After two days of trekking, Li Xiao and his party finally arrived at the northeastern part of the map, the extinct crater peninsula.
After walking along the canyon in the dense forest for a while, the sight in front of them suddenly broadened, and they had reached the basin valley.
Arriving here, Li Xiao could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, during the two days of long journey, we did not encounter any major problems along the way, nor did we encounter any large and dangerous creatures.
But now is not the time to relax completely. Li Xiao, Zhou Qing and the others directed the tame animals to unload their belongings, cleared an open space, and set up the workbench.
Although the basin valley is surrounded by cliffs as "walls," dangerous creatures outside the valley can still enter through the three canyons.
Li Xiao, Zhou Qing and others did not stop. They wanted to install "doors" to the three canyons leading to the outside world as soon as possible.
Li Xiao rode a mammoth and was responsible for clearing the trees and shrubs in the canyon, while Zhou Qing was responsible for placing the huge stone dinosaur door frame in the appropriate location.
The three canyon exits in the basin valley are distributed in three directions——
The south leads to Shuangya Mountain, which is also called the North Mine and is the best place to mine metal mines;
The north leads to the ocean. In the future, Li Xiao can build a dock on the seaside and develop marine industries;
Finally, there is a path from the northwest leading to the northwest ice field. Not to mention, many of the indispensable and rare resources on Ark Island are distributed on the ice field, and in the future, high combat creatures such as Tyrannosaurus rex will be captured from here.
Three stone giant dinosaur door frames were placed at the junction of the canyon and the basin valley, and then stone walls were used to fill the gaps on both sides, and then a gate more than ten meters high was installed.
In this way, the entire basin valley was completely isolated from the outside world and became a huge "courtyard".
Standing on the back of the mammoth, Li Xiao glanced in front of him, suddenly feeling heroic——
This place will be his from now on!
Hahaha!
Cough cough cough, calm down.
Although after some repairs, the crater is no longer cluttered, it is still so bare that it is too early to call it a 'base camp'.
The current main work is of course construction.
For this reason, Li Mu specially rode a pterosaur to the top of the cliff, stood on a high place, and had a panoramic view of the terrain in the volcanic crater.
The flat and wide land with higher terrain in the south is most suitable for building his and Zhou Qing Zhouyi's residence.
Li Xiao's vision was to build a luxurious castle integrating residence, workshop and warehouse.
The low-lying area to the north of the castle is the volcanic lake, and there is a vast space surrounding the volcano. Although the terrain here is not as good as above, it is good as a pen for domesticated animals.
The area of this area is several times larger than the castle. Li Xiao's current domesticated animals, even big guys like Diplodocus, Mammoth Alarm Clock, only occupy one-fifth of the area, which is more than enough space.
The east side of the volcanic lake was originally a small dense forest. After Li Xiao cut down all the wood here, a small piece of open space was left, which was perfect for growing crops.
“Build an incubator there…
Build a dodo birdhouse there..."
Li Xiao sketched on the paper with the terrain of the volcano crater, and not long after, Zhou Yi also flew up on a pterosaur.
She didn't disturb Li Xiao, she just sat on the edge of the cliff, dangling her legs and chewing dried meat in her hand.
The outlined layout is basically completed. Of course, this is only tentative and can be changed at any time if any deficiencies are discovered during future construction.
Putting away the drawings, Li Xiao saw the peaceful scene at a glance:
Under the afterglow of the setting sun, the beautiful figure shines with light, and the hair fluttering in the wind adds to the hazy beauty...
However, the bulging cheeks and the dried meat he was handed instantly put the entire atmosphere on fire.
"Nice?"
Li Xiao smiled and pinched Zhou Yi's cheek, took the dried meat, and sat on the cliff with her.
"You foodie..."
…
There are many things to do, and food is the first issue.
There is no problem with carnivores. There are a lot of wild creatures around. You can get raw meat by sending a team of red-haired giant eagles and raptors out to hunt.
As for the herbivores, since there was no self-sufficient cultivated land, Li Xiao asked Zhou Qing to ride a Diplodocus to collect berries around the volcanic crater.
He himself was not idle either. After building a simple wooden house as a temporary residence, he shifted the focus of all his work to the cultivated land.
Of course, when it comes to farming, the earlier the better.
After laying out large-scale cultivated land closely, Li Xiao created two large pieces of cultivated land in the open space on the east side of the lake.
One is used to grow functional crops such as berries, and the other is used to grow edible vegetable crops such as corn and potatoes.
Different types have different focuses.
Among all types of berries, black berries have the greatest demand. They are mainly used to make anesthetics to tame creatures and are the most cultivated.
Next are white berries, which are used to make stimulants, and purple berries, which are preferred by animals.
Other red berries, yellow berries and the like are of little use except for some recipes and making dyes, so only a small amount can be planted.
There is not much difference in the types of vegetables. They are the main food for players and herbivorous domesticated animals. In terms of quantity, the more the better.
Li Mu plans to build a greenhouse in this area in the future. With high-quality fertilizers, the yield of vegetables will definitely be high.
Unfortunately, greenhouse buildings require a large amount of crystals to make, and Li Xiao's current reserves are far from enough, so this matter can only be shelved.
Divert water, fertilize, sow seeds...
Zhou Qing, who had collected enough berries, also joined in the sowing, but even so, it took two people three days to cultivate these two fields.
As a result, a sentence from the Ark game can be used to describe it very appropriately——
【Planting requires a lot of time and energy, but it can be done once and for all.】
After the planting is completed, the next step is the enclosure for the creatures.
In the Ark game, the domesticated creatures are completely like machines. If you don't care about them, they will stay there motionless.
It is different in the Arkworld. Although domesticated creatures "obey" the players, they still maintain their nature as "creatures".
In game terms, all creatures are in "patrol mode" that cannot be turned off.
If there are no restrictions, it will just be "running around".
Of course, it is not necessary to lock up every domesticated animal, build a pen for the small creatures, and then use fences to enclose the cultivated land.
Finally, walls are used to separate the living area from the lower part, so that the entire volcanic fire lake can be seen as a huge enclosure.
With enough space, even if Li Xiao tames a larger Tyrannosaurus Rex and Brontosaurus in the future, he won't have to worry about the problem of insufficient space.
The layout of the courtyard has come to an end, and the next step is the construction of the "castle".
In the belief that this would be their future joint residence, Li Xiao also deliberately discussed the layout of the construction with Zhou Yi.
But when he saw the "unintelligible" look from Zhou Yi, who was munching corn, he knew that he could only do these things that consumed brain cells by himself.
This is definitely a time-consuming and laborious task.
However, isn’t it also a happy thing to build your own “castle” brick by brick?
