the new entry then, now he could take a closer look.
[Thick Skin (Purple): Enhance your skin toughness, muscle density; you become tougher, and your body is less likely to be pierced]
This entry is great!
Chen Wen’s eyes lit up, he hadn’t expected such a good entry.
He didn’t pay attention earlier, only thought it was a defense enhancement entry.
After all, he’s experienced the wild boar’s defense.
Those guys are crazier than brown bears; they search for pine trees and repeatedly rub the tree bark with their bodies, covering attack-prone areas with pine resin.
Achieving improved defense in this manner.
But this entry isn’t about resin enhancement, it’s the wild boar’s intrinsic property.
Chen Wen was quite pleased.
And the potato provided an entry for Chen Wen.
These potatoes, unprocessed by humans and simply dug from the ground, were considered a natural creation by the system.
Chen Wen hadn’t looked much at the potato entry.
Eating potatoes now, he reviewed the potato entry.
[Solanine (Purple): You can now actively secrete solanine toxin, which can be used for hunting and attacking. P.S.: Active entry, each toxin secretion requires a full day of recovery time, the amount of toxin secreted depends on current body weight]
A toxin entry!
Chen Wen couldn’t help but take another look at this entry.
Since leaving the Great Sand Desert, he hadn’t gotten a toxin entry.
This time he managed to get one, quite unexpected.
Solanine is also known as solanine, chaconine, potato toxin.
Many names.
But the most common solanine that people encounter is from potatoes, which produce solanine when sprouted, greened, or rotten.
Potato itself contains solanine, albeit in very low doses.
So usually, when people eat potatoes, there’s no toxic reaction.
However, if a potato sprouts, turns green, or rots, solanine content rises rapidly!
Generally, solanine poisoning mainly results in acute cerebral edema.
Additionally, gastroenteritis, pulmonary, hepatic, myocardial, and renal cortex edema.
Mild symptoms include itching in the mouth and throat, upper abdominal pain, tinnitus, photophobia, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, but after an hour or two, it may relieve due to the body’s detoxification function.
Severe cases show elevated body temperature and repeated vomiting.
This may lead to dehydration, dilated pupils, breathing difficulty, coma, convulsions, those severe symptoms.
If serious, immediate medical treatment is necessary.
Solanine usually isn’t fatal, but in rare cases, severe poisoning may result in respiratory paralysis and death.
There are case studies!
One could say, human’s battle victory rate against potatoes isn’t 100%, even quite lower.
Additionally, solanine has teratogenic effects; pregnant women poisoning may cause brain deformities and spinal fissures in the fetus.
In short, solanine is quite dangerous for most mammals.
Chen Wen feels this entry is pretty good.
However, when it comes to hunting, the effect is rather middling.
Because it takes quite a long time to take effect, potentially hours, and the poisoning effects mostly cause discomfort rather than paralysis or death.
The main concern is if used for hunting, the prey might not be edible.
After all, solanine can’t be completely broken down via regular cooking.
So it’s best to be cautious.