Chapter 103

Cloudy felt that she had experienced the four seasons of the rainforest within the most suitable time frame. The temperature when she crossed over should be autumn, with the rainy season being winter.

After the rainy season, the period following the cold retreat of the water is spring, and these three seasons are very suitable for her survival. The only major issue is summer. However, she has now found a solution; she just needs to huddle in the water cave at the mountaintop... Although she can't stay in the water cave for long periods, it still serves as a resting place.

A couple of days ago, Titus carried her down the cliff and back to the settlement to check on things. The growth in her backyard was still thriving; one of the green monkey cubs had died, but the remaining few had started to grow fur and become fluffy in a short time. In a few days, Titus would participate in the fourth external hunt, which would be longer this time, equivalent to the previous regular hunting time.

Surprisingly, Cloudy did not feel a very strong sense of separation anxiety anymore; as long as she stayed in the settlement, Titus would come back alive no matter what. Titus had the same trust in her, "Even if Cloudy is without me, she can survive on her own." Otherwise, he wouldn't have let her go out alone to check the traps.

This was definitely a good thing; within the first six months of crossing over, she had adapted well both physically and mentally... And now, thanks to Titus, she had found a summer retreat. There were no more major issues ahead; the essentials of life - clothing, food, shelter, transportation, and spiritual support - were all there.

Cloudy found it very simple to verify whether she was doing well or not. If she felt bored, then she was doing well... For example, lying in the waterway now, staring at the glowing plants on the cave wall. She had thoroughly studied these plants; besides glowing in the dark, they were neither edible nor portable. Once removed, they would no longer glow... It was very boring; there was hardly anything to do during the summer retreat.

Apart from being awake, there was no difference between her current state and hibernation. Should she crawl out and do something? But the thought of the steaming hot temperature outside made her prefer to stay here until she turned into a prune. How long would summer last? Spring probably lasted a little over a month... Cloudy sighed in the water, feeling so bored, really bored.

These boring days had been going on for at least twenty days. During this time, Titus came over to say hello before going for the external hunt, bringing a lot of food piled outside Cloudy's tent. Cloudy was happy, but the moment she crawled out from the cave below and saw Titus placing the food in front of her tent... It felt like she had already died, and her spirit crawled out from the ground just in time to see her family offering her food.

After Titus went for the hunt, she had even less to do. She didn't have to find her own food, and there was nothing to worry about. She spent a day walking back down the mountain to take care of the backyard in the settlement, and it was also being managed very well by Wahben, with many plants already flourishing.
The flowers have bloomed.

What's going on, the anxiety has been cured. Why do I now feel a sense of emptiness instead... Is it emptiness? Cloudy sat in the backyard watching Wahben's figure as she caught insects for her.

She can now communicate almost effortlessly with the locals, earning their trust by bringing some basic modern techniques with her, allowing Matriarch to give her a higher status in the settlement for tasks like building, planting, raising animals... even making fire, she has done everything she can and within her ability, and done it well.

She doesn't feel panicked by Titus' temporary departure, and she feels at ease when staying in the settlement. Wahben and she could even be considered friends now, and Matriarch's attitude has been getting better, always coming over kindly to ask her about matters concerning warm houses, warm clothes, and charcoal.

In this environment, what else can she do? It seems like there's nothing much left to do. Cloudy looked at her lush backyard for a moment, then squinted and stretched lazily, "Wahben, is the baby in your belly doing well?"

If I remember correctly, Wahben has been pregnant for almost a month now, but her belly isn't noticeably swollen. Compared to modern people, Wahben's belly looks like it's only four months along? There are hardly any traces.

Asked about this, Wahben seemed very excited, "Very well, I can feel something in my belly."

"I hope it appears smoothly. My child." Wahben came to Cloudy's side, holding her belly. "My child is very lucky. This rainy season, we have Cloudy here. Cloudy will protect the child, with warmth."

Although initially it was Titus pleading for her help in the settlement, now it's almost half-voluntary. Helping the settlement through tough times is quite rewarding for her, and there shouldn't be any issues this rainy season. Their preparations are very thorough. "How much longer until the birth? Will it be before the rainy season?"

"After this external hunt ends, you'll be able to see."

The external hunt ends... which means that for the locals, pregnancy to birth only takes 2-3 months, their physical structure is completely different. Cloudy was genuinely happy for Wahben, "Who will give the child a name? Matriarch, or Wahben?"

"Matriarch!" Wahben took Cloudy's hand and placed it on her belly, perhaps wanting Cloudy to feel the child's presence. "I want a child as amazing as Cloudy."

This statement sounded a bit odd... Cloudy gently caressed Wahben's belly. For the locals, survival, reproduction, and daily life are everything, and reproduction is something Cloudy physically can't do, and she doesn't have any obsession with "offspring" herself.

Moreover, with her physical condition, leaving offspring here would only harm the child. The locals' offspring can't survive in such an environment, let alone hers.

In other words, apart from reproduction, she is now completely on the same level as the locals. Localization... successful? Next, except for before the rainy season.
Once the warm house is completely built and put into use, she won't have anything else to worry about.

Thinking about it this way, her mood quickly shifted from emptiness to joy. How could she find these safe days boring? All of this was achieved through the efforts of Titus and her together. Maintaining a positive attitude towards each day could also be seen as a way to resist boredom. Next, she would be able to see scenes of local people producing, which was something new.

"By the way, Cloudy, are the animals kept in the back for eating?" Wowben sat down next to Cloudy to rest, and the two of them stared at the green monkeys still sleeping in the cage. "They're so small, not enough to eat."

"...Not for eating." Although initially they were indeed brought in for breeding and consumption, now they felt a bit of attachment and couldn't bear to eat them. Besides, even if the green monkeys and their children were served on the table, it wouldn't be enough to fill Titus' teeth... If they wanted to feed these locals, they would have to breed dinosaurs no matter what.

Cloudy thought about a place where they could detain and breed dinosaurs, but in less than three seconds, she gave up. It would be better to raise some large insects... Insects reproduce quickly and in abundance, and Titus and the others really liked to eat them. Soon, the idea of a dinosaur breeding ground in her mind turned into an insect breeding room. The memory of the bug tree encountered during the recent inspection of traps outside rushed back into Cloudy's mind.

Are insects easy to raise?

Cloudy, who had successfully localized, fell into contemplation, but if they were to be raised, it would definitely be left to Wowben and the others to handle. She was willing to reduce her level of localization to 80%.