Surviving Endless Disasters

Wen Zheng rested for a while, made sure that there was no problem with the earth stove, and put out the fire that was first lit.

He looked up at the sun. The process of making fire with the bowstring was smoother than he imagined. With the time to build the earthen stove and rest, it was almost four o'clock in the afternoon, and there was still some time before dinner.

There was no feeling of hunger in his stomach yet. After thinking about it, Wen Zheng gave up the idea of ​​cooking now. If he had dinner too early, he would easily wake up from hunger at night.

Now that he had the fire ax in hand, he wanted to explore far away, maybe he could find other useful things.

Wen Zheng determined the direction by taking the rising sun as east. To the west of the shelter was the majestic sea, to the east were the endless mountains, to the south was the reef beach that he had just visited in the morning, and to the north was a coconut forest.

This morning, when he stood on the reef beach, he not only saw the mountains gradually turning into rocky mountains to the south, but also saw bamboos growing north of the mountains. Bamboo also has many uses.

There are far more dangers in the mountain forest than in the coconut forest, and it is easy to lose your way unknowingly in the mountain forest. In order to save time and reduce trouble, Wen Zheng planned to pass through the coconut forest and then climb the mountain.

In fact, as soon as Wen Zheng came to this world and saw the coconut forest, he was inexplicably worried that he would be hit on the head by a coconut.

His worries are not unfounded. He has seen relevant news in the real world, including many reports of ripe coconut fruits injuring passers-by.

The bulge on the back of his head has not gone away yet, so he needs to protect his head.

Because of this concern, the shelter was not built under a coconut tree, but there were scattered coconut trees in twos and threes around. Wen Zheng picked coconuts from these trees, and he had not been to that coconut forest yet.

Go officially explore today.

Before setting off, Wen Zheng thought carefully about finding something suitable to use as a helmet. Unfortunately, the coconuts were not big enough and would easily fall off when placed on his head. Wen Zheng regretfully canceled the idea.

Wen Zheng, carrying a life rope and a fire ax on his body, walked into this dense coconut forest. The coconut trees here are taller, and there are many coconuts that have fallen naturally on the ground. These coconuts have all turned brown, obviously after falling. Some of them are too long, and the coconut milk and coconut meat inside may have gone bad.

Wen Zheng's eyes looked at his feet from time to time, looking for any edible wild vegetables. His ears heard the rustling of leaves. His heart skipped a beat, and he jumped forward automatically, and his arms naturally waved back. , the fire ax in his hand made a sound of breaking through the air.

"Bang!" I felt a heavy weight on my wrist, and the back of the fire ax hit something, followed by the muffled sound of something hitting the ground.

The noise was so loud that it startled Wen Zheng. It couldn't really be a coconut that had fallen during ripening. Coconuts were not heavy, so there shouldn't be such a big noise.

He quickly looked in that direction and saw a creature lying under the coconut tree.

Huge! Purple gray! Eight legs! Like a spider! That's a coconut crab! Wen Zheng's eyes suddenly became ferocious, as if he were looking at a feast.

He didn't forget that he had been hit with the back of the knife. The coconut crab had a hard shell, and he probably just fainted. He quickly ran over and tied it up with a rope.

As a crab that specializes in eating coconuts, the coconut crab is famous for its ability to climb trees and its strong double claws.

It can climb to the top of tall coconut trees and use its pincers to break hard crab shells. This shows how powerful these two pincers are and is very difficult to mess with.

But it still fell into the hands of Wen Zheng. Wen Zheng stared at the coconut crab that had been tied up on the ground. When he saw that it woke up and couldn't even swing its pincers, let alone pinch people, he suddenly laughed so hard that he couldn't see his eyes. .

Coconut crabs are relatively large in size. The length in Wen Zheng's hand was more than half a meter. He weighed it with the rope and estimated that it was three or four kilograms.

Despite its ugly appearance, this toy looks more like a spider with eight legs, but its meat is extremely tender.

Wen Zheng had only seen it on TV and had never eaten it. Today he finally had a taste of it.

He didn't even want to look for bamboo. Wen Zheng wanted to go back with a happy face.

Although it only took two days, he began to miss the taste of meat.

This strong body consumes a lot of energy every day. Coconut and plantain fruits alone are far from enough to satisfy Wen Zheng's stomach, let alone his taste.

“This stuff is big and takes a lot of time to cook, so I have to go back and bake it early.

"Wen Zheng persuaded himself and returned happily.

On the way back, he stopped looking at the ground and instead started staring at the top of the coconut tree. The coconut crab he just caught clearly fell from the top of the tree.

His eyes kept scanning, not as if he was vigilant, but more as if he was looking for food reserves.

Walking on the road, Wen Zheng suddenly came back to his senses. All his movements after the coconut crab fell were the natural reactions of his body. What was the origin of the original body? He always felt that with his skills, he would not fall off the reef beach.

There were more and more questions in his heart, and Wen Zheng looked forward to the day when he would get the answer.

When he returned to the shelter, the fire in the earthen stove was still strong. Wen Zheng was in high spirits and showed no sign of fatigue. He ran to the beach and carefully cleaned the surface of the coconut crab.

The coconut crab seemed to be aware of the fate it was about to face. It glared at Wen Zheng fiercely and wanted to use its strong claws to drive away this enemy.

Wen Zheng was not affected at all. He was tied up like this and just obeyed. He hummed a tune and killed the coconut crab.

Wen Zheng set up a fire again, buried a lot of stones underneath, then pierced the coconut crab with a sharpened stick, placed it on two big stones, and started roasting it.

After arranging the coconut crabs, Wen Zheng ran to the food storage pit dug on the beach. In it were the shellfish collected in the morning. The little crab didn't run away. Wen Zheng lowered his head and poked it gently with his finger. This one was almost half full. A palm-sized crab immediately started moving and quickly left the sand pit.

Wen Zheng, who owned the coconut crab, didn't care at all about the crab, which was not even enough to fit between his teeth. He took out all the shellfish that spit out a lot of sediment and wrapped them in banana leaves.

He may not be able to finish all these shellfish, but at any rate, he worked hard to collect them from the rocks and took care of them today.

There were different types of shellfish on the reef. Wen Zheng didn't dare to take risks and only chose the ones he had seen and eaten before.

Oysters, mussels and seaweeds are common edible shellfish that taste good without toxins.

Among so many ingredients, Wen Zheng wanted to eat the big coconut crab the most. These shellfish were more casual. He first threw a small part into the coconut shell and cooked it. The seawater that was originally boiling was thrown in the shellfish. There was no movement after entering.

Wen Zheng dug out all the stones buried in the fire, wiped the dust off the king's net with banana leaves, surrounded the fire with flat stone slabs, put the rest of the shellfish on top, and threw in the rounded stones. Shellfish boiled in coconut shells.

The stones heated by the fire use enough heat to roast the shellfish on the stone slab, and the stones thrown into the coconut shells make a harsh sound when they hit the water. That is because the stones transfer heat to the water, which can Bring water to a rapid boil.

Wen Zheng doesn't have to worry about these shellfish anymore. He only needs to turn the giant coconut crab over occasionally, and the rest of the time he uses an ax to process various materials.

Time passed as Wen Zheng concentrated on making tools. The sun changed from golden to orange, and together with the firelight, Wen Zheng's figure was enveloped.

Wen Zheng's nose moved while he was working with his head down. He smelled a faint fragrance. He raised his head and looked at the coconut crab first. Unfortunately, he found that the coconut crab was obviously not mature yet. The fragrance came from the coconut shell cooked in the coconut shell and baked on the stone slab. of those shellfish.