After walking for another half a kilometer or so, Zhao Le came to the coconut tree, during which he did not encounter a thylacine again, after all, the thylacine is a nocturnal animal, and it almost does not come out during the day. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhao Le clenched the axe in his hand, raised his big arm, and waved it, and cut it on the tree with a "bang", fortunately Zhao Le did not use all his strength, the bark of the coconut tree was very hard, and an axe came down, although there was a gap, but Zhao Le's tiger mouth was also numb.

However, when he saw the gap, it would be easier to cut a lot, Zhao Le stared at the gap, and the axe slashed there.

Zhao Le uses the notch cutting method, that is, cut at an angle of 45 degrees above the oblique, and then cut at an angle of 45 degrees below the obliquely, so that a piece of isosceles triangular wood will be cut down, and then continue to expand the gap, and after cutting two-thirds of the diameter of the coconut tree, Zhao Le kicked the coconut tree violently, and the coconut tree fell in the squeak of breaking.

Looking at the fallen coconut tree in front of him, Zhao Le felt very relieved, this was the first major thing he had done since he crossed over: he used the original stone axe he made to cut down a coconut tree.

Moving his sore wrist from cutting the coconut tree for about ten minutes, Zhao Le walked to the top of the coconut tree, cut off a coconut with an axe, found three notches on it, and poked them one by one with the manicure knife on the nail clipper, two of which were solid, and the other was only a membrane, and after the puncture, it was the coconut juice inside.

After finding the coconut mouth, Zhao Le scraped off the coconut hair near the coconut mouth, and then picked up the coconut and drank it. After drinking the coconut water, Zhao Le lifted the axe to split the coconut, and ate the coconut meat inside before stopping.

There are still many coconuts, Zhao Le can't take them all, only took a coconut and three coconut leaves, the coconut leaves are draped on his back, blocking the scorching Australian summer sun.

On the beach of Cape Barron Island, Zhao Le held an axe in his right hand, a coconut in his left hand, a coconut leaf on his head, and two coconut leaves on his back, walking towards the east.

After walking for about half an hour, it was now noon, and the sun was hanging in the sky, shooting a scorching light. Zhao Le had to avoid its edge, hiding in the eucalyptus tree under the hill, seeing that the sun did not stay for two or three hours and did not leave, Zhao Le thought about how to use this time to do some important things, thinking about it, Zhao Le squeezed out the survival documentary in his mind.

In the end, it was decided to dig a trap to capture kangaroos, in those documentaries, carnivores are the first major threat to survival, food is second, and in Australia Zhao Le doesn't have to worry about those carnivores at all, in this era, the thylacine is the largest carnivore in Australia, as long as Zhao Le doesn't walk around at night and stays in the trees, there will be no danger to his life, except for the thylacine, the rest are small carnivores, the only thing that worries Zhao Le is the Tasmanian devil, the Tasmanian devil Tasmanian devil can climb trees, It can swim in water, it is bigger than a cat, smaller than a dog, its teeth are sharp, it is agile, and it is a more dangerous animal than a thylacine in some respects. Tasmanian devils should be found in an isolated tree, because Tasmanian devils do not dare to climb isolated trees, they will only hunt in the jungle of the hills, and will not come to the edge of the hills.

Therefore, the biggest existential threat that Zhao Le faces now is food. Coconut is just a temporary measure, you can't do it all the time, cutting down coconut trees is not only a waste of physical strength, but also coconut trees are difficult to find, because coconut is only available in the more northern tropical regions, I don't know how this coconut tree came here through the ocean barrier, fortunately, the climate here is also suitable for coconut growth, otherwise Zhao Le will not be able to eat delicious coconut water and coconut meat.

Zhao Le first went to the boundary between the grassland and the hill forest to find the footprints of the kangaroo, the kangaroo here is really greedy, and when they eat the grass, they have to eat berries to change the taste.

The axe couldn't dig a hole, so Zhao Le had to run back to the coconut tree, cut off a piece of coconut wood with the axe, split it into the shape of a shovel, and ran back with another coconut.

Running all the way, fortunately Zhao Le walked in the valley, out of the valley only walked a short section of grass to the coconut trees, although it was slower, but there were large eucalyptus forests to cover it, it was better than running on the beach, it could die of heat.

Zhao Le found a path that was stepped out of by the kangaroo and began to dig a hole in the center of the road. Because the kangaroo has an amazing jumping power, the hole must be dug very deep, so Zhao Le tied a vine to his body and tied the other end to the eucalyptus tree by the roadside. Eucalyptus trees are particularly abundant in Australia, accounting for more than half of the tree species, distributed throughout the Australian continent and Tasmania, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and other places. The eucalyptus tree is very tall, can grow to more than 100 meters, and the tree is hard, Zhao Le plans to cut down a eucalyptus tree to make a canoe and leave here if he can't find a lifeboat.

Shoveling the shovel into the soil, digging upwards, and then to the side, Zhao Le dug like this. Time passed, the sunlight was not as strong as at noon, Zhao Le dug for two and a half hours to finish, during which Zhao Le ate another coconut, the coconut shell Zhao Le did not throw, the empty coconut shell can be filled with water, as long as it is blocked with a wooden stopper, the coconut can hold about 5,600 ml of water, because the coconut is not broken and eaten coconut meat, so the water in the coconut still has a coconut meat smell.

The trap that took Zhao Le two and a half hours to dig was four meters deep, and in order to get the soil inside, Zhao Le also took off his clothes and used it as a dustpan to dig out the hole. The hole is only one meter in diameter, and the hole is in the shape of an Erlenmeyer bottle, which prevents kangaroos from jumping out.

After Zhao Le climbed out along the vines, he found a few eucalyptus branches, inserted them in the next centimeter or two of the hole, spread hay on them, spread a layer of small branches on the hay, sprinkle a thin layer of soil on the branches, and spread them evenly.

After everything was done, Zhao Le cleaned up the excavated soil, swept his footprints clean, and left.

The sun was no longer so shining, so Zhao Le walked on the beach, there was no obstacle on the beach, it was much faster than walking in the woods. Zhao Le looked as he walked, expecting the familiar orange lifeboat and Hu Yue to appear in front of him.

Along the way, Zhao Le did not stop, kept hurrying, and the scene around him kept changing, there was no beach, instead of it was a rocky reef, a wave came over, and the waves were sprinkled on the land.

After cutting down the coconut tree at noon, I walked for half an hour about 3,000 meters, that is, about three kilometers, and then stopped to dig a trap, and now I walked for another two hours, more than 10,000 meters, thirteen kilometers, and then I walked for another two hours, and if I couldn't find it, I walked back. After Zhao Le arranged today's itinerary in his heart, he continued to go.

The result was very disappointed to Zhao Le, after walking for another hour, Zhao Le still did not find Hu Yue and the lifeboat, just as Zhao Le was about to go back, he saw something.