Jiang Yao put her palms together and said piously, "May the heavens bless us and let the rescue team find our message in a bottle!"
Tang Xiaoguo said, "Does that really work?"
Jiang Yao replied, "Trying is better than doing nothing!"
Tang Xiaoguo also put her palms together piously and started praying as well.
Lu Zhe was not interested in idle chatter with them. He asked Lin Qianqian, "By the way, Qianqian, how much water did you distill just now?"
Lin Qianqian shook the bottle, "It's about 300 milliliters now. Thick salt frost has formed in the can, and it's a bit tricky to scrape it off, otherwise I could have boiled some more!"
Lu Zhe nodded, "Not bad. I'll make a few more natural stills with a knife later. I estimate we can distill another 100-200 milliliters of fresh water per day! We can cook soup tonight."
Lin Qianqian said happily, "I'm really looking forward to it!"
After finishing her prayers to Guanyin, Tang Xiaoguo clutched her stomach and said with a pout, "I'm hungry again. What should we eat now?"
Ning Shu sighed, "We've finished all that little food. Why don't we all drink some more coconut juice?"
"But I'm mainly hungry, not that thirsty!"
Lu Zhe thought for a moment, "Let's eat some coconut meat and spicy strips first to fill our stomachs. I'll go look for some food in the woods later!"
"Coconut meat? How do you open it?"
Lu Zhe smiled and picked up the stone axe, "Don't forget, we have tools now!"
As he spoke, he swung the axe down!
A coconut that had been drunk dry instantly split open with a large gap!
Lu Zhe reached out and pried, there was a "ka" sound, and he actually pried the coconut open raw!
The white, shiny coconut meat was exposed, looking very sweet and delicious!
"The axe is really useful!"
"I really can't tell, Lu Zhe is so strong!"
"A share for everyone!"
The girls each tore off a piece and started eating.
Sweet, crispy, juicy, eating such a fruit on a deserted island was simply delightful!
Lu Zhe said, "Not only can coconut meat be eaten raw, cooked is easier for the body to absorb, and less likely to cause diarrhea!"
As he spoke, he split open another coconut, using a rock as a chopping board, and cut the coconut meat into strips with a small round knife, placing them on the rocks by the fire!
After a short while, they were baked dry and hardened, becoming dried coconut meat strips!
Dipped in some chili oil from the spicy strip bag, they tasted crispy and flaky when chewed, somewhat similar to french fries!
Lu Zhe opened a few more coconuts, drank the juice and ate the meat. With some food in their stomachs, the feeling of hunger was much reduced!
Counting from when they woke up, it had been a full 24 hours!
Lu Zhe saw that the beach was too hot for scavenging.
He decided to search around the camp for now and throw the message in a bottle later when it was cooler.
He walked in a circle around the campsite and found a small pile of black beans under some bushes!
Picking up one and squeezing it open with his fingers gave off a faint fishy smell.
A prompt sounded in his mind: "Ding, congratulations host for discovering healthy rat droppings!"
Wait, this stuff was actually rat shit?
Well, it would be abnormal if there weren't rats on the island!
Lu Zhe also knew that while rats represented viruses and diseases in cities, not all rats were like that!
There weren't many disease-carrying rats on deserted islands. In the wild, they were even a delicacy on the menu for survivors!
They could provide calories and amino acids beneficial for digestion!
In order to gain potential points, and also to improve the taste, it was necessary to catch and eat some rats!
But having only come across rat droppings without even seeing a rat, how could he catch them?
Smoking them out of their burrows?
That would only startle the rats without knowing how many crafty holes there were!
Ah, snakes?
Thinking of that snake reminded him of the snake entrails in the bottle!
Suddenly, he thought of a way!
He remembered the old saying: A snake eats mice for half a year, mice eat snakes for half a year!
That is to say, snakes catch mice in summer, and when snakes hibernate in winter, mice will treat them as canned food once discovered!
The two complemented and countered each other, both liking to eat the other, and both were delicacies on the other's menu.
Using these snake entrails as bait would definitely attract mice to eat, then traps could be set to catch them, perfect!
So how to make traps?
Lu Zhe opened the survival manual and found instructions on making traps with springs!
First, he needed very thin and flexible rope, Ning Shu's pencil case had a small bundle of rubber bands, he took three, which could substitute for rope with some sticks!
