Chapter 64: Banana Tree
Chu Qiao walked slowly, with a deep smile on her lips. The resources here were so abundant. From a distance, she could see several coconut trees.
Chu Qiao trotted over.
As he ran, he said, "Look at the many coconut trees over there. Coconuts bear fruit almost year-round, but July and August are the ripest season for coconuts. Now it's January, and although the coconuts aren't ripe yet, they have more water content, making them perfect for quenching thirst."
“The coconut trees here are much taller than those in Nanhaizhou.”
"How does Master Chu plan to get up there?"
Chu Qiao took off his shoes and socks and took off into the air without hesitation.
As he climbed, he explained, "Although coconut trees are straight and tall, they have many horizontal stripes, which creates a lot of friction. When climbing this kind of coconut tree, try to keep your calves parallel to the ground to increase friction, and use the opposing force generated by your hands and feet to propel yourself up."
"drop--"
The system's voice appeared in Chu Qiao's brain.
"Congratulations to the host, your tree climbing ability has been upgraded from level 2 to level 1: speed 3 meters per second, and you have received a hidden reward."
Tree climbing ability? When will you pass level 2?
After thinking for a long time, Chu Qiao remembered that the system had reminded him when he was trying to avoid the wolf mother climbing a tree last time. However, he was too nervous at the time and forgot about it later.
She was thinking in her mind, but her hands did not stop.
In just two minutes, Chu Qiao had climbed to the top of the coconut tree.
She pressed her body against the tree, one hand clinging to the branch, the other gently turning the coconut. As she twisted it tighter and tighter, the green fibers at the joints twisted together and tore at each other.
With a "snap", the fibers broke and the coconut fell into the dense grass.
There were four or five coconuts on the tree, and Chu Qiao didn't let go of any of them. She didn't have any tools on the island, and coconut shells could be used as tools.
Coconuts fell to the ground one by one, making a "bang bang bang" sound.
The mission was accomplished. As Chu Qiao was climbing down, he suddenly felt something strange behind his right ear, as if it had been pricked by something sharp.
Chu Qiao slowly turned her head and saw a 20-centimeter-wide crab with its long claws stretched out, ready to pinch her ear.
Chu Qiao suddenly twisted his head to the left, and the coconut crab's attack missed, and it crawled towards Chu Qiao's shoulder.
Chu Qiao calmly knocked it down from the tree, and a small sound was heard in the grass.
After Chu Qiao got down from the tree, the coconut crab was lying on its back, struggling in the grass. Chu Qiao poked it with a wooden stick.
The coconut crab suddenly curled up into a ball and lay motionless, pretending to be dead.
Chu Qiao poked at the crab and said to the netizen, "This thing is really good. It's called a coconut crab. It can grow up to one meter long and is the largest land crab. Coconut crabs are so called because they are good at climbing straight coconut trees and using their strong claws to pry open hard shells."
"Coconut crabs are rich in vitamin A, which can prevent night blindness and improve immunity."
Chu Qiao looked at it with shining eyes, as if it had become food and was being fed to his mouth.
“Gurgle gurgle—”
A discordant sound suddenly came from Chu Qiao's stomach.
"Did you hear anything?"
“It seems so.”
Chu Qiao looked at the comments and covered his stomach.
She immediately lost interest, picked it up and put it aside, muttering to herself: "You are lucky, I feel sick today and can't eat crabs."
"Master Chu's stomach is not working well."
"It's a tough life. The feast just ran away like this."
"Master Chu caught it and will eat it for the next meal."
Chu Qiao waved his hand: "Forget it, there are so many resources here, we don't need any of them."
After saying that, Chu Qiao considerately helped the coconut crab turn over, and the coconut crab quickly ran away.
Chu Qiao picked up a knife and roughly cut a triangular notch in a coconut. The coconut water flowed out like a small fountain.
She tilted her head back and drank the coconut water in one gulp. It didn't taste very good, but the thick layer of white coconut meat inside looked extremely tempting.
Chu Qiao cut the coconut shell in half, revealing the snow-white coconut flesh, which was about 1 cm thick when viewed from the side.
Chu Qiao nodded in satisfaction, picked up a knife, took out the coconut meat bit by bit, and poured it all into his mouth.
The fragrance of coconut meat instantly cured Chu Qiao's reluctance to eat seafood. Chu Qiao closed his eyes in satisfaction, feeling that his flat stomach finally felt a little full.
After a short rest, Chu Qiao threw the remaining few onto the beach as a reserve and walked alone into the depths of the island.
"Where is Mr. Chu going?"
"It's so dark in this woods."
The mixture of the fresh fragrance of plants and the stench of decay in the airless forest was unbearable.
Chu Qiao did not resist, but took a deep breath to familiarize himself with the taste.
Then he explained, "Coconuts can indeed provide water, but climbing up a tree more than ten meters high every time to get a small number of coconuts is not cost-effective. We need to find a simpler way to obtain fresh water."
As she spoke, she picked a banana leaf and covered her face to prevent it from being disfigured by the thorns that were all over the island.
The further he went inside, the more species of plants Chu Qiao discovered in the jungle, with bamboo and coconut trees being the most numerous.
Chu Qiao suddenly stopped.
The netizen was confused and looked in the direction of her finger. He saw a three-meter-tall plant with oval leaves, and the larger leaves were two meters long.
"What kind of tree is this?"
"What a big leaf! It would be a great umbrella."
"Isn't this a banana tree? There are plenty of them in the south."
Chu Qiao nodded and smiled, "It seems we are still quite lucky. There are quite a few wild banana trees here."
"It's great to have bananas."
"Master Chu, this place is good. We can give it a try. The difficulty coefficient of wilderness survival is 0."
"But...why don't I see any bananas?"
The drone flew to the top of the tree.
When everyone was expecting many yellow bananas on the tree, the video showed only a green banana. The drone seemed to know everyone's unwillingness and circled around it again. Not only this tree, but all the surrounding banana trees were empty.
"Just like the stock market, it's all green. It's really disappointing."
"+1 for the above"
The drone flew down.
"Master Chu, a tree without fruit is useless."
"Can banana tree leaves be eaten?"
"I can tell you for sure, no."
"Alas, it was all for nothing."
"Even Master Chu has his moments of misstep."
Chu Qiao smiled and shook his head: "Green may not be a bad thing. Buying green and selling red will make you the biggest winner."
As she spoke, she cut a bamboo from the side, and with a flick of the knife, she sharpened one end of the bamboo into a pointed shape.
The half-meter-long bamboo tube looked like a large straw in Chu Qiao's hand.
Chu Qiao bent down, picked up the bamboo tube half a meter above the ground, and suddenly inserted it diagonally into the banana tree.
A drone was buzzing behind Chu Qiao, but the position where Chu Qiao was standing blocked the drone. Netizens were all confused and wondered what Chu Qiao was doing mysteriously?
Chu Qiao turned around, and everyone saw that Chu Qiao had given the banana tree an injection.
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