Chapter 828-829 Survival on an Island (3, 4)

A week passed quickly. In the first few days, Zhuang Rui would still stand on the rocks and look around, waiting for the arrival of the rescue team. However, every day he waited was filled with endless disappointment.

Moreover, life at the seaside has become more and more difficult, because every few days, there will be a strong storm.

The night before yesterday, the sea water suddenly surged. Zhuang Rui, who was nesting on the reef, was awakened by the cold sea water. If Zhuang Rui hadn't reacted quickly and hugged the reef tightly, he might have entered the depths of the Atlantic Ocean.

Feed the shark.

In Zhuang Rui's eyes, the violent and wild sea is like a monster that will swallow him whole with his skin and bones at some point. His fear of the ocean now exceeds that of this mysterious island.

Another reason is the food problem. Although he eats fresh oysters and drinks pure natural coconut juice every day, which is a lifestyle that modern people pursue, Zhuang Rui finally started to suffer from gastrointestinal problems after eating for three days in a row.

He rebelled, and he was so ecstatic that he couldn't stop.

For several days in a row, Zhuang Rui did not dare to eat seafood anymore. He could only satisfy his hunger with coconut milk and coconut meat. The birds were almost fading out of his mouth. Looking at the seabirds flying every day by the seaside, Zhuang Rui wished he was alive.

Raw wings, caught one by one, grilled and eaten.

After staying at the beach for a week without encountering a rescue team, and staying on the beach was not an option, Zhuang Rui had already made up his mind to explore this isolated island.

According to Zhuang Rui's previous knowledge from movies, there are generally no large beasts on isolated islands in the sea. Maybe he heard it wrong the night before and he can't be sure.

However, before entering the island, Zhuang Rui still had a lot of preparation work to do. The first was naturally weapons. Without anything to defend himself, Zhuang Rui did not dare to go deep into the island.

Standing on the edge of the coconut grove, Zhuang Rui held a wooden pole about 1.5 meters long in his hand. He spent a lot of effort to pull it from a tree covered with barbs with a belt.

It was hit by a rock from a winger.

For this reason, Zhuang Rui's hands were covered with thorns as if they were growing hairs. It took him a whole day to pick them out, and then he spent another half a day scraping off all the barbs on the branches with a knife.

The current wooden pole, more accurately, should be a javelin, because at one end of the wooden pole, the knife from Peng Fei is tightly tied with Zhuang Rui's shoelaces. This is also Zhuang Rui's only weapon.

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Zhuang Rui held the middle part of the javelin in his right hand, pointed it at a coconut tree, and threw it with all his strength.

There was only a muffled sound of "Crack", and the knife at the front of the javelin was completely inserted into the hard coconut tree. The one-meter-long javelin was stably inserted into the tree, swinging back and forth like a spring, and made a "

"Buzzing" sound.

"Not bad, let's go back and try to see if we can catch fish..."

Zhuang Rui pulled the javelin from the tree and played with it in his hand. He was very satisfied with the weapon he made.

A few days ago, Zhuang Rui had successfully ignited dried leaves by hitting them with a knife and a stone, setting off a fire on the beach.

Although the fire was extinguished the next day because Zhuang Rui would not leave any kindling, it was still fresh and cooked again. After a period of exploration, as long as there were dry leaves and dry firewood, Zhuang Rui almost made it within ten minutes.

Able to draw fire skillfully.

But without the tools at hand, those oysters were difficult to grill and eat, which made Zhuang Rui feel itchy looking at the fish swimming in the sea.

But several times when he went fishing in the sea, Zhuang Rui was teased completely by the fish, and he fully understood the true meaning of the idiom "like a fish in water".

However, Zhuang Rui did find a good place for fishing. It was a canyon seven or eight miles away from where he landed. It is a bit inappropriate to call it a canyon because there was only a pool of fifty or sixty square meters in the valley.

The water in the pool is not deep, the deepest point is only five or six meters. Climbing to the smooth rocks on both sides washed by the sea water, you can clearly see the entire pool, which is as beautiful and transparent as a blue gem.

It may have been caused by a volcanic eruption. There are cliffs on both sides of the pool, and the middle is recessed. After years of erosion by the sea, there is a gap between the pool and the sea, which is only two or three meters wide and no more than one meter deep.

Due to the peculiar environment, some of the more ferocious killers in the sea cannot enter, and this pool has naturally become a paradise for fish.

Standing on the edge of the pool, you can clearly see various marine fish swimming in it. The big ones are one or two feet long, and the small ones are only as big as a finger.

Ever since Zhuang Rui accidentally discovered this place, the water pool has lost its tranquility. Zhuang Rui comes here every day to practice his water skills and try to catch a fish to improve his life. However, this guy has been struggling in the water for several days, which is very sad.

Couldn't catch a fish.

"Brother is here!"

Zhuang Rui was happiest when catching fish every day, so after seeing that the javelin was successfully made, Zhuang Rui couldn't bear it anymore. He immediately put aside exploring the island and excitedly rushed into the pool with the javelin.

Run away.

It is different to say that it has a weapon. After the first few misses, maybe it was a blind cat that encountered a dead mouse or something else, Zhuang Rui pierced a long one with a javelin that was more than a foot long and covered with silver scales.

Big fish.

"Haha, hahaha!"

Zhuang Rui's laughter echoed above the pool. No animals have been seen coming to the beach in the past few days. Zhuang Rui has become a lot more courageous, otherwise he would not have the idea of ​​exploring the island.

