Chapter 14: The Voice of No Idleness

In a short period of time, the three of them were destined to be unable to leave this desert island. They picked up the wreckage of the abandoned and broken ship and built a simple wooden hut covered with many large leaves. The island was small enough to walk around in less than two hours, but they avoided some of the towering, sea-facing cliffs. But those mountains are not high, bare, and there is nothing in the past from afar, so naturally there is no need to go up.

Food was very limited, and they had plenty of supplies, and they had brought some fresh food at the customs office. Only now, the dry food has been soaked in water, most of the fruits and vegetables have been washed away, and there is a bag of rice left, and the bag is broken. The island is not rich enough to last a long time, but the number of wild fruits is limited, and the only meat that can be easily obtained is fish, which is better than nothing. It was their third day on the island, and although the sky was clear, the sea fog looming in the distance still obscured the view. Qi Huan climbed a tall coconut tree and looked into the distance.

"Like a monkey."

"Who are you talking about?"

If he hadn't been able to pick these sturdy coconuts with one hand, he would have smashed two of them for Bai Ya. Anyone can say the same about him, but Bai Ya, who has done this, can't.

"Do you know the difference between a monkey and a human?" Qi Huan firmly grasped the tree with his legs firmly on it, and as he spoke, he wrapped a rough canvas around the trunk, "People use tools. ”

As he spoke, he slid smoothly down his way through the friction between the rough cloth and the smooth trunk. I guess I used it to move up little by little. Bai Ya didn't care about him, just glanced at the position he was looking at.

"What did the 'man' find?"

"There are some illusory outlines. I judged that it should be the main island...... It should be, that is, the territory of the Nine Heavens. It's hard for me to assess the distance between them, and I won't be able to judge until the sea fog has completely cleared. ”

"When will the sea fog lift? Wouldn't you know that? Or rather...... When will the yokai go? ”

Bai Ya's question was a bit "tricky", but Qi Huan understood what he meant. Qi Huan replied seriously:

"If you take my instincts, I can say that the youkai are ready to leaveβ€”but it's probably a long process."

"Intuition?"

Bai Ya always felt that this was similar to the metaphor of the monkey, and it was some of the words that Qi Huan used to pay tribute to him. But he can't refute it, regardless of martial arts, his spiritual power is considered to be above the middle among ordinary people, so the senses outside the five senses are also more sensitive. Intuition is one, and what his intuition can tell him so far is no different from Qi Huan's inference.

Something is coming, and it's leaving. The goal of this thing may or may not be to block their entry. Even the two of them couldn't say exactly what it was, because they had never seen it before, and everything was only based on feeling and estimation. It was a vast and unknown power, and its existence must have something to do with the enchantment and some characteristic of the Nine Heavens.

Qi Huan lowered his head, and then saw Bai Ya carrying a rabbit in his hand. But when he looked closely, the little creature not only had longer ears, but also a little longer than its entire body, like a mink. But does the mink have this suit?

"What is this?" He asked, pointing to the animal.

"Lunch."

"......" Qi Huan took a deep breath, "It's not good to pick and choose under these conditions, but wouldn't it be safer for us to eat something that is clear about the species?" What kind of animal is this, have you ever seen it? ”

"Nope." Bai Ya shook his head honestly, "Maybe it's a monster." ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦β€

Qi Huan did feel a little aura from this little animal, much stronger than an ordinary rabbit, but this power was much softer than the demon qi, and he couldn't make a simple judgment, so he tried to explain to Bai Ya:

"This kind of desert island is relatively isolated, the species are limited, and the circulation of spiritual power is not satisfactory. In these closed areas, there are indeed many animals that are different from what we are used to...... Their colors and habits evolve according to the environment, becoming more suitable for survival and reproduction in the present. So...... Isn't it a bit hasty for you to define it so simply? ”

Bai Ya thought about it and nodded approvingly.

"That's it, it's edible."

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Eat, eat, eat. ”

Qi Huan gave up reasoning with this person, after all, his stomach also protested. After eating wild fruits for three days in a row, he felt that he was a little out of strength, and he couldn't climb trees anymore. Forget it, it's important to save your life. Anyway, the creature is dead, so it's better to let its sacrifice be of the greatest value.

One of them carried lunch, and the other dragged rags, and walked to the temporary shelter where they were stationed inside. They lit a fire, and Jun Aoyan was there to keep watch. Originally, Qi Huan felt that he was more suitable to stay, but firstly, considering that the two of them were still at odds, and secondly, because Miss Jun seemed to be infected with typhoid fever in that storm, and it was inconvenient to move around easily.

