Volume II, Chapter 139: The Destruction of the Crocodile
At first, I was very sad about the fruit trees that I had brought back, and I didn't even think about where to plant them.
It wasn't until I had an idea that I decided to transplant all the trees around the open space of the house, like a fence, along the edge of the clearing, with a distance of three meters between each tree.
There is a different kind of beauty when you look at the fruit trees of similar size and height in a row!
Let the originally empty open space change from monotonous to a certain style, but it's a pity that they are not peach trees, otherwise I would even have the confidence to turn this place into Peach Blossom Island, and then proclaim myself the owner of Peach Blossom Island......
And the two magnolia trees were planted next to the swimming pool in the future, and I will be able to live under the fragrance of flowers next year, which is very exciting to think about!
The activity of transplanting the fruit trees lasted more than 10 days, and after it was completely settled, I seemed to have nothing to do.
So after spending three or five days making a kiln of bricks and tiles, I was ready to pick up an action that had been interrupted for nearly two years--- killing fish plan!
In the past two years, in addition to the normal use of the island's resources, the seafood on and near the beach has never been able to be used normally, even if I am very brave, I have to be very careful when going to the beach.
In addition to my own busy nature in the past two years, the crocodiles have also become a roadblock for my development, and it is a great humiliation for me not to be able to go to the sea and pick up garbage freely.
They have been able to survive until now because of the massive construction plan that has held me back, but now, the crocodiles are back in my sight!
Some of the weapons I hadn't used in a long time had been found in the corners again, and with the exception of spears and arrowheads, the rest of the weapons were rusted to varying degrees, though they had very few chances of appearing.
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Taking this opportunity, I plan to remelt some of the iron tools that I don't usually use at home, and some of them will be melted down directly to make other needed tools.
When they were first made, they were only made on the spur of the moment, thinking that they would be useful later, but the iron tools that had not played a great role in the past three or four years were certainly destined to be of little use.
It is better to smelt them all into other more useful tools, after all, the consumption of iron tools is also huge, and it is difficult to keep up with the garbage replenishment at the seaside!
The two construction of new houses not only consumed a lot of bricks and wood, but also used at least 20 catties of iron nails even if they were saved again and again, and at the same time, there were several catties on the ship.
Coupled with daily rust, less than 200 catties of iron are now left, and if you are more precise, it should be around 180 catties.
Fortunately, there is also the replenishment of marine garbage, and in the past two or three years, I have gained more than 20 catties intermittently, so I have to fill some loopholes, otherwise it may be less!
With the melted iron, I plan to make a new spear, that is, the tip of the spear, this time the size of an exaggerated forty centimeters, and it is close to a long knife just by holding it in my hand.
The reason for this length is that drawing on the experience of hunting crocodiles in the past, the more slender spears have a stronger penetration power to penetrate the crocodile skin, and the deeper the piercing, the more lethal it will definitely be.
In addition to this, there were two scythes, and a heavier axe and several pounds of iron nails were remade.
A large number of tools that are usually worn out but have no time to improve have been rerefined and replenished, and the efficiency of doing things in the future will definitely be improved accordingly.
After all, if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, which is a truth that I have always firmly believed, especially after living here for a few years, my understanding of this sentence is extremely profound!
Holding a new weapon also swelled my self-confidence, as if I had an elephant in front of me and I could take it down......
However, these weapons are born at the right time, they are ready to go to war as soon as they are made and polished, and the moment they are born is the moment when they show off their skills!
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I'm an old acquaintance with the crocodile, and I'm not quite familiar with all aspects of it, but at least I have a considerable understanding of its reflexes and ability to escape.
After knowing them and the topography of the island, I think it will be difficult to attack the crocodiles on the island!
The first is that the island cannot be viewed and volleyed from the hillside as before, and apart from the fact that part of the hillside is far from the beach, the bigger reason is that a third of the area without a beach is a steep slope and dense woods.
Some of this part are more than fifty meters high, so there is no chance to shoot in the air, not to mention that there is still sea water underneath it, and there are no crocodiles at all!
The only location where crocodiles exist and I have a chance is the beach, because the weather has been mild lately and the temperature is not high, so it's a good time to sleep leisurely.
All sorts of factors limited my play, especially the way I used to sneak attack, if I want to describe it, I used to be like an assassin, but now it's a bit like a warrior!
