Chapter 267 Jinjiang Exclusive Release
Several drones flew over the other two islands and quickly got a general idea of the islands' situation.
One of the islands was indeed similar to the island where Lu Xu and others were waiting. Both were mainly plains, and there was a large freshwater lake in the center.
The other one is half covered with mountains and rocky beaches, and the rest is covered with many palm trees. The 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 explore the island where the villagers lived, and were pleasantly surprised to find a smaller waterfall and a pool formed by the waterfall in the southeast. With the pool as the center, many small streams stretched out in three directions, indicating that the freshwater resources were abundant.
Even the existence of the waterfall makes many people feel like they are dreaming of returning to the Yunlu Mountains.
The three islands at their disposal are very similar to the hilly areas where they lived before, and they feel very familiar.
Lu Xuan also opened the system background and took a look at the monitoring results on the weather companion.
After confirming that the three islands would not be split apart by an earthquake within the next two to three years, they discussed with the villagers and began to allocate the cleanup work.
Lu Xuan said, "There are some wild animals on all three islands. The hunting team should first kill any carnivores, venomous snakes, and other threats. They should also capture any herbivores they can catch. Any that they can't catch can be left alone for now."
"The guards and their women will remove the grass in the surrounding area, centered around the waterfall, and clear out the area where we live first."
Zhang Chengming was puzzled: "Aren't you going to cut down the trees?"
Lu Xuan said, "Most of the trees on the three islands are coconut trees and palm trees. Both types of trees bear fruit. However, it's not the season for the fruit to ripen yet. It would be a waste to cut them down directly. I'll let the trees ripen and pick the fruit before I cut them down."
If he wants it again in the future, he can use the picked fruits to cultivate the mutant species again.
"Brother, Village Chief, what about us? We can help too!" Lu Chen raised his hand.
Zhang Dafu, Li Kangbao and other children also looked at the adults expectantly.
Lu Xuan said, "Wait for me to ripen the fruits and then help pick them."
In order to prevent them from encountering any accidents in places where no one else can see them, Lu Xuan also asked Grandma Lin, Grandpa Zhang and other elderly people to help look after the children and pick fruits together.
Everyone's division of labor was arranged and everyone quickly took action.
The hunting team split up into three groups and started clearing out the wild beasts on the island.
The more threatening ones are wolves, wild boars and tigers.
The entire island is about 300,000 square meters, covering an area of about 500 acres. The wild beasts are mainly distributed in a forest near the waterfall, and the overall number is not large.
For a hunting team that has experienced two high-intensity beast attacks, it is not easy to kill the beasts, which number no more than a hundred in total.
In just half a day, they killed all the large beasts they could find in the open with their weapons and supernatural powers.
The rest of the time was mainly spent by them looking for fish that had escaped the net and venomous snakes that were difficult to find.
During this time, they also discovered many non-threatening animals.
For example, although it is a carnivore, the leopard cat is small in size and will actively avoid people, as well as herbivores such as porcupines, wild goats, and wild deer.
If the distance is not too far when you find it, you can hunt it easily. If the distance is too far and it is too troublesome to hunt it, just leave it alone and deal with it later.
At the same time, the women and guards were also working hard to weed.
Each person had a lawn mower, which was not only easy on the waist but also highly efficient. Fifty or sixty people worked diligently for half a day and cleared all the weeds on the entire island.
The audience in the live broadcast room couldn't help but shout 666 for them while watching from afar.
However, the most interesting person is Lu Xuan.
Wherever he passed, the half-grown, green fruits on all the coconut trees and palm trees ripened quickly. He shook the trunks violently with his wind-based abilities, and the newly ripe fruits fell to the ground with a clatter.
Lu Chen, Zhang Dafu and other little kids who followed behind screamed excitedly and rushed over to put the fruits on the ground into the plastic boxes.
Lu Xuan, who was walking in front, would cut down the tree after ripening the fruits and put it into the space to avoid it taking up space and being in the way.
There were too many coconuts and palm fruits to be loaded by a group of children alone, so Zhang Chengming and other young men who had some free time came over to help.
By nightfall, the villagers began to work, and the island was transformed.
Hundreds of safe houses were arranged in a crisscross pattern on the flat land that was originally covered with trees and weeds. A circle of coconut trees were deliberately left around and hung with long strings of lights, illuminating most of the island.
When I first landed on the island, I found that an exquisite and lively village suddenly appeared on the deserted island.
The villagers looked at the results of their busy day and felt a sense of accomplishment.
The village is less than a hundred meters away from the waterfall, which makes it very convenient to get water in the future. At the same time, there is no need to worry about the air being too humid and not conducive to life because it is too close.
The villagers were tired after a day of work and had no energy to prepare dinner. They just took some ready-made food and went to bed early.
The next day we continued to head to the next island with high morale.
With the experience of the previous day, everyone became more skilled in their work.
Eliminate wild animals, remove weeds, promote the growth of coconut palms, cut down trees... each step is carried out in an orderly manner, and the efficiency is much higher than yesterday.
The ecology on the second island is similar to that on Island No. 1 where they live, but there are also some differences.
