Challenge the wilderness to survive

Chapter 18.

So, Xu Yi temporarily added two more and used 20 mao bamboo.

It was after eight o'clock at night when the raft was made.

Xu Yi grasped the time and lay down and started to sleep.

The sides of the camp were all surrounded by bamboo branches.

It's not as good as a shrub, but it's useful.

There are no bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest at this time of year, so animals are rare.

Perhaps there will be some venomous snakes, but large beasts are certainly not.

Unless, of course, it was tracked by scent.

But those who followed the scent should have shown up long ago.

After all, they had been here for quite a while.

So, it's safer tonight.

At night, it was mostly to see if the lake was safe.

The water in the lake is, indeed, salty, but not very saline.

So the project to extract the salt directly from the lake water is too big.

However, they can collect salt crystals from the shore and then re-soak them into a liquid and re-extract the salt.

Also, once the crystals are collected, they do not need to be purified right away; you can take the salt crystals with you and look for opportunities to re-purify them.

All of these things need to be operated at night after confirming that the lake is safer.

When Xu Yi went to bed, Su Coco studied for another half hour before laying down beside Xu Yi.

At the campfire, Lu Ning cut a piece of roasted lamb down.

Chapter Four.

The kill was dragged to the river so that the other three yellow sheep and the thunder beast wouldn't see it.

There's always nothing wrong with avoiding them, whether they're readable or not.

After disposing of the corpse, Xu Yi also asked Zhong Zhong and Yong Yong to bring the undead bird to the river to eat.

After Lu Ning ate some lamb, she took a strong light to shine on the lake.

You know, lights are attractive to a lot of fish.

If there's any big guys, they should show up too.

After shining for over an hour, the landing saw plenty of fish, but no particularly large creatures were attracted to the light.

So, Lu Ning was a lot more at ease.

The bamboo forest is very quiet at night, and the insects are less vocal.

There were a lot of mosquitoes, but they were coated in blood-sucking worm slime, so the mosquitoes here didn't dare to come close.

Otherwise, just the sound of mosquitoes 'buzzing' would be annoying enough.

Time flew by, and it was soon 12 o'clock.

Xu Yi's alarm clock began to vibrate as promised, and then Xu Yi woke up.

"How about it, is there a problem with the lake?" After Xu Yi woke up, he asked about the lake's condition first thing.

"There's no particularly loud noise, I've been shining a strong light for over an hour, and I haven't seen anything unusual."

If it wasn't for the fact that the lamp beads of the strong flashlight were so hot, Lu Ning would have been ready to continue shining it.

"Well, that's good, if I don't observe anything unusual in the second half of the night as well, we'll leave from the lake tomorrow."

"You quickly go rest."

Lu Ning nodded, went to brush a tooth, and then went to bed.

Xu Yi ate some mutton and then began to enter meditation.

He faced the direction of the lake so that if there was some noise, he could also hear it.

A whole night had passed and the lake was still relatively calm.

Xu Yi felt that it was those dinosaurs or other creatures that had made the noise on the shore the night before.

"Xu Yi, morning."

Lu Ning stretched a lazy waist and braced herself.

Last night, the sleep was still good.

"Morning, looks like you slept well last night." Xu Yi smiled at Lu Ning, then continued his own stretching activities.

"Well, I slept well last night. So, the lake didn't move much?" Lu Ning walked over to Xu Yi's side, then looked at the direction of the lake.

Xu Yi finished stretching and said, "Well, it's pretty calm, there's some small movements, it's probably not a big guy by the sound of it."

"That's good, we'll be able to leave from the lake today." Lu Ning was happy.

After all, yesterday had been delayed quite a bit, and today couldn't be delayed any longer.

Breakfast Lu Ning had buried it in the soil to smother it last night, and after washing up Xu Yi and Lu Ning dug out the potatoes.

These potatoes, along with the half a goat that was roasted last night, were enough for the three of them to eat for two days.

Xu Yi and Lu Ning moved the supplies to the top of the bamboo raft before bringing the yellow sheep and the thunder beast to the top of the raft.

Although the yellow sheep and the thunder beast were a little scared, they were quite honest.

Once they reached the top of the bamboo raft, Xu Yi tied them up tightly to prevent them from moving.

