Chapter 41 – Surviving on a Deserted Island (2)
Inside the control room with hundreds of large displays alone.
Each display reflected a beautiful tropical island.
After loading the cadets into a transport plane, the faculty moved directly to a control center near an uninhabited island.
Equipped with a runway, it was possible to evacuate all cadets in case of emergency, and it was also possible to monitor all over the island.
In the air, transport planes monitoring the bottom move in shifts around the clock, and thousands of small drones are scattered throughout the island.
At this time, the faculty members had to stand on their nerves all the time.
Because you don’t know what variables will arise in a tropical uninhabited island.
“This year is also the start.”
Professor Chungha parted her lips with a stiff face.
“The cadets this year are particularly good, so we can look forward to it.”
Jangbaek Swordsman Koh Seung-bin, who was sitting in the control room as the general manager instead of the president, said.
“Start descending!”
An employee who was busy exchanging communication with the transport aircraft announced that the cadets had descended into the air.
At this moment, all the professors held their breath and looked at the display.
There were several professors on site, but it was impossible to prepare for everything.
“One, two…All worked!”
Sighs of relief erupted from everywhere.
When the lives of the cadets were in danger, information was supposed to come through a device worn on the wrist.
Fortunately, everyone succeeded in landing safely near the shore without any problems.
“That’s fortunate.”
Professor Chungha looked at a corner of the display and opened her mouth.
A man deftly threw off his parachute and went straight into the jungle.
It starts now.
21st.
The time has come that feels like a long time for professors as much as for students.
***
I landed in a safe place marked in advance by the academy.
I was already choking on the hot weather.
Shoot ah-
The transparent, clear, emerald-colored waters constantly crashed against the sparkling white sand.
It was a panoramic view of a beautiful tropical uninhabited island that I only saw in movies.
Actually, that didn’t even come to my eyes.
3 minutes without air, 3 hours without temperature, 3 days without water, 3 weeks without food.
It was a basic principle of survival technique.
As a Murim person, even if it lasts several times longer, the most important thing here is surprisingly not water, but ‘shelter’.
It’s better than being cold, but sleeping on the bare floor isn’t a recommended activity in a rain forest like this.
I took out a compass from my survival kit backpack, checked my direction, and went straight into the jungle.
[Did you land well?]
[Ugh. It’s really hot […
Normally, it was impossible to contact the cadets, but we were able to do so thanks to the cheat system called the status window. It was also the reason why I took an hour off.
We shared coordinates with each other and looked at the map roughly to check.
At least, this compass, which belongs to the ‘high-tech’, takes coordinates in real time, so it is much easier to find the way.
If not, the matter would have been considerably complicated.
The complex rainforest vegetation not only adds to the difficulty of detection from aircraft, but also disorients those who enter the forest.
First of all, it wasn’t that far from midsummer than I thought.
If you walk safely, it’s about a day.
I assumed that they had fallen in the opposite direction, but at this distance, they could join.
[Let’s do what we said before. Do you remember how to read a map?]
[Yass. I’ll go your way.]
The map provided in advance showed only the approximate shape and latitude of the island.
It was possible enough to find the location to some extent as long as there was a compass.
[Let me know once you get along the shore and find the wreckage of my parachute. If there is something nearby to replenish water, collect it in advance. If in doubt, ask right away.]
[Don’t worry. I will go with the utmost care.]
[Okay. Believe.]
I came down from the air and looked at the location of the water stream.
I went inside, cutting down the thick bush little by little with a machete.
Sure enough, the place where the small stream flowed came out right away.
It wasn’t a very nice place right near the water’s edge.
I found a flat place a little further away.
After walking for a while, I found a place where I could avoid the sun, but was close to the stream and had few insects.
They cut grass and branches to prepare a place to house.
‘Bamboo.’
I didn’t even think about this, but when I looked around, there were bamboos here and there.
“You’re lucky.”
The words came out naturally.
Tropical bamboo should not be thought of as Korean standards.
The hot weather throughout the year was good conditions for plants to grow.
As much as that, the bamboo also boasted a huge size.
Enough to be used as pillars or flooring.
‘Uh.’
I had only walked this far, and my whole body was wet with sweat.
He took off his upper clothes and put them on top of his survival kit backpack.
He then picked up the machete and shot the bamboo.
Crunchy-
A giant bamboo fell with just one hit.
I didn’t even pay much, but I was relieved to see the thick bamboo breaking like sorghum cans.
It was definitely good that the strength training was effective.
I took a picture of the bamboo everywhere, knocked it down, and separated it into a few pieces again.
Carrying a bundle of bamboo on my shoulder, I arrived at the place to build a shelter.
When I measured the amount of bamboo nearby, it was an amount that could build a bigger house than I thought.
He took out a small shovel and dug the ground lightly, holding onto the bamboo poles with both hands.
He raised the energy of the Heavenly Demon Sacred Art and slashed it down.
Puk- The bamboo is deeply embedded in the hard ground.
The process was repeated several times to set up the pillars, and the roof frame was calculated and raised.
After erecting the framework, the bamboos were tightly tied with strings and fixed.
I could have used the tree trunks lying around, but I didn’t have to because the survival kit came with a sturdy string.
Certainly, the presence or absence of even trivial ingredients was the difference between heaven and earth.
