Compare and contrast, length and thickness, just right!
Peeling off the tree bark reveals a smooth wooden stick with one end larger and the other end smaller. The rough edges on both ends have been smoothed out, giving it a satisfying feel when held in the hand.
Next, Lu Zhe used Ning Shu's pencil to draw a small frame on the larger end of the wooden stick. Then, he spent over an hour using a stone and chisel to create a through-hole within the frame.
He then tried to fit in the stone axe head!
If it didn't fit, he would widen the hole a bit more. Once it felt just right, he inserted a charcoal fire into the hole. While the inner groove was charred, he took advantage of the principle of expansion and contraction due to heat to widen the opening. Finally, he firmly wedged the stone axe head into the wooden stick.
To make the stone axe more sturdy, Lu Zhe melted some plastic bottles and poured the molten plastic into the gaps of the stone axe, tightly sealing and compacting it.
Lastly, he tightly bound it with strips of tree bark.
And thus, a perfectly sturdy stone axe was completed!
It took Lu Zhe more than two hours to make this axe!
Even with a 2.8-fold increase in strength, he was getting exhausted quickly!
Under normal circumstances, it would have taken him an entire day just to make this one stone axe.
Although it was time-consuming, physically demanding, and the rewards were meager, it was definitely worth it!
Lu Zhe gripped the handle of the stone axe, feeling like he held the whole world in his hands.
He went on to chop down a small tree, effortlessly as if cutting through melons and vegetables. In less than twenty minutes, the branches of the small tree became firewood that could be used for the evening.
Now he wouldn't have to worry about not having firewood tonight!
He left the trunk intact, considering it for use as a shelter.
"Oh? This small tree branch looks good!"
Lu Zhe discovered a branch with a main diameter of about 2.5 centimeters, slightly thinner than his thumb, and thicker than the two branch forks.
It was excellent material for making a slingshot!
Why not use it to make a slingshot?
Using the abundant pebbles on the ground as ammunition, it could be used for self-defense and even to shoot seagulls and terns.
First, find the materials!
The tree branch would serve as the main body of the slingshot!
Next, find some rubber bands!
Oh right, Ning Shu had a bundle of high-quality headbands, 20 pieces to be exact. He had used a few, but there were still plenty left. He wasn't sure if they would be suitable as rubber bands for the slingshot.
Lu Zhe took one out and used a small round knife to cut open the outer decoration. Inside was a circular rubber hose similar to a valve core, but much thicker and with much greater elasticity.
It fit perfectly around a girl's slender wrist, and when stretched, it could reach a length of 15 centimeters, and with a strong pull, it could stretch up to 40 or 50 centimeters!
Moreover, its rebound performance was excellent, making it the best material for making a slingshot!
Padding!
Use the soles of discarded sandals collected from the ground!
Everything was ready!
Next, Lu Zhe smoothed the cut end on a stone, then used a small round knife to split the bark into small vertical forks. He peeled off the bark, leaving it smooth and bare.
In order to maximize the power, Lu Zhe dismantled eight rubber bands, tied four of them together, and threaded the rubber bands through the padding, securing them tightly.
And thus, a perfect slingshot was completed.
Lu Zhe pulled it back, and wow, it had quite a punch.
Taking a round goose egg-sized stone, he aimed the slingshot at a tree 20 meters away.
With a release, "Crack!" the projectile hit the trunk, leaving a big white mark.
Lu Zhe ran over and discovered that the tree bark had been smashed. It would have been satisfying if it had hit a bird.
Lu Zhe tried a few more times, but unfortunately, there were too few perfectly round pebbles, which affected the accuracy. The hit rate could only reach around 30%.
But it wasn't too bad!
He obtained another potential point!
The girls also kept themselves busy. They used this time to wash everyone's dirty clothes and socks.
Of course, they used seawater!
The clean clothes were hung on makeshift clothes racks made of tree branches, basking in the sun!
After the moisture dried out, the clothes became stiff due to the salt residue. A quick rub and shake caused a large number of dry salt grains to fall off.
Although they still felt a bit rough when worn, it was much better than being covered in filth!
Tang Xiaoguo's formal dress was also clean!
However, she remarked that the loose tank top and Lu Zhe's shorts were more comfortable to wear!
