This rain was neither heavy nor light, but it caught the three people off guard.
"Either it doesn't rain for months, or it pours out of nowhere. What's up with this crazy weather!"
"Due to the influence of the southwest monsoon, July is the rainiest month in Southeast Asia. We need to hurry and find a place to take shelter from the rain."
Tang Xiaoguo said, "Should we go into the woods to find a big tree to take shelter under?"
"Are you crazy?!"
Lu Zhe yelled, "Not only is it dangerous to be struck by lightning in the woods, but the forests are also very dangerous during and after the rain. We can only take temporary shelter under the low banana trees at the edge of the woods for now. Then we'll build a shelter."
"What should we do?"
"Xiaoguo, take care of the cell phone and matches! Captain, gather some palm and banana leaves. I'll go chop some sticks nearby!"
"Be careful!"
Lu Zhe had already left with his type 30 knife.
In a short while, he came back with several long branches.
Lu Zhe trimmed off the crowns of two small trees two meters apart. He tied a bamboo pole across the trunks about two meters above the ground. He also tied two more bamboo poles one meter to the left and right below the first pole, forming a roof-shaped bamboo frame. Then he layered fallen leaves on top.
A simple rain shelter was built, gaining another potential point.
But by this time, everyone was already soaked through.
Night fell, and they needed to start a fire.
The matches were still burning slowly, but no dry tinder could be found nearby.
Without a big flame it would be impossible to light the damp tree branches.
Lu Zhe thought of something. He left his knife with the two girls, "You two stay here for a bit. I'll go look for some dry tinder. We have to get a fire going tonight no matter what."
Ning Shu said worriedly, "Lu Zhe, don't waste your energy. With this rain, where are you going to find anything dry? Just take a rest!"
"There must be some! Humans don't want to get drenched by the rain, and neither do animals. They know this forest better than us. We should learn humbly from our elders in the woods. There's no harm in asking them for advice! You two build up the fire pile a bit higher here. When I get back we'll light it up."
"Okay, be careful!"
Lu Zhe nodded and turned to enter the woods.
The two girls started looking for rocks to stack the fire pit.
Lu Zhe opened all his senses of hearing, sight and smell to search for the elders in the darkness.
Soon he found one.
In a clump of two-meter tall bushes there was a bowl-sized bird's nest with a red-headed green bird curled up inside, feeling quite cozy at the moment.
Indeed a master!
Just look at how exquisitely the bird's nest was positioned and structured. With such heavy rain, the nest wasn't damp at all, just a bit of moisture on the surface!
Lu Zhe reached out to grab the bird. Feeling the danger, the bird flapped its wings and flew out into the downpour.
The protein source flew away, leaving behind the nest.
Lu Zhe was still moved and thanked the bird for its gift from nature.
Let's see if there are any eggs left?
Unfortunately not.
He took out a plastic bag and carefully put the bird's nest inside, tying it closed!
Gaining another potential point.
When he returned to camp, the two girls had finished stacking the rocks and preparing the branches, just waiting to light it up.
"Did you find an elder out there?"
Lu Zhe nodded, "Look, this is what the elder gave me!"
"A bird's nest?"
"Right. See how aside from a little dampness on the outside, the inside is very dry!"
Lu Zhe placed the bird's nest upside down in the middle of the rocks. He arranged branches around it, then tore out a page from his notebook, crumpling it into a ball.
He took out the matches, blew on the paper ball again and again until it caught fire.
Lu Zhe put the burning paper ball under the bird's nest and gently blew until the paper ball nearly burned out, and the bird's nest finally started billowing thick smoke.
He kept blowing until the nest caught fire, burning the branches until they too started emitting grey smoke.
There was no helping it. The damp branches were very difficult to ignite, and even when lit they produced much more smoke than dry firewood.
The three of them coughed and choked on the thick smoke.
But they were still very happy in their hearts.
Because there was fire now, meaning their night wouldn't be too miserable.
After a while longer, the fire really caught and started crackling as Lu Zhe began adding thicker pieces of wood.
"We'll boil some water later, cook everything we gathered today, and dry our clothes. Then we won't feel so cold."
"Okay!"
The rain tonight was completely different from the earlier downpour. At first there were two muffled rumbles of thunder and some gusts of wind, then the thunder stopped and wind died down, leaving just the light rain.
This was the normal weather pattern during the island's rainy season.
Ning Shu set up the Type 92 mess kit and boiled some seaweed, clams, and the last of the mushrooms.
Banana pith was roasted over the fire as the staple food, providing enough protein and carbohydrates for the day.
The warm seafood soup flowing into their stomachs made them feel extremely comfortable.
Finally not so cold anymore, they hung up their clothes to dry near the fire.
Huddling together with the two scantily clad girls, relying on each other's body warmth, Lu Zhe could only recite the Art of War over and over to distract himself.
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
nce】【Lighthearted Comedy】【Ultimate Gentleman's Novel】【Viewer Discretion Advised for Under 16】 The mightiest human hero, Sharen Morian, is resurrected after a thousand years by his wife—the Demon King. This is not your typical hero-vs-demon-king tale.
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
