The terrain on the western side of Azkiel Island is very different from the eastern side.

The east side belongs to the desert, mostly desert, the vegetation is almost shrubland, and the land is more severely weathered, and it is all flat land.

On the west side, however, there are dense woods with many root-like plants, and the combination of deciduous leaves and abundant rainfall creates potholes, mainly hills.

The entire island is cut off by a mountain range that is not high, and can only be accessed by diving bends.

"If you want to get in and out of here, you have to build a boat or find a way out......" I sat on the shore and stirred the water.

"We have to come step by step, we have only been on the island for a few days, and we should build a raft at this stage. "The outline of the island is clear in my mind.

There is a very large bay leading to our accommodation, and it is relatively easy to transport timber, and it takes at least a week to build a wooden house by manual transport.

I pulled the scimitar in my hand, took out the insect repellent spray from my waist bag, and sprayed it on my body to avoid being bitten by poisonous insects.

On the west side of the coast, there are dense coconut trees, a green coconut hangs on the top, and a few coconuts that fall to the ground are slightly yellow.

I picked one up and cut a small cut with my knife.

The cool coconut milk gushed out, and I took a sip of the coconut in my hand, and the sweetness swirled throughout my mouth with some acidity.

"Oh my God, this is the best thing I've ever eaten on this island, right?" After drinking the coconut water, I took a knife and split it, picking up the milky white flesh and bringing it to my mouth.

I rested for a while, looked at the dense woods, and sighed, "Make use of it, this is simply a natural granary." ”

I had only walked a few steps when I was attracted by a dense bush at the edge of the forest.

"It won't be ......"

I walked over to the bushes and stroked the thick foliage with my hands, revealing a patch of russet branches.

"Hahaha, it's cassava!" I looked around excitedly, and I was surprised by the similar bushes scattered at the edge of the woods.

It is important to know that cassava is an edible starchy plant, but it needs to be cooked, and it is poisonous when eaten raw.

I dug a hole with a scimitar to reveal light brown lumps, saw ripe cassava, and dug up a few casually.

"Good fellow, it's almost thicker than my arm!"

I put the dug cassava on the relatively empty ground, patted the dirt on my hands, and walked to the side, less than ten meters away.

To build a raft, you must first make sure that it can float, which is important for the choice of wood.

I walked around the trees in a 10-meter radius, tapping the trunk with the back of my knife while observing the trees around me.

As far as the eye can see, most of them are solid wood, and the most small saplings are there.

"That's you!"

The usefulness of small saplings is not impossible, they are very capricious and are a very good choice as raft load-bearing boards.

I pulled my axe from my waist and with a few clicks, the finger-thick sapling fell to the ground.

The small saplings are very willful, and they still need to be handled simply, so I sat on the ground with my butt on my butt, sifted through them one by one, and threw them all away when I found cracks in the trees.

"If Yu Ruo followed, he would definitely ask questions......" I looked worriedly in the direction of the bread tree and sped up the speed of my hand.

Soon the bundles of small trees were sifted out and piled aside, and I stood up and looked at the big trees around me, walked over to a green trunk and knocked it with my hand.

"Knock knock!"

The sound of the knock was not the dull of the previous knocking on the trunk, but with a crisp sound!

I looked at the green tree with bright eyes, and shook it vigorously, but it didn't take much effort to shake off a large leaf.

"Good fellow, I actually ran into a balsa tree!"

What excites me even more is that there are more than a dozen balsa trees growing in this piece!

Without the slightest hesitation, I raised my axe and cut it diagonally, and the soft light wood was cut off in a few strokes.

In contrast, balsa wood is the thickness of my thighs, and it is completely sufficient for rafting.

"Dingding......

I cleaned the branches of the balsa wood, and the pleasant ringing of a satellite phone came from my pocket.

"Hello?"

I had the phone pinned to my head, and one hand held on to the balsa wood and picked at the bark.

"Zhao Fan, where are you?"

Yu Ruo's eager voice came from the phone, and I pulled the bark hard and asked, "Is the heat stroke better?"

"Well, I'm much better after taking some medicine, but I'm a little scared alone in the tree......"

I sighed and put down the balsa wood in my hand, "You just stand on the tree and wait for me, I'll pick you up." ”

"Hee-hee, I know you love me the most!" Yu Ruo's laughter came from the phone, and then hung up the phone.

I looked at the balsa wood that had fallen to the ground, looked around, snapped off a leaf the size of a fan, and loaded the cassava I had dug up and returned the way I came.

"It's good that it's not far away, otherwise the raft wouldn't have been able to be made today. ”

On the way, I picked up a few coconuts and came to the herringbone stone, where Yu Ruo stood on the bread tree and shook his hands excitedly.

I saw that her face was a lot more rosy, and smiled, "Bring your tools down." ”

Yu Ruo pouted and carried the waterproof medicine kit and carefully climbed down from the tree.

I looked left and right, and I didn't see any other beasts approaching, except for the countless hyena paw prints on the ground.

"Hurry up, we have to get here before dark. ”

Yu Ruo nodded seriously, took out the knife he was carrying and followed behind me.

Wading to the destination, Yu Ruo looked at the tree that fell to the ground in surprise and said, "Balsa tree?"

I said proudly: "The location of the balsa tree is very close to the coast, and I plan to build a raft to transport the wood." ”

Yu Ruo nodded, observed a dozen or so balsa trees nearby, and suggested, "Balsa trees have very good insulation, and the walls and floors used to build wooden houses are the best materials." ”

I was a little puzzled, "Isn't balsa wood buoyant, and would it be better to use it for shipbuilding?"

She walked over to the balsa tree and tapped it with her hand, and the thick-looking balsa was lifted up by one of her hands.

"Hee-hee, the knowledge of plants, you are not as good as me, you must know that balsa wood is soft and not dense, just like the cork of a hot water bottle, blocking the entry of heat has a very good effect. ”

Just when my eyes lit up, Yu Ruo coughed lightly: "Of course, these are not the point. ”

I saw her serious look and asked curiously, "What's the point?"

"The point is, the wood is soft and flexible, and if it can be split into a plank, it would be very comfortable to sleep on. She stuck out her tongue and grumbled.

"Zhao Fan, you don't know, the bread tree is hard, and it's so uncomfortable to sleep on it......"

I have a black line, you can do it, I found these dozen balsa trees, the first thing you thought of was enjoyment?

Wait a minute......

"Soft?"

Yu Ruo said as a matter of course: "Yes, the wood is soft, and the growth cycle of a balsa wood is very fast......

Before she could finish speaking, I said, "It seems that I have met a baby." ”

Yu Ruo looked confused: "Do you mean balsam, of course this is a baby." ”

I shook my head and said, "It's not balsa wood, it's hyenas!"

"Hyenas?"

Yu Ruo was a little messy: "Does this have anything to do with hyenas?"