Episode 3: Finding Shelter!
Surviving on a desert island, if you want to survive on this strange island on your own, even if it is only twenty-one days, it is not a simple matter, especially for a rookie like Cheng Fei who has no relevant experience, so he must calm down now and think about what he should do.
Water is the most important thing, as stated in the quest prompt, a person can survive for three weeks without eating, but if he does not drink water, he will not be able to survive for three days, fortunately, there is a coconut grove here, and there are quite a few coconuts on the tree, which is enough for him to support for a while.
Food is also essential, and in addition to this, he also needs a place for him to live, whether it is a natural cave, or a house that he himself has built to shelter from the wind and rain, and of course, it is better to have a fire, so that he can keep warm, boil water, bake food, or even fight wild beasts.
However, no matter how good you think, without putting it into practice, it is just a fantasy after all, and in the end, things still have to come step by step. Cheng Fei thought that since the most important water source had been found, he should now explore the surrounding environment, preferably, to find a natural place for himself to live.
Before leaving, Cheng Fei plucked a few green coconuts from the low coconut tree, opened the coconut shell, and poured the coconut water inside into the kettle on his body, which can hold one liter of water, just enough to replenish the water consumed at any time for his next actions.
Carrying the kettle on his back, Cheng Fei immediately withdrew from the coconut grove, he had no plans to go deep into the mountains and forests of the island for the time being, although there might be food or fresh water resources he needed, but the vegetation was flourishing, thorns were overgrown, and many places were unreal, full of unknowns.
For many people, the unknown is often the most frightening.
Although he was a little cowardly to say it, Cheng Fei had to admit that he was really scared, after all, there was only one small life, and he didn't want to die inexplicably in this sudden desert island adventure.
In contrast, the coastal beach has a wide line of sight and a higher degree of safety.
Picking a direction, Cheng Fei walked along the beach on the outskirts of the mountains, hoping to find a natural place to live, or a suitable place for him to build a place to live.
It may have been noon, the sun was high in the sky, the sun was scorching, and even the sea breeze blowing in was mixed with high temperatures, and it was hot on the face.
He didn't go far, Cheng Fei was already sweating profusely, but he didn't dare to take off the clothes on his body, in such a high temperature environment, the sun would burn the skin, and the water in the body would be lost faster.
He poured a sip of coconut water, suppressed the irritability in his heart, and continued to move forward, and soon, several reefs appeared in front of his eyes, and from a long distance, a foul smell came.
Cheng Fei walked over, and he found a small puddle under a huge reef, and there was still some stagnant water in it, and a dead fish with half of its body had rotted in the water.
This fish is really not small, and it must weigh at least seven or eight pounds depending on its size, but unfortunately, it has already died, and most of the fish body has rotted, only the fish head is still in a relatively intact state, and the water in the pit is infected and turbid, exuding an unbearable thick smell.
"It's a pity. Cheng Fei sighed in his heart, such a big fish, if it didn't die or just died, then he would be lucky, at least the food problem could be greatly alleviated.
In the sigh, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, but he remembered that the sea tide ebbed and flowed, and the huge island coast should not be the only such a puddle!
Moving forward again, Cheng Fei had a new goal, and his speed couldn't help but slow down a lot, just as he thought, along the way, he encountered a lot of reef puddles, but unfortunately, these puddles did not bring him any substantial gains, which made him a little disappointed.
Originally, he was still thinking, can he meet some fish trapped in the puddle, no matter how many, no matter how big or small, can always provide him with some energy to survive?
But the cruel reality tells him that where there is water, there may not be fish!
Fortunately, not everything is going to the bad side, because, at this time, a cave appeared in his sight.
"Wow, that's great!"
The cave that catches your eye is located on a mountain wall facing the sea, about three or four meters wide on the left and right, more than two meters high up and down, extending inward, although there is only more than one meter point, but the terrain is very high, not only two meters high from the ground, but also thirty or forty meters from the sea beach slope barrier, even if the sea tide rises at night, it can not be affected, therefore, the cave is very dry, there is no mosquito parasitism, it is definitely a good place to live.
For this reason, Cheng Fei was very happy for a while, but soon, he forced himself to calm down, after all, he wanted to survive on the island, just having a place to live is not enough, this cave is facing the sea, the temperature drops at night, and the SH wind continues, it will definitely be very cold, so he has to find something to make the bed, so as to make himself as warm as possible at night, of course, if there is a fire, it would be great.
It's just that it's not an easy thing to make a fire, even if he has a lighter, but he has never used it, and he can't guarantee that he can make a fire in a short time.
It is a must to be prepared with both hands.
Cheng Fei returned to the coconut grove, he wanted to collect some leaves and transport them back to the cave, the leaves of the coconut tree are large and smooth, it is a good choice to make a bed, in addition, he also needs to pick some coconuts to replenish the water lost in the body, by the way, taste the taste of coconut meat.
Seeing that the sun was setting in the west, it was already afternoon, but he still didn't find any serious food, and he didn't want to find a way to make up for it, even if he could hold it, his stomach would protest.
One thing to emphasize here is that it feels really bad to be hungry!
Now, Cheng Fei is not only hungry, but also hungry to work.
From the coconut grove to the cave, although the distance in the middle is only three or four hundred meters, in the case of being tired and hungry, it is enough to run back and forth a few times. Therefore, when Cheng Fei prepared the required leaves and coconuts, the whole person was extremely tired.
However, before the matter was done, he did not care about resting, and after a few breaths, he was ready to start a fire, and many of the coconut leaves he collected were dry, which was very suitable for making a fire, and he also had a good tool for making a fire in the wild: a lighter!
The steps of using a lighter stick to make a fire in the field can barely be divided into four steps:
Step 1: Build a pyre, whether it is branches or dead leaves, as long as it is a material that can be burned and is relatively easy to burn, build a simple pyre.
Step 2: Make velvet, collect some combustible materials that are easy to ignite, whether it is hay, dead leaves, or wood chips, and try to rub them softly, preferably into fluffy balls.
Because drying, the velvet can maintain the temperature of the spark, so that the spark will not go out as soon as it falls on the velvet, and it is easy to reach the ignition point and generate flames;
Step 3: The most critical step is to rub with a metal utensil and a lighter to create a spark, which ignites the velvet to create a tinder.
Step 4: The last step is nothing more than taking the tinder and lighting the pyre!
Well, these four steps seem quite simple, but when you really start to do it, the situation is very different, building the firewood pile and making the velvet are quite smooth, but when it comes to the third step, Cheng Fei can't light the velvet.
After trying several times, all of them ended in failure, Cheng Fei's heart unconsciously swelled a little anxious, and he was a little depressed thinking, today he may not be able to succeed in making a fire. In the end, he tried again, and sure enough, it still ended in failure, and Cheng Fei had to give up.
By this time, the sun was setting, the sky was already starting to get dark, and the heat in the air was rapidly subsiding, and it was obvious that it was not far from getting dark, so before that, he had to make his bed, and by the way, get himself something to eat.......