Chapter 11 Desert Island Survival (5)
Zhang Heng finally made a fire.
In this way, his recipes can no longer be limited to single coconuts. Zhang Heng then found some conchs on the beach reefs according to Ed's instructions, and was lucky enough to find crabs and oysters.
Especially the latter, it tastes delicious, rich in nutrients, is rich in calcium, iron and phosphorus, and vitamin B2. It is a pity that the calories are not high, each one is only about 70 calories. This is of course a good thing in the eyes of foodies, but on the deserted island, Zhang Heng prefers high-calorie foods to provide the energy needed for physical activities.
He doesn't have to worry about being too high in calories, because he has lost weight a lot in the past few days.
Fortunately, I should be able to have a good meal tonight.
Zhang Heng caught more than 70 small conchs, six oysters, and four hermit crabs. Unfortunately, the latter is not big. Ed said hermit crabs can also be eaten, but the taste is average. However, the two of them are not in the Michelin restaurant now, and the taste is already behind them.
Zhang Heng also saw some fish on the coast, but he had no tools and could only watch them swim around freely.
In addition, there were the small puddles he discovered two days ago. Zhang Heng used the clam shell he picked up to scoop out the water, but then he was troubled with the water boiling tools.
The two are now on a deserted island and don’t even have the most common bowl. The clam shells have too good insulation, so it is difficult to boil even if they are directly placed on the fire.
Ed thought for a while and said, "Go and find some stones, don't have many holes or layers on them."
Zhang Heng nodded. He found some stones as Ed asked, spent 20 minutes to burn them red, and then clamped them into the clam shell with branches. Not long after, the water inside began to boil.
"There is not much water here, two pieces should be enough." Ed said.
Finally, the water in the clam shell boiled for a quarter of an hour, which was enough to kill most of the bacteria.
Zhang Heng silently recorded all these little tricks of survival in the wild.
Ed is a good teacher. Although the injury to his waist made him unable to move, his rich knowledge of survival in the wild has benefited Zhang Heng a lot. Therefore, even if he is now responsible for collecting food and water sources for the two of them to survive, Zhang Heng has no complaints.
But Zhang Heng did not want to rely on Ed all the time. He hoped to turn all the knowledge gained from Ed into his own skills.
It’s not to get rid of Ed’s trouble in the future. In fact, with the other party’s grace of teaching, Zhang Heng would be willing to give half of the food to the other party as long as he had a bite of food. However, he always had an ominous premonition in his heart.
He noticed Ed's face, which was a little worse than when he was rescued on the first day.
The cultivation of this period of time has not helped his back injury to improve.
However, what's even more deadly was the wound on his thigh. Zhang Heng simply bandaged him and stopped the blood, but there was nothing he could do about the subsequent things.
There are no antibiotics that can be found everywhere in urban hospitals on this deserted island, and it is likely to be fatal if the wound is infected.
Zhang Heng believed that the former Army Captain knew this better than himself, but these days Ed was consciously or unintentionally avoiding this topic.
And this seemed to confirm his bad premonition from some point of view.
Zhang Heng had no choice but to take care of Ed as much as possible. In the days that followed, the latter gave him how to make simple stone tools, clean teeth with charcoal, collect rainwater, weave ropes with tree bark, make simple rafts, and use coral traps to catch fish...
Compared to when they first came to the island, the two have now passed the most dangerous period and even have some excess food. Zhang Heng hangs the endless fish to the top of the cave, so that when they encounter bad weather that they cannot go out to collect, they will no longer have to go hungry.
The situation seems to be developing towards the better side, and it seems that a 40-day survival agreement is not a difficult goal to achieve.
Just when Zhang Heng had such an idea, bad luck also followed.
On the 16th night, Ed suddenly started to have a high fever, and Zhang Heng had to spend his main energy to take care of the former Army captain. In this way, he could go out to collect food and water, and his search range was greatly reduced. Fortunately, the part of the food he had prepared for the rainy day could prevent the two from facing the survival crisis immediately.
What worries Zhang Heng even more is that Ed's situation has not improved at all for three consecutive days.
Zhang Heng untied the T-shirt on the latter's leg and found that the deep bone- visible wound had been completely infected and ulcerated.
Since yesterday, the former Army Captain has fallen into a coma.
The food in the cave was consumed little by little, and the two of them were almost at the point where they were out of ammunition and food.
As a result, on the 19th night, Ed suddenly opened his eyes again and said to Zhang Heng, who was lying beside him, "Do you know what is the most important thing to survive in the wild? It is a never-ending mentality. Never be satisfied with the achievements made yesterday. Live better every day. You have to find a way to conquer this nature."
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Zhang Heng rubbed his eyes and smiled bitterly, "Ed, that's not what you told me last time."
However, there was no sound on the opposite side.
Zhang Heng tried to put his fingers under the man's nose and found that the latter had no breathing.
Zhang Heng was already mentally prepared for Ed's death, but he still felt a little sad when the army captain really left. The two of them had not been together for a long time, but now all the abilities of settle down in the wilderness were Ed's religion.
The two are both teachers and friends.
Zhang Heng dug a pit in the forest not far from the cave and buried the latter's body. In order to prevent the beast from destroying it, he also cut a few pointed wooden strips and inserted them around.
After doing all this, he dragged his hungry body to the beach to find some food to satisfy his hunger.
The good news is that half of the 40 days have passed since the mission target. Although he has returned to being alone, Zhang Heng is confident that he will survive on this deserted island this time.
Especially on the afternoon of the 20th day, Zhang Heng picked up a two-pound big fish in the coral trap, which means he can have a full meal in the evening. Just when Zhang Heng thought his bad luck had finally passed, he suddenly received a long-lost voice prompt in his ear.
[Alarm!!!Alarm!!!Exception occurred in the target copy! A serious error in the time class!]
【Error reporting…】
[Level 2 permissions are enabled, review is approved, reporting is cancelled...]
【Permanently move this error out of the judgment sequence…】
[The mission goal remains unchanged, the return time is corrected from 40 days to 520 days, please pay attention!]
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Zhang Heng was so dizzy that he was furious by this series of information. When he realized what was happening, his expression suddenly changed and he quickly looked at his right hand.
There the three pointers coincide just above the dial.
No, Zhang Heng was shocked. He has been very fulfilling during this period and has been learning the skills of survival in the wild. After that, he has experienced various things and forgot the 24-scale starfish on his hand.
He was unable to enter the static world in the first few nights. He thought this thing would not work in the game, but he did not expect that the latter was busy holding on to his ultimate move.
Chapter completed!