Chapter 16: Survival on a Desert Island (10)
Bell was in good physical condition, and although he had been adrift at sea for so long, exhausted, and on the verge of dehydration, it took him less than two days to recover as long as he was given enough food and fresh water, and a good resting environment.
However, Zhang Heng was not in a hurry to get on the road, the area of this island is not big or small, it will take him about eight days to walk along the periphery, and the speed will decrease after entering the primeval forest, but it should only take about three days to walk from where he lives to the center of the island.
If nothing else, Bell has 19 days on standby, which means they still have plenty of time to prepare.
After getting along for two days, Zhang Heng also basically understood the ability of his new companion.
Bell's survival skills in the wilderness are indeed different from Ed and the Shorts Boy, and he is more inclined to hunting and self-rescue, which is exactly what is needed to explore the primeval forest.
Zhang Heng can now make most tools, and has basic survival skills such as finding a place to live and a water source.
However, from the monotonous vegetable varieties in his garden and the lonely Mickey Mouse in the farm, it can be seen that he does not know much about the nature he is in today.
Especially in terms of species identification, it has always been the weakness of Zhang Heng or modern people living in cities.
In fact, there are many other types of plants in the forest, but Zhang Heng doesn't know if they are edible, or which part is edible, because he is afraid of poisoning, he only dares to dig up the artichoke and onion that he can recognize.
In terms of animals, the situation is similar, Zhang Heng has always disliked Mickey Mouse in his heart for being ugly, but he didn't expect that the latter was still the extinct national bird of Mauritius.
And now the rescued explorer can finally make up for this last shortcoming for him,
Seeing that there was still time to burn, Zhang Heng simply took a trip around the island on the outskirts of the forest with Bell first.
The latter taught him how to identify and access the various resources in the forest.
After hearing this, Zhang Heng couldn't help but sigh that the time before him was really tyrannical, and he obviously had a treasure trove, but he didn't know how to mine it at all.
However, listening to it, Zhang Heng felt a little wrong, because almost all the creatures that appeared in Bell's eyes would eventually get the evaluation of 'cut off the head and eat it'.
“…………”
On the morning of the tenth day, the two returned to Wafang, Zhang Heng was satisfied with the harvest of this short trip, even if there was nothing in the center of the island, he had benefited a lot from these ten days alone.
What's more, Bell is also a good person to listen to and talk to.
The two rested in the tile house for a day, and Zhang Heng planted the vegetable seeds collected during the trip into the vegetable garden, but during this period, he received another message.
[Successfully collect more than 10 kinds of vegetables, the wild survival skill is upgraded from lv1 to lv2, the game score is +5, and you can go to the character panel to view the relevant information......]
Zhang Heng still doesn't know what the use of this so-called game points is, counting the previous few times he already has 16 points, which can be clearly found on his character panel.
In his opinion, this thing is a bit like an achievement system, which can be obtained after certain conditions are met, like the previous 11 points from starting a fire, building a house, and hunting.
However, Zhang Heng is too entangled in this kind of thing, he usually belongs to a casual player when he plays games, just clear the customs, there is no hardcore player's paranoia that must be achieved and dominated, this time it is purely a person who has played for too long, and it is not good if he wants to achieve it.
On top of that, he noticed that there seemed to be a change in the evaluation column.
[Rating: This player is mediocre and doesn't have much to praise, but he has some wilderness survival and archery skills, and is not expected to survive the first five rounds of the game.] 】
Zhang Heng was a little curious, he felt that his archery level was good, and he had the survival knowledge to deal with the harsh environment, but he couldn't pass the fifth round, so what about the other players?
This thought only flashed in his mind, and then Zhang Heng focused his attention on what he was going to do at the moment.
After a night's rest, the fatigue of the two of them has almost recovered, and their physical condition is also at their peak.
Now comes the main event.
Zhang Heng carried his longbow and arrow basket on his back, and divided the dry food and fresh water prepared before going to bed last night into two parts, and he and Bell each took one each, and if they saved a little use, these materials were enough for them to survive in the forest for a whole week.
Coupled with the presence of the Bell humanoid hunting machine, there is no need to worry about supplies.
Then Zhang Heng took out the two spears he had made before as melee weapons, but Bell shook his head, he pulled out the knife at his waist, "It's enough for me to have this." ”
Zhang Heng was a little envious, and when he saw the knife, he remembered his Swiss Army Knife in Heaven again...... He hadn't seen an iron tool since he was on this desert island, and he thought that when he was with Ed, he had completed the feat of sawing trees with clam shells, and even now the spear in his hand was only used after the front end was carbonized and sharpened.
The effect is not bad, but after all, it is still not as good as the proper equipment.
What's more, the workmanship of that knife looks quite exquisite, and it also has Bell's name engraved on it.
"If you like, I'll give you this knife when we're safe, and you can also come to my house as a guest, and I'll introduce my wife and son to you when the time comes."
Although he knew that this day would not come, Zhang Heng politely expressed his gratitude to the explorer.
After making all the preparations, the two officially went deep into this primeval forest.
It was only on the first night that Zhang Heng realized how lucky it was to have Bell by his side.
He was best prepared, but apparently underestimated the danger.
It is impossible for a person to be alert 24 hours a day, especially when the night in the forest is not quiet, and there is always something rustling in the darkness from behind.
In the first half of the night, Zhang Heng had been vigilant, and he clenched the spear in his hand whenever there was any trouble, but he found that it was not possible to go on like this, and the consequence of not sleeping all night was that his spirit would become sluggish and his reaction would be sluggish the next day.
So Zhang Heng forced himself to close his eyes.
It was only when he finally ignored the sneaky noises and entered a half-asleep state, only to feel something rubbing against his abdomen.
However, this was the most sleepy time of the day for Zhang Heng, he couldn't wake up at the first time, until something entangled his body, and it shrank tighter and tighter, Zhang Heng felt a little depressed, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the lump of things coiled on his body.
This is a python, estimated to be more than 3 meters long, its body is thicker than Zhang Heng's forearms, its lower abdomen is white, and its back is covered with brown cloud-like spots.
Zhang Heng tried to break free from its entanglement, but found that his arm couldn't be lifted at all, and the thing was getting closer and closer, making him feel like his bones were about to be crushed.
But fortunately, his struggle also woke up Bell on the side.
"The Burmese rock python, a subspecies of the Indian python, one of the six most massive snakes in the world, is common in tropical rainforests, they have great strength and few natural predators, but they are not without weaknesses." Bell touched the tail of the giant python with one hand, and with a slight poke somewhere, the body of the Burmese rock python miraculously gradually softened.
"The anus, where pythons are usually most vulnerable, attacking this position can buy you time to escape."
When Zhang Heng successfully broke free, Bell inserted the knife into the head of the Burmese rock python while explaining.
"Luckily, we have breakfast tomorrow morning."