Chapter Fifty-Eight: Setting Sail (I)

The raft was roughly formed, about three square meters or so, and it would take more than ten days to cut down the trees alone, but Vito was very worried about how strong it was, because the only way to tie these trees was rattan bark, and when the rattan bark was wound and twisted, it became a rope. Whether such a degree of firmness can withstand the test of stormy waves, he really has no bottom in his heart. But making rafts left him with a busy day, and except for the time spent collecting food, the rest of the time was spent making this primitive means of transportation. This leaves him with no time to worry about his current situation, which is an invisible killer that consumes people's mental will.

The place where the raft was made was at the confluence of two small streams on the south side of the island, and it was considered that after the raft was ready, it could be pulled down the stream from here and easily carried to the bay; Moreover, Vito remembered that the helicopter was flying northeast when it came, so the island he was on was in the southwest of him, and according to the speed and time of the plane at that time, that island was about 150 nautical miles away from him, and if he put aside the influence of other factors and had a smooth sail, he could get there in a day and a half on the raft he made. The reason why he considered going to the island first was because he knew very well that the small raft he had made could not withstand the huge waves at all, and that after two days in the sea, it would fall apart and he would be buried in the belly of the fish.

He planned very thoroughly, the raft still needed two days to reinforce, and then dragged down the stream to the bay, and then it was to observe various meteorological conditions such as weather wind direction and temperature, and choose a good weather to get twice the result with half the effort, and he also had a magic weapon, according to the meteorological conditions to use this magic weapon reasonably to maximize his ability to complete the plan in his heart.

He made full preparations for the storage of food and drinking water, those mussels, kelp, dried fish and other seafood, dried food is ready-made, there is no cooking conditions, dry food can be dealt with, as long as it can fill the stomach, in his calculations, the amount of food only needs three to five days is enough. In addition to the drinking cup he carried with him, he also used a thick tree trunk to hollow out the middle to become a container, and then cut a circle of wood to make a lid, which was used for sealing, let's call it a wooden barrel, which was fixed on the raft at that time, and could store drinking water for a few days, enough to drink for three days.

As for the mysterious men in black who airdropped him on this small desert island, he had no illusions about them, because the purpose of those people to keep him in such an environment was to make you endure unspeakable suffering, and if the purpose they asked for was achieved, I believe that you have also had a serious psychological shadow, so it is better to rely on yourself, so he doesn't care if they will come to pick him up, because he has already made up his mind. As for the idea of participating in the training camp and passing the Infernal Six Devil Training, it has become in the face of the desire to survive, and it has long disappeared into the air.

In the past few days, Vito has done the most every day is to observe the weather, observe the sea surface, according to the nautical knowledge involved in his chat with the sailors of Keeley, the mystery of the sea is unimaginable, it may be calm in the morning, it may be a huge wave at noon, and it is a storm at night, and there are all kinds of winds blowing on the sea all year round, such as the northeast wind in winter, the southwest wind in summer, and there are many ocean currents on the sea surface, which are divided into warm currents and cold currents, which travel under different depths of the sea surface and drive the ocean surface to flow, A large number of fish follow the warm current, enjoy its temperature and power, save most of their physical strength, and swim all over the world. Once your own raft can find such a current, it will naturally be able to move with the waves.

Vito clearly remembered that it had been forty-three days since he left the city-state, thirty-eight days on this small island, and it was early winter when he left Donghu, and now the air smelled every day had the smell of spring, and the temperature of the air was also quietly changing. And in the past forty days, in addition to feeling that he has gained something because of the practice of the marrow washing sutra, he has spent every day in a kind of uneasiness, which comes from the vigilance and vigilance of the surrounding environment, as if he feels that there will be a fatal threat anytime, anywhere, in an uncertain place, which makes people frightened and trance-like, and his heart is not steady, and it is precisely this factor that encourages him in his heart that makes him decide to build a raft to escape from this small and boring place. Although the previous island may have been bigger and more dangerous, he would rather face those challenges than strain his spiritual will in waiting, because it hurts people even more, and it hurts people's spirits.

The stars are dotted, there is not a single cloud in the whole sky, even the dark stars flickering in the endless darkness of the sky, there is a breeze on the sea, and the waves in the sea regularly beat the beach, and the rhythm is not chaotic at all. Vito felt that his time had come, and according to the rules he had mastered, tomorrow would be a fine sunny day, and only by choosing to set sail in such good weather would he have the best chance of getting where he wanted to be on that improvised raft.

He didn't practice again in the evening, he rested early, woke up at about four o'clock in the morning, and began to make all the preparations. He untied the rattan that tied the raft, which floated in the creek and floated downstream, and Vito tugged at the rattan to prevent the raft from getting out of his control, and had to adjust the angle from time to time. When the raft arrived, he tied the rattan to a rock and carried food and a "barrel" filled with water onto the raft. In the end, he put on his duffel bag, and put as many seabird eggs as possible in his pockets, a little more food gave him more chance of survival, and he inserted the only weapon around him, the military dagger, in the face of any unknown external sudden danger, the weapon can always bring a trace of comfort to people's hearts.

He checked his gear again and again, and made sure that he had not left anything behind, and he resolutely untied the rattan, and the raft began to float under the buoyant force, and Vito used a pole made of a sturdy tree trunk to point the rocks at the bottom of the river, and the raft flowed out of the bay. At first, the pole can reach the bottom of the water, and when the raft is out of the bay, the pole will no longer work.

At this time, there was a glimmer of morning glow on the horizon, half of the sky could be seen clearly, and Vito was also tired and panting, but this voyage had just begun, and he didn't have time to rest, he wanted to let the raft speed up and rub some external force.