Jack and Jenny also found other fallen coconuts. Following Luo Jun's example, they cracked open the coconuts and poured the contents into their mouths.
Not having their fill after drinking the few fallen coconuts on the ground, they wanted to get the coconuts down from the coconut trees. However, everyone was exhausted and simply did not have any strength left to climb the trees. Falling down from the trees would cause big trouble.
Therefore, everyone expanded their search area to find more fallen coconuts on the ground.
Jenny wanted to come over to be with Luo Jun's group, but Jack did not allow it. So the two of them formed one team, while Luo Jun, Li Shi and Lorna formed another team.
Luo Jun cracked open the coconuts that everyone had found, but the two women could not dig out the creamy white coconut meat inside to eat.
At this time Luo Jun smiled, took off his belt and pulled out a hawk claw shaped small knife hidden inside the all metal belt buckle. The belt buckle was in the shape of an eagle's beak, and the small knife was fitted around it, so even airport security would not be able to detect it.
As a mercenary, Luo Jun knew survival skills far beyond just this.
Seeing the sharp little knife, the two women's eyes lit up.
"Uncle, you really are amazing!"
Li Shi smiled from ear to ear, looking sweet and innocent, putting Luo Jun in an especially good mood.
Luo Jun skillfully used the knife to dig out the coconut meat chunk by chunk.
The two women could not wait to pick it up and eat it. Luo Jun also ate a piece himself. The sweet and fragrant coconut meat really was a heavenly delight.
After eating a few pieces, however, the two women felt their jaws getting tired. Their temple muscles were also pulled taut and extremely weary. Still, they slowed down their pace and ate slowly.
Luckily, during their time drifting at sea before, they had found a dead giant octopus. Otherwise, they would not even have the strength left to chew now.
On the other side, because Jack could not dig the coconut meat out from the shells, Jenny was angry at him. Jack eyed the delicious food that Luo Jun's side was eating enviously, while he could only scrape at and gnaw on the cracked shells with his teeth.
It was normal for Jack to be wary of Luo Jun, because he had overheard the conversation between Luo Jun and Lorna about how Luo Jun used to be an international mercenary.
That was just a more refined way to say killer.
Luo Jun signaled Li Shi to bring some coconut meat over to Jenny. Li Shi smiled and nodded, carefully holding the clean, snowy white coconut meat as she came before Jenny.
Originally Jack did not want to accept it, but hunger ultimately defeated his pride.
Seeing Jenny eat with enjoyment, Jack also began to eat.
Although this time they could not say they ate their fill, compared to the days before, they now felt truly blessed.
Lying on the dry beach basking in the sunlight, they fell asleep.
After resting for three hours, everyone’s strength had mostly recovered. Their next task was to find a downwind location to build a fire in order to deal with the cold night.
Li Shi and Lorna went to gather rocks on the beach and arranged them into the three letters “SOS”.
Jack and Jenny also followed Luo Jun's lead, going into the woods to look for kindling to start a fire.
They both clearly understood Luo Jun's survival skills. Even if they did not have those abilities themselves, following his lead would definitely not go wrong.
Luo Jun paid no attention to the young couple. He carried the kindling he had gathered over to the reef beach area.
After observing the highest point of the tide, and confirming it would not reach the over 2 meter tall boulder in front of him, he arranged the kindling in the shadow behind the boulder.
Next, he grabbed a handful of dry moss from under the boulder. This moss was under the boulder, not touching the ground, while also absorbing moisture from the air and rainwater, becoming swollen. When dried, it was especially brittle and caught flame easily.
Lorna and Li Shi ran over at this time to watch Luo Jun start the fire.
Luo Jun looked at the two women who had come over. Li Shi was wearing a floral A-line dress, looking like a little princess. But the exposed arms did not have much fat. She would definitely freeze badly at night.
Lorna was no better off. Her professional attire was inherently poor at keeping out the cold. Moreover, two buttons at her neckline were missing.
Her ample bosom was pushing the gap open, letting in a draft.
His own jacket definitely could not provide lasting warmth if she wore it for long. If they still could not be rescued in the coming three months, everyone might freeze to death on this island.
Therefore, after recovering their strength, they would definitely need to think of ways to build an insulating shelter. At the very least obtaining animal skins and making clothes, but they still did not know how big this island was, or what the conditions were. So they could not determine the distribution and varieties of animals yet.
Luo Jun had found many fern plants in the woods. These plants had very long, stiff fronds. When snapped, there was a central pith inside that could be pulled out. The pith could be used as a straw, or made into cordage.
After removing the pith, Luo Jun made a small bow.
This small bow was not for hunting, it was just for winding the fire drill around to rapidly pull back and forth to generate friction for fire starting.
Trying to spin the fire drill with bare hands would definitely be futile.
Luo Jun was very skilled with his hands. After just a few minutes, he had a flame going, and the kindling he had gathered was continuously fed to the small fire.
Until the two women felt the fire's warmth on their damp bodies.
On the other side, Jack could not believe starting a fire by rubbing sticks together was so difficult. He had broken several sticks without producing a single spark, and his hands were also blistered and bleeding.
Jenny did not care about him anymore, and went over to politely borrow a fire stick from Luo Jun's side.
After she brought the fire stick back, Jack immediately flew into a temper, smashing the fire stick onto the ground and started arguing with Jenny.
Nobody knew what they were arguing about, but Jenny angrily stormed off towards Luo Jun's encampment in a huff.
Jenny came to the fire and crouched down with her arms wrapped around herself.
She was originally just wearing a strapless skater dress and a fleece denim jacket. Her top was not cold, but her bottom half was shivering from the cold. She crouched to warm her lower half by the fire.
Jenny was quite beautiful, and from their conversations it could be heard she came from high society.
In terms of temperament and figure, she was at the pinnacle of Western young women.
But the privileged Jack, although also a rich playboy, always acted so childish and extreme.
Without fastening her denim jacket, crouching there in a strapless dress, her pose of wrapping arms around herself squeezed her fair bosom upward enticingly.
Most Western women did not like to wear bras, so this sight gave Luo Jun quite a show.
One didn't know if she did it intentionally, but Lorna and Li Shi's eyes unconsciously looked her up and down as she crouched.
There was a hint of hostility between the women.
Memories of hunger are particularly profound. The seven days of starvation and drifting had already accumulated into an immovable mountain of fear weighing heavily on each person's heart.
Luo Jun realized that in dire straits, women's survival reactions in front of men with strong survival skills would tend toward the savage ancient times.
The women back then survived precisely by relying on this skill.
Beauty itself was already one of their survival resources.
Right now Luo Jun had to look after two women plus himself, already three people, clearly causing pressure. If Jenny joined, as a latecomer, intentionally flaunting her figure like this, her intentions were already very clear. Otherwise, as a late joiner without advantage, she would easily be excluded.
Women trained in elite ideology, without moral restraints, would be even more opportunistic.
But they would also be more tenacious in surviving.
Whether in the big city or on a deserted island, they could often make use of their resources more quickly to seek a way out.