Chapter 43: How He Died

If you look closely, it's a lifeboat that looks exactly like us.

It seems that it was also a passenger who was shipwrecked with us.

Seeing this, Tian Xiaxia and I both had a kind of hope in our hearts.

I hope that on that shore, there will be the figure of the person we have been thinking about for a long time!

We put our dinghy on the boat, tied them side by side, and then disembarked and went ashore.

When I went ashore to look for it, I soon found a small path that had been stepped on very well.

The two of us followed the path to find it, and Tian Xiaxia followed me, walking cautiously.

Since she was bitten by a poisonous snake that day, she has been walking on a deserted road and has been cautious as stepping on a landmine, which is very funny, which is probably a typical snake bite once and afraid of the well rope for ten years.

We walked a little way forward and finally saw a camp, and a man who had fallen next to the camp.

What's wrong with this man?

Is it sick? Or is it ......

We can't think about the worst side of things, so let's just go and look at it.

When we caught up, Tian Xiaxia couldn't help but scream loudly when we saw it clearly.

And I, too, frowned tightly!

It's miserable!

Where is this still a person, this is just a skeleton!

Beneath this man's clothes, what was exposed to the two of us was a skeleton of the Forest, a complete skeleton! The skull and limb bones of the black hole were not even a bit of flesh and skin.

I looked at the bones again, and they were all dried and turned white.

I don't know how many days I've been dead!

"Don't be afraid! It's okay, it's just the bones of a victim. I comforted Tian Xiaxia, who was holding my arm tightly and didn't dare to open her eyes.

Then he took a stick from the ground, reached for it, and plucked the bones.

As it turned out, it was indeed only a white body of bones, and there was no flesh and blood.

Looking at this man now, I guess it must not be the natural dissolution of flesh and blood. Because even if calculated from the perspective of time, the corpse naturally decomposed, and it was not so fast, and it was only more than ten days before the shipwreck.

In more than ten days, it is impossible for a fresh corpse to dissolve into such a white bone so quickly, and since this person has been exiled here, it must take a lot of time on the road, so it is impossible to die for more than ten days.

Then, his flesh must have been eaten by some other animal!

I can't figure out what kind of animal it is, but in my opinion, it shouldn't be a big carnivore.

The basis for my judgment is that this skeleton, except for the lack of flesh and blood, is still very neat on the whole, there are no missing parts, the bones are not scattered, and even the clothes and other things are intact.

None of these features look like they've been bitten by a large carnivorous animal. If it is such an animal, then this skeleton cannot be so complete.

So what kind of creature is it?

And how did this man die?

Where did his companions go?

A series of questions appeared in my mind.

After observing the man's clothes and the remaining hair on the ground, it can be inferred that this is a man, although we do not know the exact identity.

After Tian Xiaxia was scared, she finally came to her senses, and she dared to open her eyes at this time, she was sad while watching: "This person ...... It's too pitiful, abandoned by his companions, and died here alone, with no one to clean up his bones. ”

At this time, I was looking at my surroundings, and when I found several things in a row, I said, "Perhaps, this person has no companions at all." ”

Tian Xiaxia didn't understand: "What did you say? Do you mean that he was left here alone?"

I nodded, pointed with a wooden stick, and said, "Look, this sailor knife is here." There is also a box of fishing tackle, and this one is a waterproof flashlight. There are also these canned food boxes and mineral water bottles, which are about the same amount as those on a lifeboat. Almost everything is here, what does that mean?"

Tian Xiaxia immediately understood: "The configuration items on the lifeboat are all here, which means that no one else enjoys these things with him!"

I said, "Yes, if there were other people who abandoned this man and left here, they would have taken the sailor's knife, which was a necessary tool for survival, with them." And then there was none, which proves that he has no companions at all. In that case, we don't have to look any deeper. ”

After walking for so many days, I finally met someone, but it turned out to be a dead person! I can't help but make people's mood uncomfortable again.

Tian Xiaxia said: "What do you think this person died for? or a man, he shouldn't die so easily." ”

I thought about it, shook my head, and said, "It's hard to say. Maybe the fire was extinguished, and he forgot to keep the fire, and he couldn't make a fire, and he froze to death. Maybe one was too lonely and helpless, and died of insanity. Maybe it was some accident, and he was attacked by some poisonous insect or beast or something. Or maybe he died of hunger because he ran out of food. In short, there are too many ways to die, we are not detectives, and we can't make specific judgments. ”

I picked up the sailor knives, waterproof flashlights, fishing tackle and other usable things on the ground and prepared to take them with me. These resources, which are very useful for our survival, cannot be discarded.

Then he had to leave with Tian Xiaxia: "Let's go, there doesn't seem to be any water source around here, let's go somewhere else to replenish it." And I always felt that there was a hidden danger here, and I couldn't stay longer. ”

Tian Xiaxia was about to start with me, but suddenly stopped and said, "Then what should this person do, just let him be so violent in the wilderness, isn't it good?"

I said, "Then what do you want to do, do you still want to take it with you?"

Tian Xiaxia shook his head and said, "No, I mean that since we have collided, it is better to bury him, so as not to attract the insult of the beast again." ”

I thought about it for a moment and said, "But we don't have shovels or other tools, so it's not realistic for me to dig a hole for him with my bare hands." ”

I saw that Tian Xiaxia was also kind-hearted, and in order to make her feel a burden in her heart, she said: "Then let's do it, there is grass around here, let's cut a handful of grass and cover him up, and when the rescue team comes in the future, we will take his bones away and bring him back to his hometown for burial." ”

Tian Xiaxia agreed with me, so they went to cut the grass nearby.

It was quite far from the coast, the sand was very dry and barren, and the thatched ferns on the land were full of them, but they were not vigorous, and they were all dwarf.

Correspondingly, it seems that there are not too many animals in this area.

I thought, if that man didn't have any survival skills, it really wasn't easy to survive in this place, then he was most likely starved to death?

Just as I was thinking wildly, in the grass in front of me, there was a sudden sound of rustling!