After the water boiled, Liu Ruoxi tasted it first, frowning slightly. Seeing this, Liu Ruoling asked, "Sister, how is it? Is it salty?" Liu Ruoxi handed Liu Ruoling a chopstick, indicating she should taste it herself. Liu Ruoling took the chopstick, dipped it in the pot, then put it in her mouth, smacked her lips, and said, "Sister, it seems a bit salty." Liu Ruoxi said, "Yeah, I don't know if it's because salt was boiled in the pot, or if there was too much salt left, or maybe we've just gotten used to tasteless food." Liu Ruoling said, "Sister, what are we going to do with this water? We can't just add more water, can we?" Liu Ruoxi rolled her eyes at Liu Ruoling and said, "Take the pot down, and once the water cools down, pour some into the bamboo tubes to save for cooking tomorrow and the day after." Liu Ruoling took the pot down and then took out the two bamboo tubes they used to carry water with them when they went out. After the water cooled down a bit, some was poured into the bamboo tubes, filling one tube completely and emptying the other halfway, when Liu Ruoxi stopped her. She then added some water, stirred it, and tasted it. Although it was still a bit salty, it was alright, about the same as usual. So she put the pot back on the fire to heat it up.

Liu Ruoxi handed the bamboo tube containing salt to Liu Ruoling, saying, "Put this bamboo tube of salt up in the treehouse, and also bring down the remaining rabbit meat." Liu Ruoling took the bamboo tube and said, "Sister, don't we have wild vegetable soup and two birds tonight?" Liu Ruoxi said, "Let's have a good meal today, and tomorrow we'll continue searching for salt ore at the foot of that cliff. Then we'll have enough salt." Hearing Liu Ruoxi's words, Liu Ruoling climbed up to the treehouse, put the salt away, and then took out the last bit of rabbit meat. From then on, only bird meat remained.

Liu Ruoxi chopped the rabbit meat and the bird she had hunted that afternoon into pieces, put them in a pot, and waited until they were almost cooked before adding the wild vegetables. After cooking for another four or five minutes, she called Liu Ruoling to eat together. It was already past nine o'clock at night, and on the entire deserted island, these two sisters were the last to eat, excluding those who didn't eat dinner.

The two sisters thoroughly enjoyed their meal, as they now had meat and salt, a much better experience than before near the bamboo forest. After eating, Liu Ruoxi said, "Let's finish boiling the last of the salt powder before going to sleep. If we collect more tomorrow, we can boil the rest together." Liu Ruoling agreed, since they were working together, not alone. Seeing Liu Ruoling's agreement, Liu Ruoxi didn't bother washing the pot. She poured in water, added the remaining salt powder, stirred it, filtered it, and then heated it over the campfire. While waiting, to keep them occupied, Liu Ruoxi had Liu Ruoling learn to weave baskets with her, planning to weave two more. They could each carry one when they went out, and keep one in the treehouse for small items.

The two were weaving baskets when suddenly, Liu Ruoling looked up and saw that the huge canopy of trees above her made it pitch black. Seeing this, Liu Ruoxi asked, "What's wrong?" Liu Ruoling said, "Sister, I just felt some water fall on my head." Liu Ruoxi looked up as well, and by the firelight, she could only see the tree canopy above her head. She said, "It's probably dew." She then continued weaving the basket. Liu Ruoling thought about it and assumed it was dew, so she didn't think much of it and continued weaving. Suddenly, another drop of dew fell on their heads. Liu Ruoling said, "Sister, another drop of dew fell." Liu Ruoxi said, "Me too." Liu Ruoling said, "Could it be raining? It hasn't rained in so long." Liu Ruoxi got up, walked outside the treetop, paused for a moment, then quickly walked back and said, "Quickly move the campfire under the treehouse, it's raining." Liu Ruoling said, "No way, it hasn't rained for so long, and now it's raining." After saying that, she also got up and went outside the treetop, then ran back, saying as she ran, "Sister, the rain is getting heavier, hurry up and get ready."

The two worked for quite a while, moving the campfire to the base of the treehouse, carrying the two stones for sitting, and bringing the baskets they were weaving to the base as well. Only then did they sit down, and by then they could hear the heavy rain, dripping and pattering. Looking at the raindrops dripping through the leaves outside the treehouse, Liu Ruoxi said, "Go up and get the entrenching tool and the bamboo tube for salt." Liu Ruoling had long since given up weaving, so she got up, went to the tree trunk, climbed up the wooden ladder, and retrieved the entrenching tool and bamboo tube from the treehouse.

Upon reaching the campfire, Liu Ruoxi took the bamboo tube and said, "Dig a drainage ditch along the base of the treehouse to prevent water from flowing down to the treehouse and leave us a dry spot. I'll come help you once I've packed the salt." Liu Ruoling picked up an entrenching tool and went to the higher ground to start digging a drainage ditch. She first dug a shallow ditch, then piled the excavated soil onto the treehouse side, thus raising the water barrier and making the work of digging the drainage ditch much easier.

The two quickly dug a ditch, then put the previously filtered residue back into the pot, added some water, placed the pot by the walkway of the treehouse, extinguished some of the campfire, and put the burning charcoal into the hearth inside the treehouse. After doing all this, the two climbed up into the treehouse to rest. It was about eleven o'clock by then, and the rain seemed to be getting heavier, accompanied by howling winds.

Meanwhile, Wang Lun, who was sleeping in the shelter, was awakened by the sound of heavy rain. He got up and moved the campfire outside to the fire pit inside the shelter. Taking a torch, he checked the surrounding area and the walls, finding that some mud and water were flowing down the molds of the last section of the wall, but the rest was fine. So, Wang Lun, soaked to the bone, gathered the remaining twigs and laid them on the walls, then gathered some dry firewood to complete both sides. By this time, Wang Lun's clothes were completely soaked, and the torch had gone out. Looking at his drenched body, he carried a bundle of firewood back to the shelter.

Upon returning to the shelter, Wang Lun found Li Ling still asleep. He quietly put down the firewood, closed the door, took off his shirt, and then...

Of course, the best option is to sit by the campfire and make a screen with some dry firewood. After all, you're soaking wet, how can you sleep without drying your clothes? What if Li Ling wakes up while you're drying your clothes and you're seen naked? So making a screen is definitely necessary.

In ten or twenty minutes, Wang Lun finished the screen and placed it in front of the bed. Then he picked up his still slightly damp t-shirt, took off his pants and shorts, dried himself with the t-shirt, covered his lower body with his coat, went to the door, washed the t-shirt with rainwater, and then placed it back by the fire pit to dry. Wang Lun, having nothing else to do, used a thin piece of firewood to draw something by the fire pit, quietly waiting for his clothes to dry before going back to sleep.

Meanwhile, Wu Jing was perfectly at ease. Hearing noises outside the cave, she got up and peered through the crack in the wooden door, using the firelight to see that it was raining outside. Then she went back to sleep. Zhang Shengnan asked, "What's that noise outside?" Wu Jing replied, "It's raining." Then the two of them went back to sleep, showing how convenient having a cave was.

However, the other teams are not doing so well. Those with fixed camps and fortified shelters are doing okay, but those with just an A-shaped shelter that hasn't been fortified are probably going to have a tough time tonight.