There was no Papa White Snake coming last night. However, throughout the day I reflected on the error of my ways as a mage, and realized that a food supply crisis is coming. It’s about the mini pigs in the pig trench.

A few days ago, I trimmed down their population to half—from twelve to six—in an effort to decrease the dried slime needed to feed them. However, by the rate it’s going, it’ll be less than four days before my dried slime stockpile is gone, and I start butchering live slimes from the slime trench simultaneously to feed the pigs. Even assuming that the live slimes in the trench have around a hundred slime, that's still only a non-permanent patch before the pigs eat them all in about a week or so.

I need to look for a way to increase the slime production capacity or scrap the pig trench all together. And I don’t want to scrap the pig trench yet, as it means dealing with four dozen dead unborn pigs after. It’s bad luck. I guess it’s time to start rationing myself, and luckily I still have some smoked pork in the smoker building. That will last me for the week, at least. I’m going to think about increasing the slime production capacity all day tomorrow.

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On a more cheery note, recently, I’ve hit the two kilometers mark in the escape tunnel digging effort. Granted, there’s still about eighteen kilometers to go, but progress is still progress. The digging effort is a long-term plan, after all. Let’s keep this up, me!

Though, it’d be convenient if there’s a way to transport the digging debris to the cavern much faster. I’ve been walking back and forth while levitating the debris, after all. And, considering the tunnel’s degree of elevation, I’ve been thinking of creating a simple sledge out of stone to fasten my way back.

Yeah, sledding with a sledge will be fun, I guess.