The two walked and chatted, unknowingly walking for over four hours!
But still did not find a water source!
Not to mention rivers or streams, there was not even a ditch or mud pit!
It looks like the drought on this island has lasted for too long.
Lin Qianqian was a little tired, and also a little worried: "Have we walked too far!"
Lu Zhe observed the surroundings.
Through the gaps in the woods, one could vaguely see the ocean in the distance.
Have we circled to the other side of the sea island?
He looked through the gaps in the branches to see the direction of the sun, and felt something was wrong.
Then he took out half a bottle, poured in some water, put it on the ground, and then placed the magnetic compass card on it!
As the water calmed down, the magnetic strip eventually pointed in one direction!
To make sure, Lu Zhe tried three times in different positions, and the results were the same!
He frowned slightly!
"What's wrong?" Lin Qianqian asked.
"Like the campsite, it points to the ocean in the opposite direction!"
"That's not very normal, is it?"
"Not normal!" Lu Zhe shook his head: "After walking so far, in theory we should have walked to the side or back of the sea island, but the result is still on the same side of the sea island as the campsite!"
"This means..."
"This island is too big, isn't it!"
Lin Qianqian looked around: "It does seem very big..."
"I thought this island was bigger than initially imagined, but looking at it now, it must be at least ten square kilometers, almost catching up to a medium-sized town!"
"Such a big island should have fresh water!"
"Maybe the drought has lasted too long..." Lu Zhe said, squatting down to carefully observe the geologic structure under his feet: "Look here!"
"What's the matter?"
Lu Zhe pointed at some moss: "If I'm not mistaken, there used to be a stream here, but it dried up so long ago that plants grew over it!"
Lin Qianqian didn't notice at first, but after Lu Zhe pointed it out, she looked closely.
From the mountain down, the vegetation in a path indeed looked different from other places!
After thinking about it, these were traces left by flowing stream water eroding the land.
"It's true, what a pity it's dried up!" Lin Qian thought for a moment: "The alternation of cold and heat is obvious here, theoretically there should be a lot of rainwater!"
Lu Zhe also thought about this problem: "Normally it should be like this. Perhaps this island has some unknown special climate characteristics."
"What should we do then?"
Lu Zhe thought for a while: "Searching like this is useless. Even if we walk until night, we may not be able to find water! We have to think of a way to climb to the highest point of the island and overlook the entire island from above. Perhaps we can find a water source that way!"
"But..." Lin Qianqian was a little tired: "Let's not climb to the peak today, okay?"
"Of course!"
Lu Zhe nodded: "To climb to the top of the mountain requires more thorough preparation. Based on the current estimated size of the mountain, our preparations are still not enough to enter the jungle!"
"What else do we need?"
"Hammocks, more coconut water, and preparations to spend the night in the woods!"
"Spend the night in the woods?"
"Yes!"
"That's too dangerous, isn't it!"
"If the rescue team doesn't come, these are things we must go through. Let's rest for a while, eat something, and call it a day for today!"
With that said, Lu Zhe took off his backpack to take out the coconut water and jerky.
Lin Qianqian sighed and found a rock to sit on!
At this moment, she did not notice an uninvited guest lying on the rock.
Suddenly, a pain came from below!
"Ow!"
"What's wrong?"
Panic was written all over Lin Qianqian's face: "Below, was stung by..."
"What?"
Lu Zhe rushed over quickly and slowly helped Lin Qianqian up!
It turned out that under where she was sitting was a flattened large scorpion!
Lu Zhe was shocked.
Goodness, this scorpion was 10 centimeters long, pitch black all over, with a red tail!
Lu Zhe was surprised. This guy looks hard to mess with!
Lin Qianqian immediately cried in fright: "It's over, it stung me!"
He hurriedly picked up the dead scorpion with his hand, and information about this scorpion came to his mind!
"Malayan Forest Scorpion...can be used medicinally, kept as pets. Its venom is generally not lethal, but can cause swelling, pain, and mild muscle discomfort."
It looks scary, but is not actually very poisonous!
That's right, creatures like scorpions are different from other venomous insects. Scorpions from cold and desert areas have the strongest venom, while most scorpions in tropical rainforests actually have average venom.
So, don't be fooled by this guy's fierce looks. In the animal world, he relies not so much on his tail stinger, but more on his two big pincers.
Lu Zhe sighed while holding up the scorpion.
The scorpion was just sunbathing here when a little beauty sat down and crushed it to death.
Seeing that the venom was not very toxic, Lu Zhe felt relieved.
But still, swelling for three days and muscle discomfort must be quite unpleasant!
"What should I do? What should I do!"
"Try not to move around too much. Don't worry, this scorpion is not very poisonous. Rest for a while, I'll carry you when we walk."
pression Bureau] Transported to a fantasy world overrun by demons and monsters, Gu Qingfeng becomes a jailer in the Demon Suppression Prison of the Great Yan Dynasty's Demon Suppression Bureau. From this point on, bizarre cases frequently occur in the Demon Suppression Prison, once known as hell on earth and infamous for its gloomy, terrifying atmosphere! Why do the demons and monsters in the prison wail miserably every night? Why has the corpse demon, capable of transforming into various beauties, donned black stockings and switched careers to become a foot massage therapist? Why has the eye demon, expert in soul-snatching and illusions, turned into a VR headset? Why is the fox spirit performing otaku dances? Are all these occurrences a twisted expression of demonic nature, or a descent into moral depravity? After peeling away layer upon layer of mystery, all clues ultimately point to a jailer named Gu Qingfeng. Gu Qingfeng: "Hehehe... My dear demons and monsters, whose card shall we flip today?"
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
lanned to earn money steadily and take life at a slower pace. But he never expected... his father's remarriage, and the stepmother bringing along a dependent, would completely disrupt his life's plans...
