He took out two black stockings belonging to Lin Qianqian!
Originally, Tang Xiaoguo was going to use one to distill fresh water, but now the business of distilling fresh water had to be put aside for the time being!
Then he used a small round knife to cut the orange T-shirt into strips, tying them to the black stockings every few centimeters!
Finally, he tied the stockings to a rope and pulled them in the water!
You have to admit, it really looked like a sea snake swimming!
He didn't know if it would work, but trying couldn't hurt!
With the task completed, it was time to check on how the girls were doing.
The girls had taken apart the shelter they'd made into a canopy, tree branches, tattered clothing, tarpaulins, and made some simple paddles!
Lu Zhe tried them and although they weren't as good as the ones he'd made himself, at least they could paddle.
By now, the sun had risen high and the temperature was heating up again!
The four shared another bottle of water; now there was only one bottle of fresh water left and a coconut!
They would have to conserve what remained.
"Comrades, although it's hot now, we have no choice but to set off!" said Lu Zhe. "This process will be arduous, but I believe that as long as we grit our teeth and persevere, we will definitely survive!"
The girls all nodded in agreement.
Lin Qianqian asked: "But what if the sharks bite us?!"
"I've already figured out how to deal with them!"
Lu Zhe seemed very confident.
Now!
It was the seventh day stranded on a deserted island.
Lu Zhe and four girls were trapped on a reef shallows in the middle of the Pacific. They needed to break through the sharks' territory and paddle upstream to the place they called Volcano Island, several miles away!
At this moment, the girls were sitting anxiously in the middle of the raft, gripping it for dear life, afraid that carelessly provoking the sharks would get them thrown into the sea!
Lu Zhe picked up a stone axe, steadily supporting the bamboo raft with a fish spear, and left the reef!
And at that instant, a shark rushed over!
Lu Zhe was prepared; he took out a bottle, squirted a white liquid at its nose, and the shark immediately turned away!
This alerted the rest of the sharks not to attack recklessly!
But they still did not give up on the raft, trying to ram it with their bodies!
Lu Zhe paddled, and a row of bags at the stern of the raft spilled into the water!
The bags were all filled with wood ash, instantly dyeing that stretch of sea black!
The sharks were caught off guard and scattered in all directions to make their escape!
Lu Zhe knew his tricks were working and quickly said, "Now, hurry!"
The girls immediately picked up their homemade paddles and started paddling.
With five people paddling at once, despite going against the current, they moved fast!
But although they had left the reef, they were still not out of shark territory!
When the first plume of ash dispersed, the sharks readied themselves to probe again.
But when they drew near the raft, they saw two black and orange sea snakes undulating from the stern!
This made the sharks hesitate.
The bolder ones approached and were driven away by Lu Zhe with blowfish toxin!
The more timid did not dare approach after that!
After a while, it seemed they forgot about the smell of blood from earlier and went back to aimlessly frolicking!
Only then did Lu Zhe heave a sigh of relief and sit down.
"Are we...safe now?" asked Ning Shu.
Lu Zhe wiped the sweat from his brow and nodded, "For now we're safe!"
Lin Qianqian exhaled, "That was close!"
Jiang Yao clasped her chest, "My heart's about to leap out!"
Tang Xiaoguo wiped the tears from her eyes, "I thought we were all going to die here..."
"No one can let their guard down," said Lu Zhe. "We have to paddle at an even speed and not irritate the sharks again!"
The girls nodded, "Got it!"
Having evaded the sharks for now, all they had to do was keep paddling towards Volcano Island until they reached their destination!
But then they started facing another serious problem.
Heat, sunlight, and lack of fresh water!
After paddling the raft for half an hour, the girls were drenched in sweat, their lips were cracked, their foreheads beaded with perspiration!
Lu Zhe understood they needed some shade to reduce sun exposure and fluid loss.
But did they have materials for that now?
The shelter that served as their canopy had been taken apart. The wooden sticks were used to make paddles.
The tarp that could have made an awning was also taken by the girls to make paddles.
So now he had almost nothing that could provide shade.
And if they let the sun bake them for another half hour, they would definitely get dehydrated.
Even if they didn't get dehydrated, it wouldn't look good for those fair-skinned girls to tan dark.
He checked for things that could make an awning―a few tattered garments, punched holes in them with nails, and connected them together with thin rope, propping them up with wooden sticks.
But it wasn't big enough!
To get adequate shade they would need to use everyone's clothes. Tang Xiaoguo took off her party dress; Lu Zhe also took off his T-shirt. But it still wasn't enough!
"Everyone will have to paddle evenly on both sides of the raft, but to provide shade for all, the canopy is clearly not big enough. We'll need everyone's clothes!" said Lu Zhe.
"What should we do then?"
"Take off anything you can!"
"Huh?" The girls were a bit reluctant, but seeing that Lu Zhe was serious.
Lu Zhe first took off his pants as well, stripping to the waist, only wearing boxers.
The four girls shyly covered their eyes.
After a bit they secretly peeked again. Lu Zhe had indeed used their clothing and pants to prop up the canopy, and it was just as he'd said―even with his, it was not enough!
At that point, shade meant more to them than gold.
Tang Xiaoguo spoke up, "I'll...contribute Qianqian's camisole...Qianqian, you don't mind, do you?!"
"No problem!"
Jiang Yao was nonchalant, "I still have a pair of panties!"
"Just wearing a bra and granny panties is fine!"
"Alright, let's just pretend it's a swimsuit party then!"
After some discussion the girls decided to strip down to their innermost layer of clothing, shedding all they could.
And that did end up plugging the final gap in the canopy.
Now they truly looked as if they were at a swimsuit party.
Although embarrassed, there was also a fresh, curious little thrill!
The same for both boys and girls!
"I guess we've bared it all now!"
"Lu Zhe, could you not stare, it feels rude!"
Lu Zhe laughed, "If you're all so cute yet I don't look, that would be the rude thing!"
"Well, when you put it that way..."
"Look look!"
With this canopy and occasional splashes of seawater over their bodies, everyone felt much cooler.
But that only temporarily alleviated the heat on their skin. Their other problems were gradually manifesting.
Paddling nonstop greatly drained everyone's stamina.
Although they were getting closer to Volcano Island, dehydration was setting in for them all.
Lu Zhe split open the coconut; each person got one sip before it was gone.
Then for the last bottle of water, they only got 100 ml each, which barely alleviated their thirst a little.
They would have to think of another way to replenish fluids!
e vast world of cultivation, where he becomes the master of the Heavenly Ruins Sacred Hall, a dying old man with barely a tenth of his former cultivation remaining. He is immediately confronted with a deadly crisis: his subordinates have rebelled, and his protectors are forcing him to abdicate. At the critical moment, the system descends from the heavens: [Ding! The host has been detected facing a life-or-death crisis. The system is now officially activated!] [As a gift, you have received the Supreme Beginner’s Pack and awakened the ultimate cheat: ten thousand years of pure cultivation essence every second!] Yin Tianjue: “Wait… ten thousand years of cultivation every second? That’s six hundred thousand years a minute, and in one day… I can’t even calculate it. Either way, I’m already invincible!” You’re a peerless prodigy rarely seen in ten thousand years? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re an undying ancestor who has guarded a sacred land for countless ages? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re the strongest chosen one, blessed with heaven-defying destiny? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. From this day forth, I have only one thing to say: “I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. Now, how exactly are you supposed to deal with that?”
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s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
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...
