I woke up to find myself transmigrated into a disabled child.

Chapter 7 Amazing Plants

With Maoqiu's help, Lezhi quickly gathered enough materials for his daily life. After picking and choosing two stones by the stream, Lezhi prepared to try making a fire for the first time.

He had never tried wilderness survival before, and the little common sense he had was all from the internet, so he only had a general idea of ​​these operations and had to figure everything out on his own.

First, he tried to start a fire by striking flint together. However, Lezhi did not know that only certain types of stones could be used to start a fire, so the two stones he picked up at random naturally failed to start a fire.

Since starting a fire with flint failed, he had no choice but to use the most primitive method of friction to make fire. Lezhi went to the stream and found several sharp-edged, relatively thin stone slabs. After polishing the edges, he selected two suitable branches. He carved a groove in a stone into the thicker branch and secured it with two stones, while he slightly sharpened one end of the thinner branch.

Having prepared all that, Lezhi softened the dried grass leaves and placed them into the groove. With everything ready, Lezhi stretched his arms, gripped the thin twig with both hands, and began to vigorously rotate it in the groove.

Unfortunately, Lezhi overestimated his physical strength and speed, and underestimated the difficulty of starting a fire by friction. Despite his great effort, he only managed to obtain some slightly warm grass leaves and a pair of arms that were almost useless.

The furball, which had been observing Lezhi's movements, came closer out of curiosity when it saw Lezhi finally stop, and peered into the groove to look at the heated grass blades.

Seemingly understanding something, the fluffy ball turned its head and chirped at Lezhi, then spread its wings and flew away.

Lezhi couldn't understand what the furry ball was saying. He only saw it circle in the air for a moment, then choose a direction and fly away quickly. A little surprised, Lezhi stood up and called out to the sky, "Furry ball, where are you going?"

"Chirp chirp~ Chirp~"

Hearing his voice, the fluffy ball, though already far away, still responded to him from a distance.

Lezhi was left bewildered by the stream, completely confused. After sitting there for a while, he got up and went to the insect that had been dead for some time. Using the stone shard he had just used to whittle wood as a knife, Lezhi began to collect the insect's flesh.

He couldn't afford to be discouraged. If the furball only left for a short while, that would be fine. But if it didn't come back, the insect's meat would be enough for him to survive for a long time. This kind of high-protein meat was too precious. If he relied on himself, he didn't know when he would get it again, or perhaps there wouldn't be a next time at all. So he couldn't waste any of the food in front of him.

Fortunately, the insect meat not only looked tender, but also actually didn't have much fiber, which meant that even with a not-so-sharp stone knife, Lezhi didn't have to exert much effort to collect all the meat that could be removed.

With the abdominal meat dealt with, Lezhi's eyes then turned to the several pairs of insect legs. They were all arthropods; crab legs had meat inside, so insect legs should... probably too. Since there was nothing else to do, Lezhi found a few large rocks, located at the joint between the insect leg and the body, and with all his might, smashed off an insect leg.

Through the cracks in the bone, tender white flesh was revealed. Seeing that there was indeed meat inside the insect's legs, and quite a lot of it, Lezhi immediately felt his fatigue cured. Gathering his strength, Lezhi persevered and smashed off the remaining legs.

He put the insect legs into his spatial storage as well, and now the ten cubic meters of space was completely full. Lezhi went to the stream, took out the moss he had picked from the cave, and observed its appearance.

"Huh, why hasn't it changed at all?"

He held the moss up to his eyes and carefully examined it. Only then did he discover that his enhanced plant perception had a hidden use: he seemed to be able to sense the loss of life in plants.

When he picked these moss yesterday, the vitality level he sensed was almost the same as the vitality level he sensed now. To the naked eye, even after spending a night in the space, the moss was still as fresh as when it was first picked, and there was no sign of moisture loss.

Perhaps this space can slow down the rate at which plants decompose, Lezhi speculates.

Since that's the case, Lezhi decided to test how long meat could be stored in the space. Once he figured this out, it would be easier for him to store food in the future.

Lezhi spread the inedible moss on the stones, intending to dry it, crush it, and bury it. Ideally, he would burn it, but he couldn't start a fire, so he had to make do.

As for the part that he sensed was edible, Rakuchi enthusiastically picked a moss branch, rinsed it briefly in water, and put it in his mouth.

"Mmm, so sweet~"

As Lezhi gently chewed the moss, he was surprised to find his mouth filled with sweetness. The moss was sweet, but not in the way of fruit; instead, it had a refreshing plant fragrance that made his mouth water. Lezhi ate one mouthful after another, swallowing a palm-sized piece of moss without feeling any cloying taste.

Captivated by the scent of this moss, Lezhi's eyes lit up as she looked at the remaining edible moss. She eagerly picked one, washed it, and before she could even put it in her mouth, her nose caught the familiar aroma.

"Huh, this looks like..."

With a hunch in mind, Lezhi didn't take a big bite like she did with the moss before. Instead, she carefully bit off a small piece with her teeth and chewed it cautiously.

The familiar pungent spiciness spread in her mouth, and Lezhi swallowed it with difficulty. Then she quickly ate a few more bites of sweet moss to suppress the strong spiciness of the onion.

Yes, this edible moss tastes almost exactly like scallions. Lezhi has never liked eating raw scallions, which is why she was so cautious when trying it.

Having confirmed the taste of the two edible mosses, Lezhi felt he had found a treasure. One was a source of sweetness, and the other was an essential seasoning in cooking; both were extremely useful. He carefully observed the appearance of the two mosses and decided that he would collect more if he came across them in the future.

Just then, a familiar chirping sound came from afar, drawing Lezhi's attention away from the moss. Suddenly raising her head, Lezhi stood up and looked in the direction from which the sound came, her eyes filled with hope.

He was not disappointed. Soon, the round, furry figure appeared in the air. It flew very fast, and the distance seemed to be covered in the blink of an eye.

Lezhi left the stream, ran two steps forward, and opened his arms to welcome the furball that was running straight toward him.

"Chirp chirp~ Chirp chirp~"

Maoqiu nestled happily in Lezhi's arms, its meows sweet and charming, as if sweetened with honey. Not only that, it also knew its advantage, nuzzling Lezhi's chin with its fluffy head, its affectionate posture so natural, just like a pet that Lezhi had raised.

Defeated by Maoqiu's combo, Lezhi couldn't utter a single word of blame. At that moment, he felt both overjoyed and relieved. Overjoyed that Maoqiu had returned to his side unharmed, and relieved that in this strange new world, he wouldn't have to face the unknown storms alone.

Blinking away the heat in her eyes, Lezhi stroked Maoqiu's body and asked softly, "Maoqiu, where did you go just now?"

"Tweet~"

As always, Maoqiu responded enthusiastically. Before Lezhi could ask any more questions, he turned around and pecked out a stone the size of a bottle cap from his thick fur and handed it to Lezhi.

"Huh, what's this? Is it for me?"

Opening her hand, Lezhi accepted the stone given to her by Maoqiu and asked in surprise, receiving a "chirp" in affirmation from Maoqiu.

The stone was about the size of a bottle cap. Whether it was Lezhi's imagination or not, he felt a warmth on the part of his skin that touched the stone. At the same time, his supernatural intuition told him that this thing was non-toxic and inedible.

Is this thing actually a plant?