Fixed them in the middle position so that they couldn't move around.

Only this way, the raft could be more stable.

Especially if there were any emergencies, they could not be allowed to move.

Fortunately, enough bamboo was used, otherwise, it wouldn't really be able to withstand the large weight.

Xu Yi made a tripod at the end of the raft, here and there, and made a jibe.

Lu Ning stood in front, holding an oar in her hand so that she could adjust her direction.

"Set off!"

Xu Yi cut down the vines and then used his spear to jack the raft away from the shore.

Then, Xu Yi shook the jerk.

[I throw, this strength is too much, right?]

This power, this speed, it's gonna catch the motor!

Yeah, it's a hell of a speed. It's faster than walking.

If you can take the water, 1,000 km won't take long at all.]

We should've taken the water route yesterday. We wasted too much time climbing over the mountains. The distance is less than 5km.

I was in the lead, but now I've dropped out of the 500. Come on, Mr. Xu! Ollie!

This speed is fucking ridiculous. It's faster than a diesel boat.]

Something's wrong with you, Laroche. How can you be so fast?

Xu Yi kept jerking the tail of the raft, pushing the raft forward.

Using the paddle in her hand, Lu Ning adjusted the direction from time to time to move the raft towards the coordinates.

"Xu Yi, this lake doesn't look small, we might be able to retrieve the distance we've fallen in the past two days today." Lu Ning lamented as she observed the lake's surface.

"Well, this speed is much faster than us walking." Xu Yi also felt that walking on the lake was much faster, after all, there was no obstruction at all.

Since it was a saltwater lake, it was also more buoyant.

Xu Yi didn't particularly strain himself when using the rocking jerk.

The current speed was at least three or four times faster than they were walking.

Moreover, after stabilizing to a certain speed, they would become more and more effortless.

Therefore, Xu Yi could increase his speed a bit more later.

"Xu Yi, you take a break, I'll do it instead." Lu Ning took a glance at the time and noticed that half an hour had already passed.

This half an hour, they had walked almost 6 kilometers.

This speed was considered fast.

"No, it's not tiring." Xu Yi shook a dozen times and would take a break so that it would last longer.

"If I need to change, I'll call you."

Lu Ning nodded and continued to take control of the direction.

Su Coco was in the middle of the raft, sitting on top of a small pony to watch motion pictures.

This little mazza was something Xu Yi had made on a whim yesterday.

It wasn't difficult to use some snake skin and bamboo, so Xu Yi made three of them.

This way, they could bring the little mazza to sit when they rested.

"Xu Yi, we have a lot of fish, do we need to fork some?" Lu Ning suddenly saw a school of fish and asked.

"Fine, spear a few more." Xu Yi thought it was okay to get some fish up to eat.

They had a few pounds of bamboo charcoal in their basket, collected when they left this morning.

It was the consideration that perhaps they would need to build a fire for use on the raft that brought those bamboo charcoals with them.

After all, are in the bamboo raft, more than a dozen pounds of bamboo charcoal has no effect.

In case the lake is extremely huge, if you want to spend the night on the bamboo raft, you don't need to have no way to heat food or boil water.

With Xu Yi's consent, Lu Ning put down her paddle and picked up her spear.

Xu Yi also stopped cranking the paddle, allowing the raft's speed to slow down.

At the same time, Xu Yi directly picked up the Dark Copper Lance as well.

On the surface of the lake, there was indeed a school of fish.

Xu Yi held the long spear, looking for an opportunity.

Suddenly, Xu Yi made his move.

The spear stabbed at a swimming fish and ran right through its body.

Then Xu Yi retracted it and put the fish on top of the raft.

[What kind of fish is this, it doesn't look small, it should be five or six pounds, right?

That's a lot of fish. It's so easy to catch with a fork.

This net must be worth tens of thousands of pounds of fish.

I wish we could go fishing here. It's unbeatable.

I'm sure the fish are delicious. Why don't we just live in the lake? We'll have fish for dinner and no danger.

Look at the sky. It's definitely a pterodactyl hunting ground. Maybe. .......

Your mouth is so fucking black. Say what you want.

A few huge bodies appeared in the sky with a dozen pterosaurs in front of them.