Although there are enough crocodiles hunted, and I really don't pay much attention to these few on the island, it will be very difficult to find them without alarming them to attack.
But after living here for so long, there are countless problems I have experienced, and it is certainly impossible to be stumped by such a small setback, so I will set off directly with all my equipment......
The search was short, and in less than half an hour I found my first crocodile, which was basking in the sun in the shadow of a reef near the seashore, seemingly unresponsive to my arrival.
It's just that this time there are no more excellent conditions on this island, and as I get closer, all kinds of situations in this area have been ascertained one by one, and all aspects are not good for me!
When I got close enough to be about 100 meters away from it, I realized that I was just happy for nothing, and I didn't even have a chance to make a move.
There is an empty beach within 50 meters of its location, but the distance from the sea is only about 10 meters, and it is unlikely to succeed in hunting under such conditions.
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If I had taken the risk and had been able to hit it with the first arrow, I had not been sure to stop it before it could escape into the sea, and the good crocodile meat would have been wasted!
I haven't eaten crocodile meat for more than a year, and even after a rather light diet last year, I've regained my interest in crocodile meat, but I can't get the meat, and I can't be sure that the hunt will be successful, so I obviously don't want to do it, so I have to give up and look for other targets.
Although the first one had to be given up due to the limited conditions, I have to say that today's luck was quite good, and after more than ten minutes, I found the second crocodile basking in the sun......
It's not a good thing for me to find my target too smoothly, especially since this crocodile is only about 1.3 meters in size, and it is difficult for me to ignore it and its companions, because it can be a very serious problem!
When I first went to the island, I didn't see even a small crocodile with a body length of less than one meter, and although I have been out to sea for a lot of time in the past two years, the departure and approach locations are almost fixed.
Second, I haven't paid attention to the development of the crocodile group, and I've been busy with construction work and can't spare my hands at all, but now when I finally have time to solve this trouble, I found out about the existence of the little crocodile.
Just seeing one reminds me that there may be a growing group of baby crocodiles on the island, and even if the number is uncertain, there must be more than that, so it's not good news!
Originally, I thought it would take me a week to get rid of all the crocodiles on the island, but now it seems that it will take at least months, if not longer......
I would never allow the crocodile population to grow on the island, and it would hardly be a threat to me in the single digits, and it would be a big problem for me to go beyond the double digits.
If it reaches three digits, it will become a disaster, because the hunt will become extremely difficult, and with crocodiles everywhere, it will become impossible to make up for the knife in close quarters!
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When the construction work is almost underway, I have more time to spare, and this summer if nothing else, I'll be fishing in the sea, looking for seafood inshore or digging for oysters on the beach.
The original plan was to restore safety to the island after the last few crocodiles were recently cleared, but now we have to spare a lot of time to solve all these problems!
The thought of a growing group of small crocodiles on the island gave me the urge to kill them at night without sleeping, and the bigger they were, the greater the threat to me, and with each day I lived, my troubles increased......
The trouble with the little crocodile isn't how much trouble it will be when I do it, as long as I can get close, I can even be sure to kill it in a minute.
Although it sounds exaggerated, I think it is very realistic, the little crocodile's ability to resist damage is very weak, compared to those big people with a body size of three or four meters, a spear can almost pierce it.
Even if it's a bow or arrow, if you hit the upper body, you may be killed directly or unable to move, so leave it here!
But its smaller size is a disadvantage and an advantage, it will have more speed and more sensitive observation, it will be more agile, and they will flee into the sea at the slightest movement, and it will be difficult for me to chase them.
This also added a lot of trouble to the follow-up operation, but the little crocodile found must be in danger, and its position is very favorable to me, and I am very sure that I can solve it.
The advantage of the terrain allowed me to get close to it about 20 meters, although this distance is not very secure, but I am afraid that it will not dare to move forward anymore for fear of disturbing it, and the sensitivity of small crocodiles is much stronger than that of large crocodiles.
Thankfully, the sound of the waves helped me a lot, so I didn't notice the sound of my walking.
Shoot an arrow with a bow, aim, shoot, and when I shoot an arrow with confidence, the result is always surprising and misses......
The arrow just grazed its body and plunged to the ground next to it, and even the tail of the arrow was on its body, but it didn't hurt it, which was a big disappointment!
The little crocodile fled into the sea as soon as it was frightened, and this failure devastated me so much that I had no intention of continuing today's operation, and the first day of the hunt ended empty-handed!