The next day, the choice of life or death
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I didn't get a good night's rest, and I felt my head hurt terribly.
But it can't be helped, I can't sit still.
The struggle between the brain and the body lasted for a long time, and I finally got up.
The bonfire has long since been extinguished.
I began to look around me to find fresh water as soon as possible.
I don't dare to eat coconuts anymore unless I have to.
My current idea is simple, find a way to find a high place and understand the environment.
I can't climb a tree.
The first choice can only be the stone mountain in the distance, which should look dozens of meters high.
It can only pass.
It's hard to get through the woods.
The level of difficulty was far from what I expected.
The dense vines on the ground made it difficult for me to walk.
My hands were cut several times in order to remove them.
This annoyed me a lot.
But an unexpected discovery made me happy.
There are many plants with huge leaves in this depression, and the mist gathers on the leaves, and the leaves merge into crystal dew.
This unintentional discovery appealed to me as much as the delicacies of the past.
Carefully, I dragged the blades with both hands.
He lowered his head and gently sucked a piece of crystal dew into his mouth.
"Ho. I couldn't help but let out a sound of satisfaction.
Smash your mouth.
This dew is so sweet.
It didn't take long for all the dew here to turn into the energy for me to move forward.
Through the dense jungle, I saw that the sun was gone.
It was at this time that I suddenly realized a problem.
This question made me stop and start thinking.
After such a long journey, I didn't even reach the bottom of the mountain.
At this rate, I'm afraid it's going to be dark before I reach my destination.
Go back? or go forward?
Two thoughts kept tumbling and tangling in my head.
To be honest, I definitely wouldn't want to walk through this damn woods at night.
But if I don't explore further, all that awaits me is death from thirst, or death from dehydration due to drinking too much coconut water.
In the end, reason triumphed over fear.
I chose to move forward.
In the darkness before nightfall, I finally walked out of the woods.
There was an open hill in front of the woods, and I wasn't going to go any further.
I'm going to spend the night here.
There were a lot of dead branches and leaves in the woods, so I picked up some casually, and easily let me light a bonfire on the edge of the cliff at the foot of the mountain.
Lying down, I felt paralyzed, and even if a flying insect crawled up the tip of my nose, I didn't have the strength to chase it away.
The body is so real.
As soon as I lay down, I felt them, thirst, hunger, pain.
They're trying to get me to my feet, trying to keep me going.
But I closed my eyes anyway.
"Plop. ”
"Huh?" I sat up.
I felt like I heard the sound of something falling into the water.
It's clear.
To test my judgment, I even slowed my breathing and tried not to make any noise.
Except for the crackling of the fire.
The wait is so long.
I never heard the voice I was expecting again.
I'm disappointed,
"It's supposed to be an auditory hallucination. I opened my mouth to tell myself.
No wonder some people say that once hope is shattered, the mood will suddenly fall into the abyss.
I think that's how I'm feeling right now.
I even began to wonder if it would have been better if I had not had that plank and let me drown.
Once negative thoughts start, they can't stop.
These thoughts shook my belief in survival.
I can't do that, I shook my head.
But it didn't work.
……
"Plop" this time, it was clearer than the one just now.
I heard it very clearly.
Clear enough that I could tell it was coming from my right side.
Excitedly, I pulled out a burning branch and ran to the right.
That's right, I'm really running,
Because I'm so excited.
I can feel my heart beating fast,
Even because of the reflex, my saliva is accelerating.
Rounding the rock on the right, I froze.
I actually saw the water!!
Trembling, I reached over the branch that was about to go out.
I'm scared it's a pool of stagnant water.
Because I can't drink stagnant water, bacteria will take me away.
But the next scene made me jump with excitement.
I saw the spring bubbling out of the mountain wall.
This small waterhole is only a foot deep.
I didn't hesitate at all, rushed over and devoured it in a big gulp.
Until I'm too full to move.
Instantly, I was surrounded by a sudden sense of well-being.
It's the water I've always dreamed of, and now, I've finally got it.
The branches were also completely extinguished at this time.
Another "plop" sound.
Except for a startle and a twitch in my heart, I didn't feel fear.
Instead, I tried to see what had fallen and given me a new lease of life.
In the dim moonlight, I picked up the red object floating on the water.
By the glimmer of light, I could see it clearly.
It should be a fruit, even though I don't know it.
I looked up and saw that there was a large tree hanging from this fruit above the pool.
The saliva that wells up on the tip of my tongue has been suggesting to me, to taste it.
I feel like my teeth haven't been used in a long time.
And just like that, I opened my mouth anyway.
Desire is really hard to restrain itself.
I took a bite and the juice spilled down the corners of my mouth.
Sweet, crunchy and juicy.
It's delicious.
Even if it's poisonous, I'm going to have a good time, I thought to myself.
Removing the rotten ones, I still found thirteen of them.
I'm very satisfied.
Back at the campfire, I ate the fruit and added firewood.
The heart is unusually full.
Not even that fear has ever been there.
Maybe it's time to make a plan for yourself in the near future.
Of course, you have to go to the top of the mountain to see what is going on.
My fear now is that the rescuers won't be able to find me.
When I was thinking about it, I unconsciously ate the more than ten fruits, and the feeling of exhaustion began to rise again.
From time to time, birds or bats fly by in the sky.
The night is a hunter's paradise.
But I'm already asleep.
I dreamed that I had become a successful person.
Holding the goddess of the dream, is attending a drinking party,
I was fascinated by the variety of food and wine.
I don't know why, I shook off the hand of the goddess,
Ran to the food, the wine, and devoured it in large gulps.
"What's wrong with you?" the goddess asked me with concern.
"Hmm...... It's okay, I'm eating, I'm so hungry."
"But you're eating bugs!"
"Ahh
Of course, that's my dream,
Frightened to wake up, I took a few deep breaths, looked at the darkness around me, the burning campfire, and fell asleep again.