In the micro-world, although Chen Yang and his group entered much later each day, it didn't affect their work much.
Yun's design is taking shape; he plans to combine Chinese architecture with Western windmills to create a unique mill. He has also figured out the gear structure of the windmill.
Actually, waterwheels are quite simple, because Western watermills already have a stopping mechanism. You just need to slightly change the direction of the bamboo pipe that draws water, and then let the water flow onto the waterwheel when needed.
One mill, utilizing two renewable energy sources, works together to grind two crops simultaneously.
Wang Bing's brick-making project is still ongoing, and if there hadn't been time to speed things up, it probably would have taken even longer.
Yunshi has already drawn pictures of several parts, so Honggui now bears a very difficult task: to build the gears.
He plans to fire a few models out of clay, otherwise the project would be too big.
In addition, Li Su'er also planned to return to the camp.
They processed the first batch of Pu'er tea, which was then processed into raw Pu'er tea and brought back.
Pu-erh tea is divided into raw tea and ripe tea according to its processing method. The former is cold in nature, while the latter is warm. The former is similar to green tea, while the latter belongs to black tea. The difference is huge, and the taste is also different.
Guo Zifeng remained in the Tianyin Mountains to process ripe tea, preparing to press it into tea cakes.
He kept the tea from the oldest ancient tea tree, the "King of Tea," and carefully processed it, preparing to build a small storage room in the Time Acceleration Zone.
Ancient tree tea has storage value; it would be a real shame not to store this thousand-year-old tree tea.
The few participants in the survival competition didn't stay in the micro-world for long before they left, needing to warm themselves by the fire.
"Ye Wu, your group will stay here today to help build the camp. The rest of you will have the same tasks," Chen Yang said to everyone by the campfire.
Last night, they made another bow, so now Li Su'er has a bow too. The maker, Ye Wu, put himself last, adhering to the principle of ladies first.
After observing the tides for two days, Chen Yang felt that the beach he was on was relatively safe, so he decided to build up his campsite.
The work of building the camp was something everyone was very familiar with, so he wasn't worried at all.
The hunters set many traps yesterday, and they're going to check them today to see if there's any prey.
Chen Yang then changed direction and continued searching for trash and coconuts. However, Li Lei was filming with him today, while Doug stayed at the camp.
Chen Yang walked along the coastline, also looking for some seashells along the way.
"Huh, a ray?"
To Chen Yang's surprise, he discovered a marine creature that looked like a UFO and had a long tail swimming in the seawater. It was a ray, a common sight in this area.
At this moment, they were surrounded by sandy beaches with no rocks, and ordinary rocks would have a much weaker impact force after entering the seawater, so they might not be able to kill the ray immediately.
So Chen Yang decided to take a gamble and use the distributed military knife as a throwing knife.
If he misses, the knife risks being swept into the sea. Even if he hits, it must be a fatal blow, otherwise the ray will carry it away.
Chen Yang cautiously approached, and Li Lei held his breath and raised his camera. He didn't turn on the video mode; he was adjusting the aperture and angle, hoping to take the photo he wanted.
Chen Yang's Eagle Eyes were locked on the ray, his right hand gripping the hilt of his military knife, his arm muscles bulging slightly, as if he were ready to exert force at any moment.
The ray seemed to sense the approaching creature and turned to flee. However, in the instant it turned, a cold light approached from behind and pierced its brain.
Chen Yang smiled. He had just delivered a very good flying knife. The ray was about 20 centimeters above the water, and with the seawater constantly churning, it seemed easier than shooting a bird. However, to be able to pierce the ray's brain with a single blow through 20 centimeters of seawater and kill it instantly was not something he was very confident about.
This ray is quite big; it's enough for everyone to have for dinner.
Chen Yang continued forward carrying the stingray, and after half an hour, he finally spotted a coconut tree. He knew it; how could such an island survival challenge be complete without coconuts?
Chen Yang picked up a tree branch that was more than two meters long, and after making a few simple cuts, he used it as a spear to knock down coconuts.
Shooting coconuts is different from shooting birds. Chen Yang could hit them every time, but he just couldn't get them down no matter how hard he tried, which left him speechless.
Li Lei was puzzled by this scene. Chen Yang clearly had excellent survival skills, so how come he couldn't even knock down a few coconuts?
After a while, Chen Yang came up with another idea. He tied his dagger to the top of a tree branch with a shoelace, then aimed and threw it at the base. This was much more effective. Soon, several coconuts fell to the ground.
"Have one, consider it one you collected yourself," Chen Yang said to Li Lei with a smile.
Li Lei didn't stand on ceremony. He took the coconut, cut a slit in it with his military knife, and sipped the coconut water. After finishing the water, he scooped out the coconut meat and ate it, not wasting a single coconut.
Chen Yang knocked down ten coconuts, then took off his shirt, tied up the sleeves and collar to make a bag, barely managing to stuff seven inside. He had to carry the remaining three by hand while also holding the ray.
"I'll get the ray for you, consider it a way of repaying Coconut. It's such a small thing, Doug won't say anything," Li Lei said with a smile.
Just as Chen Yang was about to hand the ray to Li Lei, he suddenly saw a person appear on the distant reef, and he immediately stopped.
"Hide, someone's there," Chen Yang said.
Li Lei was taken aback, then followed Chen Yang and hid behind a rock.
"Where?" Li Lei couldn't find any trace of anyone.
"There are a few more people over there, probably another team," Chen Yang said, pointing in a direction.
If it were a real survival situation, encountering other people would be the best thing ever. But now they are in a competition, so it's certainly good to be the first to spot the enemy.
Li Lei only noticed the group when they got a little closer, and he was full of admiration for Chen Yang's eyesight.
Their destination was also this coconut tree, so they were heading this way. As they got closer, Chen Yang could see clearly that there were two men and one woman, all foreigners, definitely the other team.
They seemed to have discovered the coconut grove long ago, and naturally began to pick up the long sticks hidden in the woods and start knocking down coconuts.
There are more than a dozen coconut trees in this coconut grove, but Chen Yang just knocked down a coconut tree and most of the coconuts. He didn't think he could hide it from the other party; it was just a matter of time. Fortunately, the coconut grove was not located on a beach, so he didn't leave any footprints.
"Let's go," Chen Yang said to Li Lei.
It's not a big deal if the other side finds out they've been to the coconut grove. This is a competition in itself, and everyone knows the other is there. There's bound to be competition for resources, but Chen Yang doesn't plan to expose the camp for the time being, so leaving now is the wisest thing to do.
Just minutes after Chen Yang left, Grena noticed something was wrong.
He looked at the coconut tree that Chen Yang had harvested, and then glanced around a few times.
He was now certain that someone had been here, but he didn't know if they had discovered them.
Grena surveyed the terrain. The area they had come from had a good view, and if there had been anyone there, he should have spotted them.
"Gentlemen, let's take all the coconuts with us. I'll make a simple stretcher. We can take as many as we can, and hide the rest in the woods."
Grena said he felt it was better to play it safe; it didn't matter if the other side found out, as the most important thing now was the competition for resources.
"What's wrong, Grena?" the girl who came with him asked.
“The coconuts on this coconut tree have all been picked. We haven’t touched this tree before. Another team may have been here. We have to fight for the resources.”
"The competition has begun," Grena said.
(End of this chapter)
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