chapter 5 Living on a deserted island

Deborah woke up Tarala and Chimere, "Tarala, Chimere, there is an island! An island!"

The two of them held their heads and sat up in a daze.

They looked in the direction Deborah pointed, and their dull and desperate faces gradually glowed with brilliance.

Tarala immediately reached for the oar on one side and said, "Why are we still standing there? If we don't paddle across, the waves will push us away from here!"

Deborah and I reacted, quickly took the oars and started rowing desperately.

One oar was lost in the storm just now, and Chimere and Saahira only look at the island anxiously.

The sun hung high in the sky, and our bodies were soaked with sweat in no time.

An hour later, our lifeboat reached the shallow water around the island, and the resistance of the waves began to decrease.

Chimere and Saahira replaced Tarala and Deborah to rest, while I endured the soreness and pain in my arms and continued paddling towards the island desperately.

When I was about to reach the beach, I threw the oar aside, jumped out of the lifeboat, then gritted my teeth and used my last bit of strength to push the lifeboat forward some distance.

When the lifeboat ran aground, Tarala and Deborah each jumped out with a backpack, followed closely by Chimere and Saahira.

Saahira quickly ran forward a few steps. She knelt on the beach exhausted, held up the sand with both hands, and choked out: "I'm saved! I'm finally saved!"

We came behind Saahira and looked at each other in silence.

To be honest, just now I thought the lifeboat would definitely capsize and I would definitely die.

Tarala lowered his head and glanced at the receding waves, "Now is the time of low tide. We need to find a wooden stake to fix the lifeboat, otherwise the lifeboat will be taken away by the waves when the tide rises."

I looked at Tarala and said, "There is a compass and a peace ax in my backpack. I will go to the woods to find a useful wooden stake."

Tarala took out the compass and peace ax from her backpack. She handed them to me and said, "Let's go find some food. Don't go too far."

At this moment, Chimere suddenly said: "Einstein, I'll go with you."

I looked at Chimere in surprise. She looked at me with bright eyes, as if she couldn't refuse.

For a moment, I was a little at a loss and said, "Okay, just follow me."

Tarala warned: "Be careful."

After saying that, she took Deborah and Saahira to explore the beach.

Before setting off for the woods in front of the beach, I used a compass to check my bearings.

The beach faces east, and the woods extend to the west, all the way to the mountains.

Not far from the south side of the beach, there is a cliff. At the end of the sight to the west is a pile of rocks, like a huge human head.

After confirming our position, I took Chimere outside the woods, and then looked into the woods.

There are mostly tall white birch and red birch trees in the woods. The fallen leaves on the ground are so thick that there is no path to walk on.

Just as I was about to step in, Chimere took my arm and warned: "Be careful of poisonous snakes."

I nodded, bent down to pick up a wooden stick, swept the dead leaves on the ground, and walked towards a white birch tree that had not yet grown tall.

bass! Before he could walk over, something suddenly jumped out not far ahead.

It moved very quickly, and then disappeared deep into the woods. My scalp instantly felt numb.

"Ah!"Chimere screamed. She immediately turned around and hugged me, and then tightly grabbed my shirt.

At this moment, the faint fragrance of Chimere body hit her nostrils.

After being distracted for a while, I suppressed the anger in my heart.

I patted Chimere's back and comforted her: "It's okay, it's okay, it's just a rabbit."

To be honest, I don’t know what that thing was just now, but in order to calm Chimere down, it doesn’t matter if I lie.

Chimere let go of her hand and subconsciously took a step back. She lowered her head and her cheeks turned red.

I touched the survival suit in front of me with some sadness and said, "If you are scared, just grab my clothes."

Chimere nodded, and I turned around and continued to sweep the dead leaves with the wooden stick and walked forward. Chimere actually grabbed the hem of my shirt.

When I came to the small birch tree, I first put down the wooden stick in my hand, then took out the hammer and started cutting down the tree, while Chimere looked around nervously.

The hammer was very sharp, and I cut the birch tree down without much effort.

After a simple repair, I sharpened the bottom and a usable wooden stake came out.

After finishing it, I looked at Chimere and said, "Let's go back."

Chimere nodded, and I turned around and walked back. Chimere still followed me, grabbing the hem of my shirt.

Leaving the woods, I saw Tarala taking Deborah and Saahira to dig clams on the beach at low tide. Looking at the insulated bags in their hands, they had already dug a lot.

Chimere released her hand on my clothes, came to my side and said, "Einstein, let's go there."

I nodded and walked over with Chimere.

Tarala stood up, looked at me and asked, "How is it in the woods?"

"There are many white birches and red birches. We should have arrived at a temperate island."

I squatted down, inserted the whittled birch stake in my hand into the sand, and tried it.

Tarala wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked, "Have you found any water sources?"

Chimere said: "No, we need to go deep into the woods to find it."

Tarala glanced at the clams in the thermal bag, licked his chapped lips and said, "If there is no water, eating these clams will only make us thirstier."

I turned my head and glanced at the sun that had gone around the mountain, and said helplessly: "It's getting dark, sir. Let's go out to look for water tomorrow."

Tarala breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "That's all. Fortunately, now we no longer have to worry about falling into the sea and drowning, or dying of thirst or starvation."

When Deborah and Saahira what Tarala said, they looked at each other and smiled, and their originally sad faces gradually relaxed.

We pushed the lifeboat to the shore together, and then I drove the wooden stakes into the beach, then twisted the nylon rope into one and tied the lifeboat to the wooden stakes.

After finishing it, Tarala led the women to pick up firewood along the edge of the woods, while I found some useful large pebbles along the coast.

As the sky gradually darkened, we found a place to take shelter from the wind near the pile of human heads and rocks.

Everyone took off their survival suits and then used waterproof matches to make a warm fire.

I put a few larger pebbles in the fire, and Tarala put on top the clams they dug up in the afternoon.

As the temperature of the pebbles rises, the clams placed on them make a crackling sound.

Immediately afterwards, a delicious aroma wafted out.

Everyone couldn't help but swallow their saliva. After it was cooked, Tarala and the others took a cooked clam and ate it.

I also picked up one and greedily sucked up the soup.

Immediately afterwards, I felt a warmth rising in my stomach.

The sound of crying came, and I looked up and saw Saahira wiping the tears from the corners of his eyes.

Deborah consoled her: "Saahira, why are you crying again? We are on land now, and we have food. We no longer need to be afraid of dying at sea."

Saahira choked up and said: "Sister Deborah, finally, finally, we finally have hot food."