Chapter 267, exclusively published on Jinjiang Literature City: Transforming the Island
Several drones flew over the other two islands and quickly got a general idea of their layout.
One of the islands was indeed similar to the one where Lu Xun and the others were staying; both were mainly plains with a sizable freshwater lake in the center.
The other island is half mountains and rocky beaches, with the rest covered by palm trees. Its environment is not as good as the other two, and there are no obvious freshwater resources. However, it is the largest of the three islands.
They also used drones to roughly survey the island where the villagers lived, and were pleasantly surprised to find a small waterfall and a pool formed by the waterfall in the southeast. Several small streams extended outward from the pool in three directions, indicating that the freshwater resources were abundant.
The existence of the waterfall even gives many people a feeling of returning to the Yunlu Mountain Range.
The three islands they could control were also very similar to the hilly region they had previously inhabited, giving them a sense of familiarity.
Lu Xuan even checked the monitoring results on the Weather Companion app in the system backend.
After confirming that the three islands would not be affected by an earthquake and split apart within two or three years, they discussed and assigned cleanup tasks with the village.
Lu Xuan said, "There are some wild animals on all three islands. The hunting team should first kill the carnivores and venomous snakes that pose a threat. They should also catch the herbivores that they can catch, and leave the ones they can't catch for now."
"The guards, along with the women, cleared away the grass around the waterfall and cleared out our accommodation first."
Zhang Chengming asked, puzzled, "Aren't the trees being cut down?"
Lu Xuan said, "The trees on the three islands are mostly coconut and palm trees, both of which bear fruit. It's not the season for the fruit to ripen yet, so it would be a waste to cut them down directly. I'll ripen the trees first, pick the fruit, and then cut them down."
If he wants to cultivate a new mutant variety from the harvested fruit in the future, he can do so.
“Brother, village chief, what about us? We can help too!” Lu Chen raised his hand and said.
Zhang Dafu, Li Kangbao, and the other children looked expectantly at the adults.
Lu Xuan said, "Wait for me to ripen the fruit and then help me pick it."
In case they encountered any accidents where no one else could see them, Lu Xuan asked Granny Lin, Grandpa Zhang, and several other elderly people to help look after the children and pick fruit together.
With everyone's tasks assigned, the group quickly got to work.
The hunting party split into three groups as previously divided, and began clearing out the wild animals on the island.
The most threatening animals are nothing more than wolf packs, wild boars, and tigers.
The entire island covers an area of approximately 300,000 square meters, or about 500 acres. Wild animals are mainly distributed in a forest near the waterfall, and their overall numbers are not large.
For a hunting team that has already survived two intense beast attacks, killing a total of no more than a hundred ferocious beasts is a piece of cake.
In less than half a day, they killed all the large beasts that could be found in the open with their weapons and superpowers.
They spent the rest of their time searching for any fish that had slipped through the net, as well as venomous snakes that were difficult to spot.
During their trip, they also discovered many non-threatening animals.
For example, there are carnivores, but they are relatively small and will actively avoid people, such as leopard cats, as well as herbivores such as porcupines, wild goats, and wild deer.
If you find it when it's not too far away, you can hunt it immediately. If it's too far away and it's too much trouble to get there, you can leave it for later.
At the same time, the women and guards were also working hard to weed.
Each person had a weeding machine, which was both easy on the back and highly efficient. Fifty or sixty people worked diligently for half a day and cleared all the weeds off the entire island.
Even viewers in the live stream couldn't help but cheer them on from afar.
However, the most interesting character is Lu Xuan.
Wherever he went, the half-grown, green fruits on all the coconut and palm trees ripened rapidly. The trunks were violently shaken by his wind-based superpower, and the newly ripened fruits fell to the ground with a clatter.
Following behind, Lu Chen, Zhang Dafu, and the other kids excitedly shouted as they rushed over and frantically stuffed the fruit scattered on the ground into the plastic box.
Lu Xuan, who was walking ahead, would also cut down the tree and put it into his space after ripening the fruit to avoid taking up space and getting in the way.
There were too many coconuts and palm fruits for the children to carry, so Zhang Chengming and other able-bodied men who had free hands came to help.
As night falls, the villagers resume their handicrafts, and the island undergoes a dramatic transformation.
The once tree-lined and weed-covered flat land is now dotted with a hundred or so safe houses, with long strings of lights hanging from the coconut trees that have been deliberately left around them, illuminating most of the island.
When we first arrived on the island, which was deserted, a charming and lively village suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
The villagers felt a sense of accomplishment as they looked at the fruits of their labor after a long day.
The village is less than 100 meters away from the waterfall, making it very convenient to fetch water in the future, while also avoiding the worry that the air will be too humid due to its proximity.
The villagers, exhausted from a long day, had little energy to prepare dinner. They grabbed some readily available food, ate a quick bite, and went to bed early.
The next day, they continued their journey to the next island with high spirits.
With the experience gained the previous day, everyone became more and more skilled at their work.
Eliminating wild beasts, clearing weeds, promoting the growth of coconut palms, cutting down trees... everything was done in an orderly manner, and the efficiency was much higher than yesterday.
The ecology of the second island is similar to that of the first island they live on, but there are also differences.