Then, they quickly pounced on the lake.

Yes, this was indeed their hunting ground.

There was no danger in the lake, but there was danger in the sky.

"Xu Yi, what do we do now?" Lu Ning's face changed dramatically as she watched the pterodactyls hover in the sky and then pounce on the water.

Would they, by any chance, find their line?

"Don't panic, let's enter the shore of that bend first and observe it before deciding." Xu Yi said, inside put down his long spear and began to swing the tail jerk, deciding to take shelter at the lake first.

Lu Ning also hurriedly put down her lance, picked up her long paddle, and began to adjust her direction.

Su Coco put away her tablet and picked up Xu Yi's long gun. If there was a situation, she would be able to hand the long gun to Xu Yi in the first place.

"Don't worry, it'll be fine. There are plenty of fish in the lake, enough for them to eat, and they won't come to beat us."

"When they've caught enough, they'll leave."

Xu Yi's reassurance was somewhat useful, after all, Su Coco trusted Xu Yi very much.

"Xu Yi, do you see over there?" Lu Ning suddenly excitedly pointed at the lake shore.

It turned out that there was a shallow shore on the shore of the lake, and there were many salt crystals on it.

Obviously, that place had formed a natural salt basking ground.

The water level of the lake wasn't unchanging, it rose and fell, but the arc wouldn't be very large.

Otherwise, it wouldn't have created such a place.

Xu Yi hadn't expected that turning into this lake bay would have such a rewarding experience.

Thus, they quickly leaned against the shore of the lake.

After approaching, Lu Ning jumped onto the top of the shallows first.

"That's right, it's salt crystals." Saying that, Lu Ning put a few grains into her mouth.

"Not bitter, not astringent, we've got natural salt crystals, great."

Lu Ning laughed happily, then took the rope that Su Coco threw, tied it to the top of her spear, and inserted it into the ground.

Xu Yi took a ceramic bucket and went ashore as well.

There were still plenty of salt crystals, and although they were mixed with some other substances, Xu Yi and Lu Ning weren't picky and directly filled the pottery bucket.

After filling it up, they returned to the top of the bamboo raft.

This bucket wasn't light, it was at least seventy to eighty pounds.

After all, salt was very heavy.

There was enough for them to eat for a long time with this much.

It was too much to carry around, so naturally, there was no need to get rid of more salt crystals.

After getting on the raft, Xu Yi picked up a fish that had died on the boat.

"Let's dispose of the fish first, those pterodactyls shouldn't stay for long." Saying that, Xu Yi asked for a stone chef's knife from Su Coco and started scraping off the scales on the fish.

Lu Ning also took out her own machete and handled the fish.

Just now, she forked to two of them, making a total of three fish.

After ten minutes, those pterodactyls really flew away from the lake.

So, Xu Yi quickly shook the crank on top of the raft and set off again.

In order to leave faster, Xu Yi got fierce this time and increased the speed of the shaking jerk.

The speed of the raft picked up all of a sudden.

Lu Ning also knew that Xu Yi was trying to leave the lake faster.

Soon, an hour passed and they had traveled 23 kilometers on the lake. Adding the previous 6 kilometers, that was a total distance of 29 kilometers.

This speed was considered very fast.

"Xu Yi, this lake is still quite large, we've traveled such a long distance and we still haven't seen the end of it."

Moreover, the lake was getting wider and wider.

Lu Ning even had some doubts that they might be able to walk for hundreds of kilometers on the lake's surface.

In that case, they would be much closer to the supply point.

Now, they weren't far behind anymore.

"Yeah, this lake is a lot bigger than we expected. If we go around it, we might have to walk an extra hundred kilometers. No matter how dangerous the lake is, it's a path we have to take."

If they took a detour, it would be difficult for them to reach the supply point within 28 days.

What was the point of wasting 28 days on the road if they couldn't make it to the supply point?

Time up front is precious because you don't know what other dangers await you later.

The more time you can buy early on, the more peace of mind you can have.

If, in the first 5 days, you can complete 300 to 400 kilometers, the back will be a lot easier.

As I was saying, pterodactyls appeared in the sky once again.

This group of pterosaurs weren't very numerous, nor were they very large.

However, they seemed to be flying towards Xu Yi and the others.