The most obvious thing is that several huge giant tortoises were found on the island, as well as a small forest of wild guava, commonly known as guava.
The guava fruit in ancient times was smaller than the modern one and was also not yet ripe.
After ripening the guava, Lu Xuan broke off a piece and found that it was a red-heart guava. The taste was not as soft, sweet and fragrant as the modern ones. It was rather bland and a bit astringent.
Lu Xuan didn't mind. He put the fruit away first and optimized it later. It wasn't a big problem.
The fruit trees were not cut down, but all uprooted and collected first. After the location of the orchard was determined, they were planted in the orchard and managed in a unified manner.
The hunting team also placed a fish detector in the freshwater lake in the center of the island and confirmed that there were many freshwater fish and shrimp in the lake, which was another additional source of supplies.
On the third day, it was time to clean up the third island.
This island is a bit troublesome.
Soon after the hunting team arrived on the island, they discovered a dangerous creature that was not found on Islands 1 or 2.
Komodo dragon.
The largest lizard in existence can reach up to three meters in length.
Lu Xuan was not sure whether this kind of monitor lizard was a social or solitary animal, but they encountered a group of more than 20 individuals in total.
Zhang Chengming and the others were startled when they first discovered these giant lizards. However, thinking of the marine iguanas they had encountered in the underwater city, they decided not to judge an animal by its appearance. They turned to Lu Xuan for confirmation, "Are these giant lizards also herbivorous?"
Lu Xuan: “…meat eater.”
Not only does it eat meat, it is also extremely ferocious and can swallow a monkey or even a wild boar in one bite.
While they were talking, the huge lizards attacked them.
And then, nothing happened.
No matter how ferocious the Komodo dragon is, it can only be defeated by dozens of people with special abilities.
Li Tuo picked up the monitor lizard, which was covered in bloody holes and burnt marks, and asked, "Can these monitor lizards be eaten?"
Lu Xuan: “…”
Eating a Komodo dragon? Seriously?
[If I remember correctly, this lizard is not only dangerous, but also a scavenger, right? I don't like eating it.]
[Scavengers themselves are actually edible, as long as the poisonous body parts are removed, but the health risks are higher.]
[It's not like we're short of meat. Aren't chicken, duck, fish, beef, mutton, and pork delicious? Why challenge something so difficult? What if I contract some infectious disease from eating? It would be hell to eat while in the medical cabin.]
[Apart from anything else, just looking at the monitor lizard's appearance doesn't make me feel hungry.]
Lu Xuan didn't explain too much, but just said to the others: "These giant lizards usually eat carrion. Are you sure you want to eat it?"
"Eating rotten meat?" Xiong Mao was the first to show a look of disgust, and the others quickly shook their heads. "Forget it, they don't look like they're going to be tasty."
Lu Xuan actually didn't know what this monitor lizard tasted like. After all, it was a protected animal in modern times, and people would spend their whole lives in prison.
But even if it's not a protected animal, as they say, just looking at it doesn't arouse appetite. For safety reasons, it's fine to dispose of it, but eating it? Thanks for the invitation, but it's not necessary.
Lu Xuan snapped his fingers and burned all the monitor lizard corpses. Then he and others conducted a carpet search in the surrounding area, found the cave where the monitor lizards lived, and killed all the monitor lizards left inside.
During the search, they also found a group of marine iguanas on the other side of the reef beach.
These hunting teams did not kill.
They won't pose a threat to them, so there's no need to kill them all.
The three islands were initially cleared. Next, they measured and determined the size and location of the fields. The whole village joined in, including dozens of agricultural robots, a dozen tillers, and other earth-based ability users in Lu Xuan's hands. In short, all means were used to start tilling the soil.
After removing the area occupied by the village, the pasture, Lu Xuan's orchard, the lotus pond, the bamboo forest, etc., the total area that can be reclaimed on the three islands is 1,500 acres.
It took the village three days to turn over all the land, and Lu Xuan did half of it alone.
After turning the soil, he needs to apply fertilizer and sow seeds. Lu Xuan also needs to replant the fruit trees, bamboo, and lotus roots, and finally build a greenhouse.
Although the temperature outside has now risen to more than ten degrees above zero, hail and heavy fog will still occur from time to time. In order to avoid affecting the crops, greenhouses are still essential.
After finishing the work in the fields, the villagers spent another two days digging out the cores of the palm trees that had been cut down earlier. Taking advantage of the good weather in the past few days, they took out the remaining trunks and dried them to use as firewood. Only then did they finally have time to count the harvest during the island cleanup.
Including but not limited to various prey, coconuts, palm fruits, guava, palm hearts and coconut crabs picked up after being found in the palm groves.
The number of prey and coconut crabs was not too exaggerated, with only about two hundred of the former and about a hundred of the latter.
What is truly amazing is the fruit harvest.
A total of 3,500 kilograms of guava were harvested from more than 30 guava trees.
There are more than 2,000 coconut trees, with an average of 40 coconuts per tree, for a total of 100,000 coconuts.
More than 3,000 palm trees produced 100,000 kilograms of palm fruits and 5,000 kilograms of palm hearts.
When Lu Xuan revealed this data, both the audience in the live broadcast room and the villagers were stunned.
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