GOING ON THE WAY TO THE HERBIVORE ISLAND P3

Fer finished adding points to the stats and, as a result, the engram points increased to 58, and since his level had also risen to 12, he could now learn more diverse and useful things. Fer opened the engram menu to see what new things he could learn with his level 12.

Level 10: Cooking Pot (9), Cement (3), Stimulant (6), Gunpowder (2), Flare Gun (6), Compass (5), Spyglass (2), Small Crop Plot (9), Gravestone (8), War Drums (6), Parasaur Saddle (9), Ichthyosaurus Saddle (8), Stone Pipe Intersection (5), Stone Pipe Straight (2), Stone Tap (5), Wooden Spike Wall, Wooden Sign (2), Wooden Ceiling (6), Wooden Sloped Wall Left and Right (6), Wooden Sloped Roof (4), Wooden Doorframe (6), Wooden Door (4), Wooden Chair (6), Painting Canvas (2), Wooden Fence (3), Wooden Shield (7), Wooden Railing (3), Wooden Cage (10), Bolas (10), Training Dummy (8).

When Fer saw the things he could learn, his eyes lit up. What caught his attention the most was the bolas, which could immobilize almost any medium-sized dinosaur and all small dinosaurs except a few exceptions.

The effect was that if the bolas hit humans, it would only immobilize them for 25 seconds, and wild dinosaurs would be immobilized for 30 seconds without being able to move. The only downside was that you couldn't continuously spam the bolas on the same target for 10 seconds in a row, and until that time had passed, you couldn't throw them again because they would have no effect.

After thinking about this, Fer learned the bolas with a thought, spending 10 points right away. He also learned gunpowder, cement, and stimulant at once, spending another 11 engram points. His current points were 37 after the expenses for learning.

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Fer lay back on the sleeping bag, enjoying the warmth provided by the campfire. Although the night was getting deeper and the cold and air grew chillier as the night darkened, with his 20-point fortitude increase, Fer could withstand this cold almost without issues. And if you added the warmth of the campfire, it was quite comfortable. The only downside was that the sounds of dinosaurs could be heard from time to time.

Fer savored the cooked meat, enjoying its taste. The aroma emitted by the cooked meat was both familiar and unfamiliar; he noted that the taste was almost identical to cooked meat from Earth. However, this cooked meat had something strange that Fer couldn't explain. Since he noted that this strangeness wasn't harmful, Fer forgot about it and simply enjoyed the tasty meat.

When he finished eating until his food bar was full, Fer got into the sleeping bag and closed his eyes to sleep. He wasn't afraid of a dinosaur attacking him out of nowhere while he slept, with the two rocks that almost no dinosaur could break and with the wooden spikes that counterattacked the damage. And if you added the fact that the area he was in was fairly safe with hardly any medium or large dinosaurs, he didn't need to worry about tonight.

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Fer slowly opened his eyelids a few times, seeing a blue sky with very few clouds. He felt a sensation of hunger coming from his stomach and noticed that his mouth felt dry all over his mouth and lips.

He sighed…

"Tch, lying in a sleeping bag is a hassle. Plus, it gives me a small backache, not to mention I can barely move. The only good thing about this sleeping bag is that it keeps the temperature quite well," said Fer, sighing as he got out of the sleeping bag. The sleeping bag disappeared as if it crumbled with a straw-like effect.

This didn't surprise Fer because this was the effect of the sleeping bag, which was only for one use. Although it was strange for it to disappear after just one use, Fer couldn't control these things. Even though many things are like reality, there are also many things that are like the original ARK game.

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Fer destroyed the three wooden spike barriers, quickly filled his stomach and thirst in a few minutes of preparing everything. He couldn't delay too much to reach Herbivore Island. Secretly, he decided not to get distracted by any fight or other reason, to save as much time as possible to reach Herbivore Island in the shortest time.

When he started running, he instantly felt the difference compared to before. His current speed was no joke at all; it's not an exaggeration to say that aside from flyers and some exceptions with certain special dinosaurs, from now on he wouldn't fear almost any dinosaur on this island.

The wind hit hard against his whole body and his clothes, which flapped with the air that crashed, the sand under his feet lifted a few centimeters due to the speed at which Fer was going.

Fer deduced that at this speed, he could reach Herbivore Island in a day without getting distracted by anything around. The only things slowing him down were his energy and the time he took to eat and drink. But since his food and water weren't much, only 100, they were easy to refill, just like his energy, which recovered in just a few dozen seconds.

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Fer didn't tire of running the whole time; the high-speed sensation kept him excited for a long time.

After more than 3 hours of running along the shore, Fer encountered the first obstacle to reaching Herbivore Island. In front of him, he found a huge river mouth, one or two kilometers long. Unlike the game, this was a truly large river mouth compared to the game, which was only a few hundred meters wide.

With the spyglass, Fer could see the other shore. If it weren't for the special spyglass in his hands, Fer could barely see the outline of the other shore. But he wasn't too worried, as when Fer turned his head, he saw a "small" island that could be used as a shortcut to avoid the dangers underwater.

He ran for a while to get right in front of the small island; he only had to cross the river about 200 meters wide. With spear in hand, Fer held his breath and entered the cold water with a splash that splashed around.

Fer felt the cold water touching his whole body. If it weren't for the dangers, Fer would like to bathe for a while longer. However, currently, that wasn't feasible, so he swam quickly to the small island ahead.

His speed was even faster than on land, like a mini torpedo of flesh and bone. The speed at which he was going caused the water to ripple and produce many bubbles. These ripples caught the attention of some marine creatures scattered around.

A school of piranhas that wandered nearby felt these fluctuations, and with a quick body twist, they saw a person of flesh and bone swimming in their territory. The piranhas' eyes turned red, and they didn't hesitate to swim quickly towards Fer to eat him with their razor-like teeth.

Fer looked around to see some piranhas pouncing on him. Instead of being scared, Fer only smiled at these piranhas. In an instant, Fer swam at a speed that left the piranhas behind in just a few seconds.

"This is the thrill of speed," Fer thought confidently.

If he didn't have this speed, he surely wouldn't be a match for these piranhas with teeth sharper than a knife. Although their damage was quite high, as well as their health—one had 300 and the other 200—, for these piranhas, three hundred health would only last a few more seconds. If he had more armor like iron, then the story would be completely different, and even though his damage was 200%, with the current spear in his hands, he could barely do much, not to mention that the piranhas' attack speed was quite fast and that he could barely attack.

Since he was faster in water than on land, Fer only took a minute to reach full speed to the other shore of the small island. The energy spent wasn't much; in water, his energy consumption was greatly reduced.