"Plop!"

Zhuang Rui jumped into the pool, grabbed the javelin, picked up the big fish, hurriedly climbed ashore, and found dead leaves and firewood near the pool.

"Kaka...kaka..."

With the impact of the knife and the volcanic stone, a few sparks fell on the dead leaves that were scorched by the sun. The leaves were immediately blackened by the sparks. Zhuang Rui quickly put it to his mouth and blew gently.

There is also a skill to blowing. If you blow too hard, the sparks will be blown out. But if you blow too small, it will not be enough to ignite the dead leaves. Zhuang Rui spent several days trying to master this technique.

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It's a pity that the coin-sized archaeological magnifying glass that Zhuang Rui always kept with him was lost somewhere. Otherwise, it would be a very easy thing to start a fire. Just use the magnifying glass to focus on the sunlight.

After lighting the fire, Zhuang Rui hurriedly disemboweled the fish, which weighed seven or eight kilograms, threw away the internal organs, found a tough branch, threaded it through, and hung it on the fire.

"It smells... it smells so damn good..."

Smelling the aroma of grilled fish, Zhuang Rui's mouth was filled with tears. It had been almost a week since he arrived on the island, and Zhuang Rui had never eaten cooked food. At this time, smelling the aroma of fish, Zhuang Rui almost shed tears.

It came out, of course, with tears of excitement.

"Shhhhhhhhhhhh..."

Before the fish was completely grilled, Zhuang Rui tore off a piece of fish and stuffed it into his mouth, regardless of whether it was hot to his hands. It was so hot that Zhuang Rui couldn't help but hiss, and he couldn't even taste the taste of the fish.

Zhuang Rui, who knew he was in a hurry and couldn't eat the hot tofu, finally calmed down and grilled the fish over and over again until it was golden brown. He then set it aside to cool for a while, and then he started to taste it.

“Delicious, really delicious…”

Zhuang Rui, who has been eating fish for more than 20 years, felt that fish meat was so delicious for the first time, a hundred times more delicious than all the good things he had eaten before.

Moreover, the fish meat was very delicate, with no bones except for one big fish bone. The fish meat alone weighed two or three kilograms, and it was all in Zhuang Rui's stomach.

After eating, Zhuang Rui kept the fish bones. This thing could come in handy later. Now Zhuang Rui was broke and had to make use of every resource.

"I need to get some salt..."

After eating, Zhuang Rui felt as if something was missing. He had been eating raw seafood and coconut for the past few days, but with cooked food, salt would become a necessary condiment.

However, making salt at the beach is the simplest. Just dig a shallow and large pit near a coconut grove, divert the salt water there, and then use the heat brought by the sun to dry it for a period of time.

There is salt precipitated.

Although this is not the so-called iodized salt, there is absolutely no problem in eating it. After eating the grilled fish, Zhuang Rui was full of energy and immediately started taking action.

More than three hours later, Zhuang Rui created an open space of about ten square meters next to the coconut grove, dug up the soft sand on the beach, and introduced some seawater.

However, it would probably take three to five days to produce salt. Seeing that it was getting late, Zhuang Rui sat under a tall coconut tree.

Zhuang Rui spent the past two nights in the woods because he was really frightened by the high tide at night, which was like killing people without blood.

The making of the javelin delayed a day's work. After eating in the evening, Zhuang Rui began to prepare the second piece of equipment needed to explore the desert island tomorrow.

If he wants to step onto this deserted island, Zhuang Rui also needs a pair of shoes.

If you were barefoot, let alone entering the interior of the island, even if you walked out of the beach and walked into the woods, Zhuang Rui's feet were pricked several times. Without a pair of shoes, Zhuang Rui could only wander on the beach.

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"Click..."

Zhuang Rui used a knife to cut open his jeans, cutting off the entire trouser leg below the knee, and then pulled out a few thin threads from the torn areas of the jeans.

At this time, fish bones came in handy. Zhuang Rui found a thick and hard fish bone. After breaking it, he carefully punched a hole in the big head with the tip of a knife. It was a simple sewing thread.

Needle.

"Grandma, art really comes from life..."

Looking at the needlework in his hand, Zhuang Rui sighed with emotion. You know, he learned all this knowledge from movies.

"Take it back..."

Ouyang Lei waved his hand to Commander Xie and looked at the sea in front of him unwillingly. He didn't know how to explain to the old man when he went back, or how to face his sister-in-law and Zhuang Rui's wife.

The search has been going on for seven days, with a wide-net search covering an area of ​​more than a thousand nautical miles, and more than 3,000 aircraft sorties being dispatched. Not to mention anything else, the money spent on this search alone is immeasurable.

It's just that Zhuang Rui seems to have disappeared in this sea area. No clues can be found, not even the parachute that should be floating on the sea.

The army did not belong to Ouyang Lei's family. Although he was determined to continue searching, pressure from the top forced Ouyang Lei to make the decision to end the search operation.

"Chief, I ask to stay..."

After Peng Fei heard what Ouyang Lei said, he became anxious. He firmly believed that Zhuang Rui was not dead. As long as he continued to search, he would definitely find Zhuang Rui.

At this time, the crew members had already returned to the ***. Only Peng Fei was unwilling to go back and had been participating in the search activities.

"What are you doing here, swimming here?"

Ouyang Lei glared at Peng Fei angrily. The pressure in his heart was already great, so he spoke very rudely.
To be continued...