Most notably, several enormous giant tortoises were found on the island, along with a small grove of wild guava trees.
Ancient guava fruits were smaller than modern ones, and they were not yet in season.
After ripening the guava, Lu Xuan broke off a piece and found that it was a red guava. The texture was not as soft, sweet and fragrant as the modern guava; it was rather bland and had a slightly astringent taste.
Lu Xuan didn't mind; he put the fruit away first and would optimize it later—it wouldn't be a big problem.
The fruit trees were not cut down, but all of them were uprooted and stored for later use. Once the location of the orchard is determined, they will be planted there and managed uniformly.
The hunting team also deployed a fish detector in the freshwater lake in the center of the island, confirming that there were many freshwater fish and shrimp in the lake, providing another source of supplies.
On the third day, it was time to clean up the third island.
This island is a bit troublesome.
Not long after the hunting party arrived on the island, they discovered a dangerous creature that was not found on either Island 1 or Island 2.
Komodo dragon.
The largest living lizard can reach a length of up to three meters.
Lu Xuan wasn't sure whether these monitor lizards were social or solitary animals, but they encountered a group of more than twenty of them.
Zhang Chengming and the others were startled when they first discovered these monitor lizards, but remembering the marine iguanas they had encountered in the underwater city, they decided not to judge a book by its cover and turned to Lu Xuan to confirm: "Are these large lizards herbivores too?"
Lu Xuan: "...Those who eat meat."
Not only do they eat meat, but they are also extremely ferocious, capable of swallowing a monkey or even a wild boar whole in one gulp.
As they were talking, the giant lizards attacked them.
And then, that was it.
Even the fiercest Komodo dragon is no match for dozens of superhumans.
Li Tuo lifted the monitor lizard, whose body was covered in bloody holes and charred marks, and asked, "Can we eat these monitor lizards?"
Lu Xuan: "..."
[Eating Komodo dragons? Seriously?]
If I remember correctly, this lizard is not only fierce, but also a scavenger, right? You can't eat it.
Scavengers are actually edible, as long as the toxic parts are removed; however, the health risks are relatively high.
[It's not like we're lacking meat. Aren't chicken, duck, fish, beef, lamb, and pork all good enough? Why take on such a difficult challenge? What if you catch a contagious disease while eating? Going to the medical ward while doing that would be hell.]
Putting everything else aside, just looking at the monitor lizard's appearance doesn't make me hungry.
Lu Xuan didn't explain much, only saying to the others, "These monitor lizards usually eat carrion. Are you sure you want to eat them?"
"Eat rotten flesh?" Xiong Mao was the first to show disgust, and the others quickly shook their heads as well. "Let's forget it, they don't look appetizing at all."
Lu Xuan didn't actually know what these monitor lizards tasted like, since they were protected animals in modern times and could land you in jail for life.
Even if it's not a protected animal, as they said, it doesn't look appetizing at all. For safety reasons, it's fine to dispose of it, but to eat it? Thanks for the invitation, but there's absolutely no need.
Lu Xuan snapped his fingers, burning all the giant lizard corpses to ashes. Afterward, he and the others conducted a thorough search of the surrounding area, found the cave where the giant lizards lived, and killed all the remaining giant lizards inside.
During their search, they also discovered a group of marine iguanas on the other side of the rocky beach.
These hunting teams didn't kill anything.
They pose no threat to them, so there's no need to exterminate them.
After the initial clearing of the three islands, they measured and determined the size and location of the fields. The whole village pitched in, along with dozens of agricultural robots and a dozen tillers in Lu Xuan's possession, as well as other earth-type ability users. In short, they used every means possible to start tilling the land.
After removing the area occupied by the village, and also removing the pasture, Lu Xuan's orchard, lotus pond, bamboo forest, etc., the total cultivable area of the three islands is 1,500 mu.
It took the village three days to turn over all the land, and Lu Xuan did half of it by himself.
After turning the soil, fertilization and sowing are needed. Lu Xuan also needs to replant the fruit trees, bamboo, and lotus roots, and finally build a greenhouse.
Although the outside temperature has now risen to over ten degrees Celsius, hail and fog will still occur from time to time. To prevent crops from being affected, greenhouses are still essential.
After finishing the work in the fields, the village spent two more days digging out the cores of the palm trees that had been cut down. Taking advantage of the good weather these days, they took out the remaining trunks to dry in preparation for firewood. Only then did they finally have time to take stock of the harvest during the island cleanup.
This includes, but is not limited to, various prey, coconuts, palm fruits, guavas, palm hearts, and coconut crabs found in palm groves.
The number of prey and coconut crabs is not too exaggerated, with the former numbering only about two hundred and the latter about one hundred.
What's truly amazing is the fruit harvest.
A total of 3,500 jin of guava was harvested from more than 30 guava trees.
There are more than 2,000 coconut trees, with an average of 40 coconuts per tree, totaling 100,000 coconuts.
More than 3,000 palm trees yielded 100,000 catties of palm fruit and 5,000 catties of palm heart.
When Lu Xuan revealed this data, both the viewers in the live stream and the villagers were stunned.
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Author's Note: The hunting of monitor lizards and tree-cutting in the story are all necessary for the plot. Do not imitate them!
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