In a short period of time, the three people were destined to be unable to leave this deserted island. They picked up the wreckage of the abandoned and broken ship and built a simple wooden shed covered with many broad leaves they picked. The island is not big.
, they could walk around it in less than two hours, but they avoided some towering cliffs facing the sea. But those mountains were not high, and they were bare. From a distance, there was nothing, so naturally there was no way to go up.
necessary.
Food is very limited. Originally they had plenty of supplies and shipped some fresh food at the customs office. But now, the dry food has been soaked in water, and most of the fruits and vegetables have been washed away. There is only one bag of rice left, and the bag is broken.
.The supplies on this island are not rich enough. Maybe only one person can survive for a long time, but the number of wild fruits is limited after all, and the only meat that can be easily obtained is fish, which is better than nothing. This is their first time on the island.
Although the sky was clear for three days, the looming sea fog in the distance still blocked the view. Qi Huan climbed up a tall coconut tree and looked into the distance.
"Like a monkey."
"Who are you talking about!"
If he hadn't been unable to pick these sturdy coconuts with one hand, he would have smashed two of them on Bai Ya. Anyone could say that about him, except Bai Ya, who had done this before.
"Do you know the difference between monkeys and humans?" Qi Huan said with his legs firmly on the tree, wrapping a rough canvas around the trunk, "Humans can use tools."
As he said that, with the friction between the rough cloth and the smooth tree trunk, he slid down smoothly. He probably also used it to move up little by little. Bai Ya didn't care about him and just glanced at where he was looking.
"What did 'man' discover?"
"There are some illusory outlines. I judge that it should be the main island... It should be the territory of the Nine Heavens Kingdom. I can't assess the distance between them. I have to wait for the sea fog to completely dissipate before I can judge."
"When will the sea fog dissipate? Don't you know this? Or...when will the monsters leave?"
Bai Ya's question was a bit tricky, but Qi Huan understood what he meant. Qi Huan answered seriously:
"If you trust my intuition, I can say that the monster is ready to leave - but this will probably be a long process."
"intuition?"
Bai Ya always felt that this was similar to the monkey metaphor, which was something Qi Huan used to retaliate against him. But he couldn't refute it. Regardless of martial arts, his spiritual power was considered to be in the middle among ordinary people, so the senses other than the five senses were
It is also more sensitive. Intuition is a kind of intuition, and what his intuition can tell him so far is no different from Qi Huan's inference.
Something is coming and about to leave again. The goal of this thing may be to block their entry, or it may not. Even the two of them can't say what specific existence it is, because they have never seen it before, everything depends on feeling and
It is estimated that it is a huge and unknown force, and its existence must be related to some characteristics of the barrier and the Nine Heavens Kingdom.
Qi Huan lowered his head and saw Bai Ya holding a rabbit in his hand. But he looked carefully and found that not only the ears of this little animal were longer, but the whole body was also longer, like a mink. But does a mink have this color?
"What is this?" he asked, pointing to the animal.
"lunch."
"..." Qi Huan took a deep breath, "It's not good to be picky under these conditions, but wouldn't it be safer for us to eat something with a clear species? What kind of animal is this? Have you seen it?"
"No." Bai Ya shook his head honestly, "Maybe it's a monster."
"..."
Qi Huan did feel some spiritual energy from this little animal, which was much stronger than an ordinary rabbit, but compared with the demonic energy, this kind of power was much softer. He couldn't make a simple judgment, so he tried to explain to Bai Ya:
"This kind of desert island is relatively isolated, with limited species, and the circulation of spiritual power is not satisfactory. There are indeed many animals in these closed areas that are different from our common ones...their colors and habits will evolve according to the environment and become more
It is suitable for survival and reproduction in the present. So... is it a bit hasty for you to define it as a monster so simply?"
Bai Ya thought for a moment and nodded approvingly.
"Then it's edible."
"...Eat, eat."
Qi Huan gave up reasoning with this man. After all, his stomach also protested. After eating wild fruits for three days in a row, he felt a little exhausted and couldn't find the strength to climb trees. Forget it, saving his life was more important. Anyway, the little boy
The animal is dead, so it is better to maximize the value of its sacrifice.
One of them carried lunch, and the other dragged rags, and walked to the temporary residence stationed inside. They lit a fire, and Jun Aoyan stood guard there. Originally Qi Huan felt that he was more suitable to stay, but after thinking about it,
The two of them are still at odds, and the second reason is that Miss Jun seemed to have contracted typhoid fever during the storm and was unable to move around easily.
Before arriving at the destination, Qi Huan said: "Lao Bai, do you think...Miss Jun is really sick? I'm not very good at diagnosis, but I know a little bit about herbal medicine. The medical supplies have also been confiscated by the sea. If anyone is really sick,
If you get sick, I'm afraid you won't be able to afford it."