Although there were occasional wardrobe malfunctions and a glimpse of a little buttock, she didn't seem to mind at all. Comfort was the top priority.
Checking the time, it was already close to noon!
The distant blue sky, white clouds, and the vast ocean, but still no sign of the rescue team!
It seemed that the rescue wouldn't come today either!
At that moment, they came up with a new plan!
Calculating their current location!
For that, they needed a compass!
Making a compass seemed a bit difficult at first, but upon calm reflection, it seemed feasible!
To make a compass, they needed a magnetic needle!
They thought about what they had that was magnetic?!
Ning Shu had a magnetic door access card, and Lin Qianqian had a magnetic strip on her bank card. There were also things like magnets in their phones!
It appeared that there was more than one way to make a compass!
So, they opted for the simplest method!
Lu Zhe took out a bank card and used a ruler and a pencil to draw two lines about 3 millimeters apart over the magnetic strip!
Then, he used a small utility knife to repeatedly cut along these two lines!
After about fifty cuts on each line, the magnetic card was severed, resulting in a thin plastic strip about 54 millimeters long and 3 millimeters wide, with a magnetic portion in the middle!
He trimmed off the excess plastic from the other end of the magnetic strip, leaving a plastic needle of about 35 millimeters!
Finally, they took a half-empty bottle, filled it with water, and gently placed this "magnetic needle" on the water's surface. In no time, the needle pointed in a specific direction!
"Ding! Congratulations, host, for obtaining a makeshift compass. Potential point +1!"
Meanwhile, the girls were sitting in the shade, seeking respite from the heat, and chatting.
Tang Xiaoguo lamented, "It seems like we won't be seeing the rescue team today! They probably think we're dead and don't want to waste time searching for us!"
Jiang Yao said, "It's only been half a day. They might search for us in the afternoon."
Ning Shu listened for a while and suddenly said, "Listen, I think I hear the sound of a helicopter!"
Her words excited everyone, and they all tilted their ears to listen.
In the end, Lin Qianqian sighed leisurely and said, "Where would there be a helicopter? That must be the sound of the squad leader's stomach growling!"
After listening a bit more, it turned out to be true!
"Ah, eating such a small amount of food doesn't really have any effect..."
Tang Xiaoguo touched Ning Shu's belly and said, "Squad leader, squad leader, quickly release the helicopter and save us!"
Ning Shu helplessly replied, "Get lost..."
Meanwhile, everyone noticed that Lu Zhe had not been participating in the conversation. He was alone, holding a diary and drawing something.
Curious, Ning Shu asked, "Hey, our head of the group, what are you doing?"
Lu Zhe replied, "I'm calculating our position."
"Our position? Can you calculate it?"
"Although it may not be very accurate, theoretically, it should be calculable."
Lu Zhe's words caught the interest of the others, and they gathered around.
Ning Shu hurriedly said, "Quick, tell us, where are we?"
"Let me explain the train of thought first."
After a moment of contemplation, Lu Zhe continued:
"In the northern hemisphere, summer days are much longer than nights. But here, the difference between day and night is less than half an hour. Do you know what that means?!"
Tang Xiaoguo looked confused and asked, "Are we in the southern hemisphere?"
"No, that's not it."
Lin Qianqian thought for a moment and said, "The closer we are to the poles, the greater the difference in day and night time. The closer we are to the equator, the smaller the difference."
"Exactly!"
Lu Zhe nodded approvingly and opened his notebook, revealing a hand-drawn map. "It's currently around June 11, close to the summer solstice. The day and night here differ by about two hours, indicating that our latitude is quite low. We should be somewhere between the equator and the Tropic of Cancer."
As he spoke, Lu Zhe confidently drew a horizontal line on the hand-drawn map.
The group of girls was in awe of this map. Although it was a bit rough, the markings of the country's location were incredibly detailed and accurate.
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
Cheng's father told him he was getting remarried—to a wealthy woman. Cao Cheng realized his time had finally come: he was about to become a second-generation rich kid. Sure, it might be a watered-down version, but hey, at least he'd have status now, right? The wealthy woman also had four daughters!! Which meant, starting today, Cao Cheng gained four stunning older sisters?? But that wasn't even the whole story... "My name is Cao Cheng—'Cheng' as in 'honest, smooth-talking gentleman'!"
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
