Chapter 638: City and Wilderness (Part 2)

Oliver Queen, a spoiled rich boy, was pushed into the sea for some reason and drifted to a deserted island. He survived alone on this isolated island in the sea with very harsh conditions for three months.

Generally speaking, this situation is unlikely to happen. The probability of encountering an isolated island while floating in the ocean is very low. It is almost impossible to survive here without any survival knowledge and skills.

However, Oliver, who later became the Green Arrow, has better luck than ordinary people in addition to being more resilient than ordinary people.

The place where he was pushed into the water was not far from the island, and his habit of fitness for many years also ensured that he had enough physical strength to float on the water and successfully landed from the shallows of the island.

But he was also unfortunate. This season was a season when tropical storms often came. As soon as he landed, he encountered a storm and consumed a lot of physical strength, so that he could not maintain a good survival rhythm for a long time afterwards.

Survival on a deserted island is not as simple as many people think. In the game, players can see their survival values. When they are hungry or thirsty, they can judge by the hunger bar and water bar.

However, in the real world, there is no such data. Oliver had just experienced a storm and consumed a lot of physical strength, but he did not have an accurate judgment. He mistakenly thought that he was still energetic, so he planned to climb to the top of the highest cliff of the isolated island to see if he could see the ship.

However, the terrain here is much more difficult than he imagined. He was already hungry when he was halfway there.

At this time, the most fatal problem appeared. Although Oliver had no experience in wilderness survival, he knew that fruits and mushrooms in the wild could not be eaten casually. Therefore, the way to fill his stomach with plants was blocked.

Then the only thing left was hunting and eating meat. There were many prey in the tropical rainforest, birds in the sky, fish in the water, and turtles on the beach. The problem was that he could not deal with any of them.

He couldn't catch birds and fish with his bare hands, so he had to make tools. But to make tools, he needed to find raw materials, and to get raw materials, he had to spend physical energy to collect plants or grope for stones.

But because he had misjudged his physical strength before, when he found himself hungry, he had no energy to do these things.

Most of the losers in wilderness survival failed for this reason. Humans know very little about their own bodies, and many abnormal conditions cannot be discovered in the first time, and when they are discovered, it is irreversible.

However, Oliver's luck was better than others. He found a stream. There were some small fish in the pool at the drop of the stream, which could be caught without much effort.

This kind of small fish doesn't have much meat, but it's good in that there are a lot of them and they are easy to get. At that time, the storm had just ended, and the fish floated to the surface one after another. Oliver caught them directly. After killing and cleaning them, he didn't have time to light a fire to roast the fish, so he just put them into his mouth. …

"To be honest, the taste was not as terrible as I imagined. Perhaps it was because I was extremely hungry at that time, and I thought they were quite delicious..." Oliver said while roasting a fire in the cave.

"If you talk about eating raw, fish is already quite good, especially, the fish meat that has been cleaned, at least there is no strange smell." Arthur nodded and said.

"However, you have to pay attention to parasites. The fish you mentioned should be freshwater fish, right? Parasites are still quite scary." Schiller reminded.

Oliver shook his head and said: "Compared to parasites, I am more afraid of starving to death. For a long time, it was these small fish that ensured that I would not starve to death and successfully passed the early stage."

"What happened next?" Arthur asked curiously. He had never heard of such a Robinson Crusoe adventure story, so he was very interested in it.

"After I recovered my strength, I knew that the next storm would not be long, and I had to find a shelter for myself. I wanted to build one myself, but I found that I didn't know how to do it..." Oliver showed a helpless expression on his face.

Expecting a rich man to learn how to survive overnight is nothing short of fantasy. At the beginning, Oliver could only use some dense palm leaves to entangle and tie them between two big trees to make a sunshade.

But because he didn't know how to weave, the entanglement was just a random knot. The lifespan of this kind of shed was very low, and a lot of leaves were consumed. He had to keep moving positions so that there were enough palm trees for him to pluck leaves.

The only advantage of guarding the stream is that there is no shortage of water, and the food problem can be solved temporarily. The only fatal thing is the upcoming tropical storm.

"After living there for seven or eight days, I realized that I had to leave there. If I didn't, I might die there when the next storm came."

"I had to find a place that was strong enough to serve as a shelter, instead of just using those leaves on my head to deceive myself."

"And then you found this cave?" Schiller asked,

"Yes, I feel lucky that there is such a cave for me to take shelter, but the problem here is that there is no food and the water source is far away. I have to make tools to try to hunt, otherwise I will starve to death."

Arthur's eyes fell on the bow next to him, and he said: "Did you make this? Not bad."

Oliver sighed and said: "I just remember the general shape of the bow and arrow. The bow string is still made of palm leaf fiber, which is not elastic enough, so the bow and arrow can't fly far, and because there is no feather at the tail to maintain balance, the accuracy is very poor."

"However, in the second month, I successfully hunted a wounded cormorant with this bow and successfully had a full meal."

"It was that meal that kept me going until now. After that, I could only eat some small lizards, or shells and hermit crabs that I found by chance. There are no large animals with rich meat on this island, but if there really is, I might be the one who died."

"Have you ever considered fishing?" Schiller asked. …

Oliver showed an embarrassed expression and said: "I can fish and have participated in sea fishing, but..."

"Oh, I see," Arthur made a knowing expression and said: "It's normal. The rich people who come to our place to travel are all like that. They don't know the difference between various brands of fishing rods, fishing lines, and baits. They just sit there all day. If they don't catch anything, they ask others to buy it."