"It's not typhoid fever."
"Hey, have you checked your pulse?" Qi Huan glanced at him sideways, "I can't tell you can do this. Is she pretending to be sick?"
"She is sick, but it's not typhoid." Bai Ya stopped as he got closer to the black smoke burning in the stronghold, "She was stimulated by something... That's what I think."
"You mean something unclean?"
"I don't know." Bai Ya said truthfully, "But I have seen similar things before."
"...Okay. I hope it's okay."
The two of them continued walking. Opening the leaf door as a cover, they passed through the simple fence and returned to the fire in front of the wooden shed. Jun Aoyan saw them coming back and just nodded without saying much.
"The fresh water for drying is not enough." Aoyan pointed to an ugly "basin" that they put together temporarily, "I will go get some sea water later."
They knew that fresh water was an important survival resource. Even if they didn't know it, people from the court told them before they came that the more sea water they drank, the less they would be able to quench their thirst and would instead increase the rate of dehydration. At first, Jun Aoyan said,
In desert areas where water is limited, even a little bit of dirty water is of great significance. The army will use burlap, gravel and sand to make a simple filtering device to make the filtered water clear, or at least look clear.
She didn't know whether seawater could achieve the same effect, so the three of them tried it. The filtered water was indeed lighter, but the effect was not good.
During the day the next day, Qi Huan tinkered with a new device. It was very simple. He fixed a wide leaf on the edge of the container, covered the upper layer, and let the tip of the leaf hang down to another container. The evaporated seawater condensed together and flowed along the leaf.
direction flows into a new container. This is the principle of sun salt, but if the water that should have evaporated is collected, wouldn't it be less salty?
Qi Huan said to Ao Yan, "I'll go with you."
"No need. It's not that far."
"It's okay to wander around, maybe pick up some crab shells or something."
"Well, that's fine."
Bai Ya still has no direct communication with her, but at least he doesn't reject her when talking to Qi Huan, which is a bit of progress. Indeed, before they actually came to the South Country, they encountered a shipwreck and became grasshoppers on a rope.
No one is ignorant. Bai Ya quickly disembowelled "Lunch" with a weapon, passed it through with a sharpened stick, and plucked out the hair smoothly. This set of skillful movements made Qi Huan suspicious.
He often steals other people's free-range chickens.
Taking the basin modified from a box to the beach, Qi Huan took the initiative to talk to Jun Aoyan.
"I saw the direction of the southern island. When the weather gets better, we can build a boat and go there to have a look."
"Um."
Aoyan didn't ask how far away it was or how to build the ship, which showed that her mind was not on this topic at all. Qihuan didn't hide anything and asked her directly:
"Miss Jun, our current situation is the same as expected: alone and fending for ourselves. However, Bai Shaoxia and I both feel that you are more depressed than when you were on the boat. Why is this? Could it be that you are not good at water? What happened after this
Does it frighten you? Don't be afraid, you can see that we are not living well."
Jun Aoyan was indeed depressed, a lot depressed. It wasn't that obvious just from her expression. She was always so calm, and the tenacity in that calmness had not faded, but he could no longer see Aoyan's unique sharpness. Then
He didn't know how to describe this sharpness, it seemed to be innate in Aoyan. It was a kind of aggression and a kind of self-defense. Now this kind of self-protection was destroyed.
"I... nothing special." Jun Aoyan said lightly, without any emotion, "Maybe I used to follow my father or my friends in the army from birth to death. Now I feel a little uncomfortable sharing the same difficulties with people I don't know very well.
You’re used to it, maybe you were scared. It’s nothing, don’t worry.”
Ao Yan's words were flawless, leaving Qi Huan with no idea what to do. But he knew very well that this argument was simply untenable. The background of her parents' death and her long military life made her more self-reliant than anyone else, no matter what.
At that time, she knew better than anyone that she could not rely on anyone and had to rely on her own strength for everything. Of course - team fighting was another matter. But today's enemy is different than ever before. It is invisible and temporarily
.
But can such vague and unknown things scare her? Qi Huan doesn't think so. He needs to know the truth in order to fundamentally eliminate the obstacles. However, the current situation is that Miss Jun is not cooperative. In this regard, she and Bai Ya
Very similar.
Indeed, although they have been together for about ten days, it is far from enough. Ten days is not enough to understand any side of anyone, Qi Huan knows very well. They are all people with some abilities in their own way, and they need to cooperate and get along. For now
This was a difficult step given the situation. We were all adults who had been severely beaten in the world, and no one would cut open their heart and lungs and be honest with each other.
However, Qi Huan believes that this day will come soon.