“Whoa…”
After wiping the sweat from his forehead, he brought the bamboo again and spread it on the floor.
Thanks to his overwhelming strength and uniqueness, the work that should have been done by 10 people alone was completed in an instant.
Using the machete again, I went out near the beach.
There was something I had seen earlier.
Coconut.
If it weren’t for killing all the cadets, he must have chosen the island quite carefully.
Of course, I expected that there would be a coconut, which is an incredibly good tree for survival.
It fit right in.
There were quite a few coconut trees near the landing point marked by the academy as a safe zone.
“It’s hot, it’s hot.”
Originally, it was correct to aim for a cooler time, around sunrise or sunset.
It is not possible for an unmanned person to succumb to such an environment.
I picked a few coconuts from a coconut tree and cut the leaves mercilessly.
Then, I fixed the plastic water bottle I had brought beforehand to the cut stem.
After confirming that the sap that had fallen from the stem entered the barrel, it came down.
Before putting the coconuts in a small plastic backpack, I blew off the lid of one with a knife and drank it right away.
“Big…”
I was a bit worried because I had eaten coconut water with a terrible taste called ZIOO in the past, but it was more edible than I thought.
Obviously, ZIOO was written as 99% coconut water, but it was a difference in taste that made me question what he did to 1%.
Trying again, this was different.
It seems that the truth that eating crabs that are sweet in their own way is best eaten locally has not changed.
There was no need to pick too many.
In the first place, eating too many ripe coconuts can cause diarrhea.
I have no intention of experimenting with my body to see how long I can endure.
Clean water had to be secured in addition to coconuts.
They came to the shelter carrying a bunch of coconut leaves, along with a plastic bag full of coconuts.
Spread the leaves wide on the roof, set them up, and fix them.
Spread leaves and mud to make a wall.
Finally, coconut leaves were laid down to the bottom, and a tinfoil blanket was spread over the top.
As I kept repeating such work without my mind, the time of sunset approached before I knew it.
I feel it again, but coconut is also a cheat key.
The leaves were used for drinking water, the leaves were used for shelter, the stems were used for string, and the coconut shells could be dried and used as firewood.
Even with just one coconut tree, the difficulty of surviving has become too easy.
Of course, you need to know how to use it, too.
Die early. It was useful to learn survival skills.
While working, I drank all the coconuts and came out to the beach.
I took down the plastic water bottle I had hung up earlier and sat down on a rock near the shore.
“Ooh, bug.”
I removed the bugs that had flown into the canteen and drank a sip of coconut sap.
“Big…!”
As soon as I drank it, I was amazed at the taste.
I felt the sweetness that was incomparable to the gorosoe sap eaten in Korea.
More concentrated than Sikhye?
It didn’t seem like they were just making sugar and syrup with this.
I managed to make a shelter for myself, and I was looking at the emerald-colored beach where the sunset was set.
It felt good to feel a strange sense of accomplishment.
As I was watching the sun disappear in a daze, I heard a rustle somewhere.
***
‘I’m not a fool in Midsummer.’
I will prove it this time.
The moment she came down with her strong heart, midsummer her hair turned gray.
I must have memorized something like Dokdo Corporation, but I couldn’t remember it well.
Midsummer, who sat down and groaned for a long time, finally got ‘enlightenment’.
After a lot of trial and error, she succeeded in pinpointing her location and Kim Mu-gong’s location on her map.
After that, she cut down the forest in a straight line like a bulldozer.
A rough branch, a tough tree trunk, a stream, or an insect.
Nothing could block Midsummer’s path.
There is only one thought that dominates the midsummer’s mind.
‘I have to join.’
Drinking the coconuts he had prepared in advance as if blowing out of a bottle, he moved forward and forward again without rest.
And finally.
After breaking through the long jungle, we saw the remains of a parachute.
Next to him was Kim Mu-gong, who had taken off his top, holding a plastic canteen and staring at the sea while grabbing all of his foam.
“What’re you doing?”
Midsummer, in a dejected mood, the words flowed naturally. What are you pretending to be cool for?
“Are you here?”
Still looking at the sea, Mu-gong Kim opened his mouth.
The image of the sunset hitting the strong muscles…
‘Maybe it’s okay?’
Midsummer shook her head and ignored the sudden thought.
Contrary to Kim Mu-gong, Midsummer’s predecessor was a wreck.
All sorts of strange grass clung to her, her clothes were torn, and her hair tied back was already wet with sweat.
Han Yeo-reum, who trudged along, sat next to Kim Moo-gong.
“Do you want a drink?”
Kim Mu-gong conceded the precious coconut sap that was left in just one sip.
“This, this…!”
It was only a sip, but midsummer’s eyes widened. It was a taste that blew away her fatigue in one shot.
“Are there any more?”
“OK. This is the end.”
“Why?”
“Why, because there is none.”
Midsummer pursed her lips.
“I can eat again tomorrow, so wait. This will take some time.”
Unfortunately, coconut sap is collected from the stem, so it takes some time, and above all, it cannot be stored for a long time due to the nature of fermentation quickly.
“I had a hard time coming.”
Kim Moo-gong said, putting his hand on Midsummer’s head, which was in disrepair.
“Yes.”
Han Yeo-reum banged her head on the back of Mugong Kim.
Then, green eyes watched the two of them from a distance.
