Chapter 13 Finding a way out
Everyone gathered firewood and the flames were high. Soon Liu Yue's first stone ax was completed. Liu Yue took it in her hand and chopped at the wood a few times. She never thought that the stone ax was quite sharp.
Now everyone feels confident again. As long as we have the tools, we still have hope. However, it takes a lot of time to build this stone axe, and the success rate is not high.
I had only a handful of successes in the morning, and the heavy responsibility of cutting down trees still fell on my shoulders.
Although I was tired, I didn't dare to hand over my fire ax to others. To be honest, I couldn't trust these people.
If we hadn't been doing farm work since we were young, and we still had enough food to satisfy our hunger, such physical labor would have been too much.
Some of the people following us were already exhausted, and I was also considering whether to conserve my energy.
Looking at the people watching the excitement on the deck, I couldn't help but feel angry. It seemed like what we were doing was just for us.
The working time always flies by and it's almost dark, but fortunately we have already prepared defenses for both entrances and exits.
Everyone has already hid in the room, and now it’s up to us to see if our defenses can resist the advance of those monsters.
The sky darkened, a familiar howl sounded, and I could hear movement on the deck.
Now that I have become bolder, I stand directly at the glass window and watch. I can even see that there are people like me in the opposite rooms.
This was impossible in the past two days. The movement on the deck was getting louder and louder, which I knew meant that there were more and more monsters.
However, no monster has been seen in the cabin yet, and we can only occasionally hear some noises coming from the fortifications we designed.
Then came the roar of the monster. I wonder if it was my misunderstanding, but I could actually hear the anger hidden in the roar.
I leaned on the chair by the door and dozed off. I didn't close my eyes all day and night. I also did a day of physical work during the day. I was really tired.
A roar woke me up from my sleep. I quickly stood up and looked into the cabin, but I didn't see the shadow of the monster.
The roar started again. I remember this sound. It was the signal for the monster to retreat. That night, we won.
This time I didn't dare to rush out immediately. It wasn't until dawn entered the cabin that I couldn't wait to open the door.
Although the defenses at the entrance to the cabin were somewhat damaged, they finally succeeded in keeping the monsters out.
What excited me the most was that I saw traces of blood on the sharpened stick. This blood must have belonged to the monster.
The red blood was also flowing, which showed that this monster was not invincible. I couldn't wait to remove the defense and go outside to see the situation.
Several people who were with me yesterday also joined my team, and those who were originally watching the excitement have now appeared in the cabin.
Everyone was immersed in the excessive joy of safety, but I didn't dare to cheer loudly. I knew that the danger was not over yet.
The success of the first attempt attracted some more people to join us, and our team successfully expanded to twenty people. The remaining fifteen people still stopped and watched on the deck.
But now I don't have the energy to take care of those people. Although the three of us have food in stock, these people don't.
Even if we resist the monster attack again, we will still starve to death. Food and water for so many people have now become the biggest problem.
"Everyone, come and gather." I said to everyone.
When everyone gathered, I continued: "Our biggest problem now is food and water. We don't know the situation in the woods. It may be dangerous to enter rashly. Now the men go to the sea to fish, and the women search along the shore."
, see if there are any fruits available to eat.”
After arranging everyone's work, I naturally picked up the fire ax to chop down trees. Liu Yue still made stone axes, and a foreign girl also joined Liu Yue's team.
The morning has passed, and now we have three stone axes, which can basically meet our needs for tree felling.
Now we just have food and water. Unfortunately, this morning, the fishing team gained nothing.
I sat on the shore a little decadently, looking at the rocks in the distance. Now I was waiting for the team searching for food. If they found nothing, it seemed that I would have no choice but to venture into the jungle.
Just when everyone was getting a little anxious due to the scorching sun above their heads, the team searching for food finally came back, but looking at the two people running in the distance, I quickly stood up.
Eight people were sent out, but only two have returned. Could something have happened?
"What's wrong? What happened? Where are the others?" I stepped forward and asked anxiously.
"Yes...yes...yes..." one person said breathlessly.
"Is there a monster?" someone on our side asked aloud.
As soon as he said this, everyone almost ran away, but I quickly stopped them.
"Speak slowly, what is it?" I asked.
"There are coconuts." The visitor said breathlessly.
"Great, where is it? Take us there quickly." I said.
Everyone was very excited when they heard the news. They were all gearing up and excited.
"Thirsty..." the visitor looked at me and said.
I quickly took off my kettle and handed the water to the two of them.
"Hurry up, I'll drink it later." said a person behind me.
"That's right, it will be too late later." Another person said.
I turned around and took a look. I didn't say anything, but I remembered the appearance of these two people. One was tall, one was short, one was fat and the other was thin.
I ignored the urging of the two men, but said softly to the two women in front of me: "Drink slowly, and take us there when you have rested."
When the fat man and the thin man saw what I said, they didn't know what to say. They just paced back and forth. It was obvious that they were very anxious.
Fortunately, the two people in front of me were not the kind of pretentious people. After drinking water, they said to me: "It's over there."
As he spoke, he walked forward, and a group of people quickly followed, and a few people even ran forward on their own.
Liu Yue and Ling Han followed me leisurely. I didn't care about those people running forward. The most important thing now was to conserve my energy.
We still don't know how high the coconut tree is, and whether we can climb it is still a question. If it doesn't work, I can only cut down the tree, so I have to conserve my strength now.
If these people rob me again, I must at least be able to protect myself and the two women around me.
After walking for almost an hour, we finally arrived at our destination. This place can actually be seen from the deck. It’s just that we didn’t think of coming to take a look.
It's just that the deck is blocked by a huge boulder, and these coconut trees can't be seen at all. The problem now is how to get the coconuts on the trees.
A few hungry people hurriedly climbed up the tree. I stood under the five-meter-high tree and didn't rush to do anything.
It would be nice if there was a ladder here, but right now we don't have time to make any more ladders. Fortunately, this place is not just a coconut tree, but a coconut grove. As long as we make good excuses, we won't starve to death for a while.
Several people climbing the tree fell heavily, but fortunately there was a beach below, otherwise they would have died for the coconut.
I picked a tree with more coconuts and swung the ax directly. Then the people climbing the tree stopped, and the three people holding the stone ax also started to chop down the tree.
This coconut tree is surprisingly hard. Every time I cut it, my arms were numb. But looking at the helpless people, I didn't dare to stop.
Finally, when I was sweating profusely, the first coconut tree fell down. Before I could say anything, everyone was already rushing forward.
He didn't care about the people around him at all, and a few people even started pushing and pushing, and some of them even started to get violent, so that several people fell to the ground before they even got the coconut.
There were even three women who rushed forward. No one came forward to rob, only ten people, that is, the ten people who had been with us for a long time.
I know that now they are all hungry and thirsty. It's useless for me to say anything, but Liu Yue can't hold back her anger.
"Don't grab it, don't grab it, Qingyang chopped it down." Liu Yue said while pulling the people.
"Leave me alone and die." One of them pushed Liu Yue to the ground.
It wasn't the fat man who was frizzy before. Seeing that the thin man was trying to add fuel to the flames, I rushed forward in anger and kicked the thin man to the ground.
Then he kicked the fat man again, and the two of them lay on the ground with their legs in the air. The anger in their eyes flashed when they caught a glimpse of the ax in my hand.
Actually, it's not that I'm great, it's just that they are so hungry that they can hardly stand.
Chapter completed!