"Of course, I don't deny that some people really like fishing. I can talk to them quite well, but this group of rich people often like to underestimate sea fishing. They don't think that the brands of fishing rods, types of fishing lines and types of baits they use are actually what others always say. Good experience."

"If I throw them on a deserted island, they probably won't be able to make a fishing rod, let alone make fishing lines, catch bait, find a suitable place to put the rod, and change the timing of lifting the rod according to different types of fishing rods and fishing lines."

Oliver nodded and said with deep conviction: "It's not that I haven't tried to make a fishing rod. Everyone knows that offshore fish are the best source of food..."

"But there is no flexible wood that can be used to make fishing rods here, and the effect of using fiber to make lines is also very poor. I used small fish in the stream as bait, but no fish bit the hook..." Oliver sighed and talked about his own failed experience. He said:

"More importantly, fishing on the deck of a cruise ship is completely different from fishing on the beach or on the reef. Sometimes, it is difficult for me to judge whether the fish has taken the bait or not. I can't feel it at all."

Arthur was very excited when he mentioned this part. He said, "I think you use the same material as your arrow shaft to make the fishing rod. This material should be some kind of plant stem, but it is too hard and too brittle. It is okay to make an arrow shaft, but it is easy to break halfway when making a fishing rod."

"Also, it is completely possible to use fiber to make fishing line. The requirements for fishing line in offshore fishing are not high. However, if you want to fish with a fishing line that is not very tough, the technique is very important and you must reel in the rod in time."

"And the bait , it's OK to use the small fish you mentioned, but using their internal organs might be better..."

"Why not give it a try?" Schiller turned his head and looked outside and said, "The storm has stopped, it's time to go out and take a look."

Several people walked out along the cave door and found that the plants on the island had been blown beyond recognition. Arthur turned back and said to Oliver, "Wait here first, Professor Schiller, please take care of him, I'll go find some materials."

Because there are really no large predators on this island, although the resources are relatively expensive and scarce, it is not too dangerous, so the two let Arthur go out alone, and Arthur came back in less than half an hour with a bunch of things in his hands.

He used the same material as his hat to weave a net bag, which looks like a fishing net, but after holding the four corners, it can be used to hold things.

There was a large stone, a pile of messy leaves, and some plant roots in it, and he also carried a thin piece of wood on his shoulder.

Arthur put these things on the ground, pointed at them and said to the two people: "Professor Schiller, please process this stone. Make this half into a pot or a bowl. Make this half sharper. It will be used to cut fibers and wood later."...

When Arthur saw that Schiller could dig such a large piece of rock wall, he knew that he had the ability to process stones, so he specially brought back a large stone. This stone was relatively flat, very wide from top to bottom and left to right, but not very deep, so it was suitable for making a shallow pot, and the edge could be used as an axe.

"Let's separate these leaves and tear them into strips. We will get some water from the stream later, boil the water with fire, and cook these fibers."

"The cooked fibers will be more resilient and stronger, not as brittle as the original leaves." Arthur was very knowledgeable in this regard. He said: "Do you see this net? Although I use it to hold things, it is actually a small fishing net, which is a hand-cast net made of boiled fibers by fishermen. It can be used to cast nets to catch fish."

Arthur sat down and began to sort the leaves. He said, "I saw when I came here that there are many fish nearby. It is faster to cast a net to catch fish than a fishing rod."

"The storm has blown down many big trees. We can go find some wood and make a small wooden boat. We can cast the net a little further away from the coast. In that case, the fish caught in one net will be enough for us to eat for a long time."

Schiller looked at his face. Arthur felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by him. After a while, Schiller lowered his head to deal with the stone and said, "I take back what I said before. You don't have to go to the metropolis to try it."

Schiller sighed and thought to himself that perhaps he was indeed arrogant enough to think that the city was all of human beings, but in fact, there are still many places on this earth that have not been set foot by humans, and there are many such wildernesses and islands.

In the city, he can drink coffee leisurely and stand in front of the French window to watch the rain. Even the cold rain in Gotham at night will only become his sleep music.

However, when they came to a deserted island with few people, the conditions for survival were no longer the complex knowledge in civilized society, but the simple fisherman's experience in Arthur's mind.

Among the three people, Arthur, who was the most immature, had not read many books, and had not experienced the life in a big city, could take advantage of the survival.

Soon, the sun shone out from the thick clouds, and the plants covered with water droplets became upright again.

Schiller thought that in a cartoon that mainly portrayed cities and people in cities, few people would notice that these cities and people also lived on this blue planet, and here, there was an extremely vast world.

In just a few dozen minutes, the forest regained its vitality again. Compared with such a scene, the various stories that happened in the dark city were like a small episode in a grand performance.

Perhaps a bat that has been living in a cave has been running around for more than ten years, but has not had the patience to devote itself to the wilderness.

Therefore, he could only listen to the interlude, trying to find artistry in the simple tune, until he felt that he was alone and unpopular.

Thinking of this, Schiller suddenly smiled and said to Arthur: "You guys do it first, I'm going to breathe some fresh air." After that, he left the cave.

20 minutes later, Schiller sat in the cockpit of the Batfighter above the isolated island and said: "Which button is to shut down the engine?"

Hal next to him swallowed his saliva and said: "Are you sure you want to do this? This thing is broken, I can't afford it."

"It doesn't matter, someone can afford it."

Said, Schiller opened a transparent plastic cover and hit the red button inside hard.

A few dozen seconds later, there was a violent vibration in the cave. Arthur and Oliver turned back suddenly. The fire of the explosion illuminated their faces and made them open their mouths in shock.

At the same time, a voice full of doubt came from Wayne Manor:

"Why did the plane crash? ...