Zhang Heng would count the days at first to see how many days were left until his return.
But later he discovered that doing so had no other effect besides making him feel frustrated. The more you stare at time, the slower it seems to move.
So Zhang Heng simply stopped recording the date. When the potatoes he planted had been harvested for the fourth time, he finally received the long-lost notification sound in his ears.
[Archery skills have been upgraded from lv1 to lv2, you can go to the character panel to view relevant information...]
Zhang Heng walked quickly back to his tile-roofed house and dug out the starfish he had buried in the corner. After putting it on, he realized that he had been on this desert island for 385 days, which was more than a year. .
Although it is not comparable to the famous Robinson Crusoe, it is incredible enough for a city dweller.
In fact, Zhang Heng has now completely adapted to life in the wild.
In order to make his life more comfortable, his tile-roofed house and vegetable garden have undergone two rounds of expansion. The former has been transformed from a single room to three bedrooms and one living room, and floor heating has been installed. The output of the latter has now exceeded his consumption. , Zhang Heng cut the excess potatoes into pieces with a stone knife and dried them in the sun to obtain 100% natural baked potato chips.
In addition, he also found onions in the woods and transplanted them into his own small vegetable garden. After doing all this, he spent time building a fish pond, bathing pool and breeding garden next to the hut.
There were more fish and crabs in the fish pond than he could eat, and the "pheasant" whose head was stuck in the fence became the first residents of the breeding garden.
Zhang Heng had shot it for a month and a half and had already ridden it of the shadows in his heart. When he first came here, he had changed from a big chicken bully who said, "I'm not afraid of anyone, just give me pleasure if you have the ability." Now he is an empty nester with dull eyes.
Zhang Heng also felt a little guilty, and restrained the urge to eat it and instead kept the latter in captivity, thinking that he might be able to harvest some eggs to eat. However, this dream ended one day when he discovered that this creature seemed to be a male. Broken.
Forget it, just keep it as a pet. Zhang Heng named the "pheasant" Mickey Mouse.
Compared with fish, birds and crabs, at least this thing has a higher IQ and can be somewhat interactive after being raised for a long time.
Zhang Heng's hit rate on dynamic targets within ten meters has reached 80%, and it has exceeded 50% at thirty meters. After receiving the notification that his archery skill has been upgraded to lv2, he knew that it was finally time to leave.
So he spent ten days preparing portable food for the two of them, and a month's worth of food for Mickey Mouse. After that, he chose the toughest wood to make two spears as melee weapons.
On the 401st day, when the explorer came from the sea again, Zhang Heng rowed his homemade raft to his side.
"Thank you, friend, are you an aborigine of this island? The boat I was on sank in a strong typhoon. I was the only one who swam here, but I was exhausted. If you hadn't helped me, I would have been in trouble this time. .”
"…………"
Zhang Heng was speechless, how could I look like an aborigine?
He lowered his head and looked at his reflection in the sea water. Well, it looked like a standard aboriginal. He had been on this desert island for too long, and most of the original things except his watch were broken.
But no matter what, it is always a joy to see similar people. Zhang Heng has not spoken to anyone for almost a year. He was also very excited after seeing the explorer man and handed him the wooden barrel containing fresh water.
"My name is Zhang Heng. I am not an aboriginal here. I encountered a shipwreck like you, but that was a year ago."
The explorer man's complexion recovered a lot after drinking water. He was originally worried that the native saved him because he was preparing dinner, but now that he knew that he was a civilized person, his face also showed joy.
"My name is Bell Buttrey. I served in the British 21st Airborne Special Service Regiment, climbed Mount Everest, and finally chose to become a host, explorer and author... You said you have lived on the island A year? That’s something really remarkable.”
"Strictly speaking, I still have two companions, but they didn't survive." Zhang Heng paused and then tried to ask, "Do you remember the two people who fell into the sea with you? "
"Who fell into the sea with me?" Bell's expression didn't look like he was lying. "I did want to save people when the accident happened, but at that time a big wave came over and knocked me unconscious. When I opened my eyes again, I saw This island.”
"…………"
Zhang Heng was not surprised by this answer, but he was just a little regretful. Since Bell had no impression of Ed or the shorts guy, he must not have remembered the fact that he had been floating in the sea for a year.
He was quite curious about how the game would fix this bug, but in the end he just pretended to be stupid and got through it.
After rowing the raft to the shore, Zhang Heng took Bell to his cabin.
"Did you build these all with your own hands?" Bell couldn't help but exclaimed after seeing the tiled house with a 180-degree sea view, the vibrant vegetable garden, and the pond full of fish and shrimps, "I feel like I There is nothing left to teach you, because even I can't do it better than you."
As he was talking, his eyes fell on Mickey Mouse who was sighing in the breeding garden about how difficult life was, but he was stunned.
Zhang Heng thought that Mickey Mouse's appearance had made someone cry again. Just as he was about to introduce the two of them, he heard Bell suddenly excitedly say, "Oh my God, what did I see?! Dodo, there is actually a dodo in this world." A LIVE DODO EXISTS!!!”
This time it was Zhang Heng's turn to be stunned.
Of course, the name of the Dodo is not unfamiliar to him. According to records, this bird has been living well on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean until it encountered a group of European colonists. As a result, an unexpected disaster occurred and it was wiped out in just two hundred years. , and now there is not even a complete specimen.
Zhang Heng really didn’t expect that he would eat the national bird of Mauritius while eating casually.
But since it's in a game, it won't be too surprising what happens.
Seeing Zhang Heng's calm expression, Bell was a little surprised, so he kindly explained to someone, "The dodo was completely extinct in 1681. There have been different opinions on the cause of the extinction. Some people said that the European colonists ate them all. Some people say that the animals brought by the colonists caused biological invasion, and others say that it was due to changes in the ecological environment... But no matter what, they have disappeared from the earth. In 2016, just one Dodo skeleton was photographed for 50 With a high price of 10,000 pounds, what you find on this island will shock the whole world.”
It's a pity that this is just a game world, and the script outside the island is completely blank... Zhang Heng added in his heart. But he couldn't explain it to Bell like this. After thinking about it, he changed it to a more acceptable explanation, "Bell, even if this is really a dodo, we have to find a way to leave this island first and then show them." To the world.”
"You're right." Bell agreed. "The presence of dodos on the island is not good news for us. It means that no one has ever landed here. I'm afraid this place is not on any route."
"I've been on the island for more than a year, and I'm pretty familiar with the outside. Next, I want to visit the center of the island... Well, maybe I can find a way to go back."
"Then let me go with you. I think I can still help with the adventure." Bell was very happy. "When should we set off? Tomorrow?"
"No, no... let's wait for two more days, so that your body can fully recover, and by the way... chat with me." Zhang Heng looked at the explorer with longing eyes.
"???"