Make a noose knot, tie it to the end of a stick.
Then, insert a flexible stick into the ground, and prop up a small stick segment on a rock as the trigger!
Next, just spread the snake entrails on the ground as bait!
As soon as a scavenging hungry rodent passed by here, touching the stick or trigger, the stick would immediately spring up, the noose tightening around the mouse's leg or tail!
After Lu Zhe tested the trap twice and confirmed it worked, he went elsewhere to make more traps!
Lu Zhe spent over half an hour and made three mouse traps!
He gained another potential point.
He couldn't just sit around waiting for mice to take the bait. Lu Zhe decided he should do something else!
Last night Tang Xiaoguo nearly froze sleeping on the sandy beach. It was time to build a proper shelter!
He took the stone axe and went into the woods to look for suitable small trees to build a shelter!
The woods were overgrown with weeds, unknown bugs crawling about the bushes, quite nauseating!
Lu Zhe carefully shooed them away!
There was a wide variety of plants here, but suitable wood was not easy to find!
But with the stone axe, once he found appropriate trees it became much easier to chop them down!
He spent two hours chopping down seven trunks about three meters long and wrist thick!
Then he carried them back to the campsite.
Just then, he heard a whistle from the camp!
"Something's up!"
He quickly put down the logs and ran to the camp, only to see the girls all waving him over excitedly!
"Lu Zhe, come and see!"
His first thought was the rescue team had come?
But looking towards the sea there was nothing!
Turning back, Ning Shu and Lin Qianqian were each holding a bunch of green "bananas", excitement written all over their faces!
They found bananas?
Bananas were high calorie fruits, rich in carbohydrates and vitamins!
In some cases they could even substitute for staple foods!
This was something worth getting excited about!
Lu Zhe walked over, "Where did you find them?"
"Just over there in the woods!"
Lu Zhe was surprised, "What were you doing poking around the bushes?"
Ning Shu punched him, "Men! Always joking around. I took Qianqian to pee, alright?"
"Joking around? Is there? Right, how was it? Find any seeds?"
"Is seeds all you have in your mind? Can't you think smaller? Isn't there something more important here?"
"Bananas?"
"These are plantains, smaller versions of bananas!" Ning Shu explained knowledgeably, then broke one off for Lu Zhe, "Try it!"
y came from. The chests contained supplies, currency, class-change scrolls, skills, talents… and even godhood! The laws of the world were completely rewritten. This became a world where everyone gambled with their fate! Some people, despite having nothing, opened a divine artifact and rose to the top, eventually ruling the world. Others went bankrupt, opened nothing but worthless junk, and leaped from skyscrapers in despair. Lin Ye arrived in this world from another reality, utterly bewildered. “What is going on? Why is everyone a gambling addict?!” “Opening chests? No way. I refuse to gamble. I’ll start with myself!” Until— On his first chest, he obtained a Mythic Talent: Void Incarnation! He could become completely intangible, pass through all things, and reduce everything to nothingness! … On his fiftieth chest, he obtained a Mythic Weapon: Blade of Karma! With a single slash, karma shattered, twisting the universe and overturning the myriad phenomena of creation! … On his ninety-ninth chest, he obtained a Mythic Divine Treasure: Primordial Purple Energy! It could split open the heavens and earth, create all things, and evolve countless worlds with a single thought! Lin Ye: “Now that I think about it… shouldn’t someone have told me that every chest is guaranteed to contain something Mythic?!”
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
for mindless slaughter, this isn't for you.] My name is Ye Shu, and I'm a transmigrator. It seems I'm supposed to be the protagonist, but that feels pretty unlikely. This world has been invaded by a system. The antagonists on the other side have suddenly become pure, flawless saints. The female leads have been force-fed the so-called "original plot," making them think they've been reborn. Now, everyone thinks I'm scum. Including the old lady in my ring. And here I am, in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, braising pork. To put my situation in perspective— It's as if, the moment Xiao Yan stepped into the Monster Beast Mountain Range, the Soul Emperor already knew he would become the Flame Emperor, and Yao Lao had been turned to the enemy's side. I have nothing right now. Oh wait, that's not true. I do have a white-haired loli child-bride who's the Heavenly Dao, and her only skill is acting cute. So, tell me guys... what are my chances of making it to the end?
