Tampons are running out, What to do

Although it looked a bit unhygienic, it would be fine to use a clean rock next time.

"Wow, thank you Shen Bing for inventing this new use of the grinding stone!"

"Impressive, right? I learned this at the police academy..." Then she looked at Lu Zhe, as if waiting for praise.

"I can't believe you can even do that!" Lu Zhe nodded with astonishment.

Shen Bing was a bit surprised. This could hardly be considered a high-end survival skill, he was just supposed to be impressed. Wasn't his reaction a bit over the top?

Lu Zhe was surprised, but not by Shen Bing's method. Rather, he had suddenly thought of a third way to open the grinding stone.

"In any case, we can cook some seafood again tonight."

"Yeah, ever since we lost the tin can, we haven't had a hot seafood soup."

Lu Zhe stood up: "Even though python meat is delicious, we can't eat it all the time. Just in time, I'll go check if the place where we threw the python bones has trapped any big game. You guys get some clean rocks and roast them over the fire. When we get back, we can use them to make fish soup!"

Ning Shu said, "I'll go with you, you guys chat with Shen Bing for a while..."

Lin Qianqian smiled and said, "Sounds good!"

Lu Zhe nodded: "Okay, bring the fish spear, knife, and plastic bags!"

"Got it!"

The two came to the tidal pool, which was a group of rocks with a particularly large pool about two meters deep and 30 square meters wide. It was where Lu Zhe had thrown the python corpse yesterday.

The remnants of the python they had thrown away yesterday were still floating inside.

After a night of tidal washing, the pool, which had been full of bloodstains, was clear to the bottom again.

A few pieces of the python's bones floated in the clear water, with remnants of meat turned white in the bone crevices, looking somewhat creepy.

"Eh, I don't see any fish down there!"

"The water is too clear, they're most likely hiding in the rocks. Wait while I go down!"

After saying that, Lu Zhe took off his vest and shorts, wearing only briefs, and jumped into the water with a fish spear.

Ning Shu pursed her lips nervously and looked down.

Lu Zhe held his breath and groped under the rocks with the fish spear. Soon a big fish darted out!

The fish swam around and couldn't find its way back to the ocean. It tried to slip back into the rock crevice.

Lu Zhe reacted extremely quickly, already predicting its trajectory, and speared the fish.

The metal punctured the fish's body.

"Ding! Gained new protein, 1.8kg cloud grouper. Awarded +1 potential point!"

Wow, not small at all!

Lu Zhe swam to the surface and flung it ashore: "Catch!"

The big fish was still flopping around wildly on the beach. Ning Shu was both startled and delighted. She hurried to press it with a plastic bag: "Oh my god, I can't hold it down!"

"Subdue it, there may be more below."

"Hey, be careful!"

Lu Zhe dived back in and successively caught a 1.5-pound green spotted grouper, three half-pound striped goatfish, and an eel.

Ning Shu grinned from ear to ear: "Haha, looks like we can really start a TikTok channel now!"

"This was exchanged for the entire python corpse. They normally wouldn't come to a place like this."

Lu Zhe pointed at the python remains: "The protein we actually gave up is far more than what we gained. We just changed up the flavors."

"Still not bad, come up now?"

"There's something else below. I'll bring it up and we'll head back."

"What is it?"

"There are some sea urchins on the bottom!"

After saying so, Lu Zhe dived back in. While collecting the sea urchins, he noticed some khaki-colored clusters on the rock wall.

Could this be...

Lu Zhe's eyes lit up. He touched it with his hand: "Ding! Discovered hygiene product: sponge gourd silk! +2 potential points!"

Below was some introduction about "sponge gourd silk"!

It is a simple multicellular marine organism and the prototype of SpongeBob.

The household sponges made of foamed plastic polymers are produced according to the principles of these sponges.

This is a real natural sponge.

The highest grade sponge gourd silk in the world comes from the Mediterranean and is pure yellow.

In fact, the quality of this Southeast Asian sponge gourd silk is not inferior at all, it just doesn't look as nice, so it doesn't get that much attention.

But it's still pretty good!

It can be used for bathing, washing dishes, skin care, and even bathing babies.

It is the most natural, cleanest, and safest hygiene material!

But those directly dredged from the sea would still carry some bacteria and microorganisms.

You can cut it off with a knife.

He collected a dozen sea urchins and more than ten pieces of sponge gourd silk, then emerged from the water.

Ning Shu curiously asked: "I recognize sea urchins, but what is this, bro?"

Lu Zhe panted: "What, never seen SpongeBob?"

"Ah?" Ning Shu picked one up and felt countless tiny bugs writhing in her palm. She threw it back in fright: "Oh my god, it's alive!"

"Yeah, it's alive now. It'll die soon, then we can use it!"

Lu Zhe then picked up a piece of sponge gourd silk, squeezed it with his hand, and a lot of seawater was squeezed out.

When he let go, the sponge gourd silk became soft and fluffy again.

"It really is!"

"Wanna try again?"

Ning Shu carefully took it: "I still feel a tingling numbness in my palm, but...it's pretty fun!"

Once she understood it, the fear was gone.

Ning Shu even liked the feeling of holding the sponge gourd silk. In her words:

"This is simply a stress reliever!"

Ning Shu and Lu Zhe squeezed all the seaweed dry and returned to camp with bags full of seafood!

As soon as they got back, Ning Shu couldn't help but shout: "Haha, look what we caught!"

But she didn't see her companions rejoice.

Jiang Yao and Tang Xiaoguo's mouths were pouting, their eyes full of tears.

"What's wrong with you two?"

"Had a fight?"

Neither girl spoke.

Lu Zhe was also confused: "Ladies, what happened?"

Tang Xiaoguo said, "Lu Zhe, this has nothing to do with you. Captain, you judge!"

Shen Bing helplessly shrugged and pulled him aside: "It's like this - Xiaoguo got her period, but the sanitary pads are all used up by Yao Yao, only one is left."

"Only one left?"

"Xiaoguo didn't get to use it, so she's very upset."

Just then, another prompt sounded in Lu Zhe's mind: "New quest: Successfully make sanitary pad substitutes!

Reward: +1 potential point!"

Lu Zhe was petrified!

Was this in the survival handbook?

Could Ed Stafford do it?

Could Bear Grylls do it?

Even Josh and Matt would be dumbfounded!

According to male thinking, leaving it be would be best, right?

No, it would attract bugs and ants!

That's not a place they can patronize!

Really need to find something to protect it!

Wait...

Lu Zhe seemed to think of someone!

Sparrow Sister!

She was a tough woman!

He recalled that she seemed to have made sanitary pads before!

However, would those wilderness versions made of straw, moss, and bark hurt the girls' delicate little peepees?