The third aspect is his ability to identify plants and animals. Most of the animals in this world had close counterparts on Earth. For instance, the rabbits here were almost identical to those on Earth, except they were faster, stronger, and slightly larger. Snakes, deer, and feline creatures were likewise very similar. However, there were also completely alien wildlife species, such as a colossal beast called a rhinoceros-elephant. It was as massive as an African elephant, but its body bristled with over a dozen razor-sharp bone spikes, and it looked like a giant, fiercely savage wild boar. After excitedly hunting and roasting one, Hao Qi ended up poisoned. The toxin was so virulent that it gave him severe bouts of diarrhea. Furthermore, the many tender plants and post-rain mushrooms he saw along the road could not be eaten casually since he didn't recognize them—a crucial point for wilderness survival.
The fourth aspect was that he had virtually no culinary skills. At best, he could roast food over an open fire, or boil it using makeshift stone or wooden containers he fashioned on the spot. Along the way, he had encountered animals with exceptionally delicious meat, only to ruin them with such crude cooking methods. He had traveled around the world to enjoy himself, not to suffer through hardships in the wild.
These four points represented his major shortcomings in wilderness survival, which he needed to properly study, train for, or supplement by purchasing knowledge boo…
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