After ascending the large steep slope, passing through the woods, and going by a patch of Great Stones, Wang Yu returned to the spot where he intended to build the Shelter.
The 'fire pit' next to the Great Stones had already extinguished. Wang Yu added firewood to the 'fire pit' and lit it with a torch, causing the fire to burn again.
Wang Yu sat down to rest. This outing had been quite fruitful; he had collected 36 water snails, obtaining 360g of water snail meat, bringing his total to 660g of water snail meat. He also acquired 72 copper coins.
In addition, he had used his Crossbow to shoot a large fish, obtaining 320g of catfish meat and 37 copper coins.
Wang Yu took out two skewers of water snail meat, deciding to have a good meal that night. He placed the meat skewers over the fire to roast.
After the water snail meat was roasted, Wang Yu began to eat. At noon, he had only eaten 100g of meat, but with more food available in the evening, he ate 200g of meat.
After eating his fill, Wang Yu took out his military shovel to boil water for drinking.
The military shovel could only boil enough water for one large gulp at a time. After boiling water several times, Wang Yu checked the time; it was already past nine in the evening.
Six hours had passed since he last used the dice, so he could use it again to increase the quantity of an item.
Wang Yu approached the Great Stones, placing his left hand on them. This time, he wanted to increase the number of Great Stones.
Although the Great Stones were large, increasing their quantity would certainly be no problem for the magical dice.
Wang Yu opened his right hand, and an egg-sized dice appeared in his palm. The pips on each face of the dice had returned to gold. He silently thought, "Increase the quantity of this Great Stone."
Then, Wang Yu felt the Great Stones being locked on, and he immediately threw the dice in his right hand.
The dice instantly spun in mid-air.
Wang Yu stared at the spinning dice, his mind contemplating several Shelter construction plans. No matter how many pips he rolled, Wang Yu had a plan for building the Shelter.
Of course, the more pips he rolled, the more advantageous it would be for him to build the Shelter.
A moment later, the dice stopped.
Three pips.
Wang Yu had rolled three pips.
This number was within Wang Yu's acceptable range; four or five pips would have been even better.
At this moment, three light clusters appeared on the dice. Looking at the floating ethereal images of the three Great Stones, Wang Yu held the dice in his hand, feeling as if he were holding three Great Stones.
Now that the dice had increased the number of Great Stones by three, he could proceed to build the Shelter according to his planned design.
Standing in front of the 5.3-meter-wide stone wall of the Great Stones, Wang Yu had already cleared a flat area, tens of meters in length and width, and had drawn straight lines on the ground.
These lines marked the places where Wang Yu intended to place the Great Stones.
Wang Yu took a deep breath, then with a thought, released a Great Stone onto the first drawn line.
Suddenly, a massive stone, identical to the original Great Stones, appeared before him.
"Bang~"
With a dull thud, the ground trembled, and Wang Yu quickly stepped back two paces.
He could control the appearance location of the Great Stones, so he made them appear on the ground.
He also knew that if the Great Stones appeared at a higher position, their immense weight would surely create a large crater upon impact.
He hadn't expected the Great Stones to cause such a commotion even when appearing on the ground. It seemed their weight was truly immense.
After the bang, dust flew up from the ground, and the ground was even pushed up.
After everything settled, Wang Yu looked at the newly appeared Great Stones. The new Great Stones were closely aligned with the original Great Stones.
Picking up the torch, Wang Yu inspected the areas where the two Great Stones were closely aligned. The stone walls of the two Great Stones were not entirely flat, so there would be gaps between the stone walls in places where they were not perfectly flush.
Wang Yu found that the gaps between the two Great Stones were very small, with the widest parts being less than 10 centimeters.
However, at a height of 4.1 meters at the junction of the two Great Stones, there was a noticeable gap: a 1.3-meter-high, 0.7-meter-wide notch at the upper left corner of the newly appeared Great Stones.
After placing the first Great Stones, Wang Yu continued to place the second Great Stones. He placed the second Great Stones on the other side, where he had drawn lines on the ground.
"Bang~"
The ground was once again pushed up, but this time Wang Yu was much calmer.
After placing the second Great Stones, Wang Yu continued to inspect its condition. The second Great Stones he released also abutted the stone wall of the original Great Stones, and the gap between the two Great Stones was small, only a few centimeters.
There was no gap above where these two Great Stones connected.
Because the notch was at the upper left corner of the second Great Stones' stone wall, the place where the second Great Stones released connected with the original Great Stones was on the right side of the Great Stones. Even the notch at the upper left corner of the original Great Stones' stone wall was blocked by the second Great Stones released.
After placing the two Great Stones, Wang Yu found himself inside a U-shaped stone wall.
In front of him was the original Great Stones, to his right was the first Great Stones released, and to his left was the second Great Stones released. The two newly appeared Great Stones, each with a 5.3-meter-wide stone wall, faced each other, separated by 3 meters, as Wang Yu had designed.
This stone wall enclosure would be Wang Yu's Shelter, a Shelter 5.3 meters long and 3 meters wide.
Inside the stone wall, Wang Yu built a fire pit with stones and then started a fire. He also brought some collected dry firewood into the stone wall enclosure.
Then Wang Yu walked out of the stone wall space. He released the last Great Stones, sealing off the U-shaped stone wall space.
Thus, Wang Yu had released all three new Great Stones added by the dice, and the main body of his Shelter was built, but he was also locked outside the Shelter.
Wang Yu was not in a hurry. He had designed the Shelter such that if the number of Great Stones he increased using the dice was greater than or equal to three, he would have a novel idea for building the Shelter.
Now Wang Yu needed to cut Big Trees. There was a forest very close by on the way to the stream, so Wang Yu decided to go there to cut Big Trees.
Holding the torch, Wang Yu arrived at the forest. This area had many Big Trees, with birch and snow pine being the most common.
Wang Yu also saw a snow pine over 60 centimeters thick, estimated to be tens of meters tall, with its top completely out of sight. This should be the thickest Big Tree in the vicinity.
Naturally, he would not over-estimate his capabilities and attempt to cut this snow pine. Such a thick snow pine would take even a professional lumberjack with a chainsaw a long time to cut.
Cutting Big Trees was no joke; the thicker the Big Tree, the harder it was to cut, and cutting Big Trees was also very dangerous. One should not undertake a task beyond one's capabilities.
Wang Yu's military shovel could not cut such a thick Big Tree, and he did not need such a thick Big Tree at the moment.
Nearby, there were many Big Trees a few centimeters thick and tens of centimeters thick. Wang Yu circled around and decided to cut a Big Tree about six or seven centimeters thick.
There were many Big Trees of this thickness; he only needed to choose between cutting birch or snow pine.
Finally, Wang Yu chose a 7-centimeter-thick snow pine.
Before cutting the Big Tree, Wang Yu used stones to build a 'fire pit'. There was a lot of dead wood in the forest, so Wang Yu gathered materials on the spot and started a bonfire.
Having a bonfire provided illumination and could also deter wild beasts.