Before arriving at the destination, Qi Huan said, "Lao Bai, what do you think...... Is Miss Jun really sick? I don't have a good diagnosis, but I know a little about herbs. Medical supplies have also been confiscated by the sea, and if anyone is really sick, I am afraid that they will not be able to afford to be sick. ”

"It's not typhoid."

"Yo, did you take the pulse?" Qi Huan squinted at him, "I can't see that you still have this." Is she faking illness? ”

"She's sick, but not typhoid." Approaching the black smoke burning from the stronghold, Bai Ya stopped, "She was stimulated by something...... I think so. ”

"You mean something unclean?"

"I don't know." Bai Ya said truthfully, "But I've seen something like that before." ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦ All right. Hope it's okay. ”

The two of them walked on again. Pushing aside the leaf door that served as a bunker, they walked through the improvised fence and returned to the fire in front of the wooden shed. Jun Aoyan saw them come back, just nodded, and didn't say too much.

"There's not enough fresh water to dry." Ao Yan pointed to an ugly "basin" that they had put together improvised, "I'll go get some seawater later." ”

Fresh water is an important survival resource, they know that. Even if they didn't know, the people in the imperial court before they came told them that the more they drank seawater, the less they would quench their thirst, and the more they would increase the rate of dehydration. At the beginning, Jun Aoyan said that in desert areas where water is very limited, even a little dirty water is of great significance. The army would make a simple filter out of linen, gravel, and sand that would make the filtered water clear, or at least look clear. She didn't know if the sea could achieve the same effect, so the three of them tried it. The filtered water is indeed lighter, but it is not very effective.

During the day the next day, Qi Huan tinkered with a new device. Simple, secure the wide leaf to the edge of the container, cover the upper layer, and let the leaf tip hang down to the other container. The evaporated seawater condenses together and flows in the direction of the leaves into a new container. This is the principle of drying salt, but if you collect the water that should be evaporated, won't it be less salty?

Qi Huan said to Aoyan, "I'll go with you." ”

"Not necessarily. Not that far. ”

"It's okay to go around, I can't pick up some crab shells or something."

"Well, that's fine."

Bai Ya still didn't have a positive communication with her, but at least he didn't exclude her when he talked about her with Qi Huan, which was a little progress. Indeed, before they actually came to the South, they were shipwrecked at sea and became grasshoppers on a rope, and no one could be unreasonable. Bai Ya quickly took the weapon and disemboweled the "lunch", passed it through it with a sharpened wooden stick, and plucked the hair numbly. That skillful set of movements made Qi Huan wonder if he had stolen other people's free-range chickens on weekdays.

took the box modified basin to the beach, and Qi Huan took the initiative to talk to Jun Aoyan.

"I can see the direction of the main island in the south, and when the weather improves, we can build a ship and go over to have a look."

"Hmm."

Ao Yan didn't even ask how far away and how to build a ship, which shows that his mind was not on this topic at all. Qi Huan didn't hide anything, and asked her directly:

"Miss Jun, we are now in the same situation as we expected: isolated and self-reliant. However, Bai Shaoxia and I feel that you are more depressed than when you were on the boat. Why is that? Could it be that you are not good at water, and this encounter frightened you? Don't be afraid, you see we don't live well. ”

Jun Aoyan is indeed depressed, depressed a lot. It wasn't so obvious from the expression alone, she was always so calm, and the tenacity in that calm had not faded, but he couldn't see the sharpness of Aoyan. He didn't know how to describe that kind of sharpness, and it seemed to be innate. It is a form of aggression and a form of self-defense. Now this self-preservation is self-defeating.

"I ...... Nothing special. Jun Aoyan said lightly, without a trace of ups and downs in his emotions, "Maybe I was born and died with my father before, or a friend in my army." Now I am suffering with people I don't know very well, and I am a little unaccustomed to it, so I am scared. Nothing, don't worry. ”

Aoyan's words were flawless, so Qi Huan had no idea where to start. But he knew very well that this argument was simply untenable. The background of the death of her parents and the long military life made her more self-reliant than anyone else, and she knew better than anyone else that no one could rely on at all times, and that everything had to be done on her own. Of course – teamwork is a different story. It's just that the enemy of the day, unlike ever, is invisible, temporary.

But can this ethereal unknown scare her? Qi Huan doesn't think so. He needs to know the truth in order to fundamentally remove obstacles, but the status quo is that Miss Jun is not cooperative. At this point, she is very similar to Bai Ya.

It is true that although they have been together for about ten days, it is not enough. Ten days is not enough to understand any side of anyone, Qi Huan is very clear. They are all people with their own abilities, and they need to cooperate and run in. As things stand, that's a tough step. Everyone is an adult who has been beaten by the rivers and lakes, and no one is honest with each other as soon as they come up.

However, Qi Huan believes that day will come soon.

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