One Hundred Days on an Uninhabited Island

"you sure?"

"Did you read it wrong?"

"No mistake, I can be sure that it is definitely a river! At worst, it is a flowing stream."

Yao Yanan was sure that she was not mistaken. The flashes she saw on the tree were definitely the reflection of the sun on the water surface, or the flowing water, fresh water flowing from the center of the island to the edge of the island.

"If you don't believe me, after lunch, when the sun is still reflecting on the water, you can check with me again."

Wang Zhenzhen and Ye Yajie met eyes, looked at each other for a while, and nodded in agreement with Yao Yanan's proposal.

Regardless of whether Yao Yanan read it wrong or not, this news was worth checking for themselves. If it was really a river, they would no longer have to worry about the water problem, and they could do more things.

"Why don't we wait for Siqi and the others to come back first?" Han Tang interrupted.

Ye Yajie immediately waved her hand, "No, just go and check to make sure, we are enough, and tomorrow will be the soonest when they come back, I can't wait to see the water source that Yanan saw, otherwise I will hold back." It hurts in my heart."

That's right, there is a flowing water source, who can sit still after hearing this news, of course, the sooner it is confirmed, the better.

Han Tang had no reason to refute, and she wanted to go and see, but she could only sit here and wait for the news.

"It would be great if we climbed up earlier, so we don't have to spend so much effort to get water, we just take a raft to go around and it's over. Why didn't anyone think of going up to see it when we went to the island?"

Wang Zhenzhen muttered angrily.

If they could climb up to the high place earlier, they should not have to worry about the water by now, maybe they can take a bath.

How come no one thought of it at the time!

"It's strange to think of it. If there is no Wen Siqi, just us a group of headless flies, let alone climbing high places, we might almost die on that island."

Ye Yajie refuted her.

"I think Siqi should have thought about it, but because there are too many things, let's forget about it."

Yao Yanan sighed secretly, indeed, Wen Siqi had too many things to do, she had to think about it, and then she had to intervene, it was really embarrassing for her to be able to think about all aspects of things while spinning like a spinning top.

The insightful ones are wrong, let alone others.

The amount of thinking in the brain is limited.

Yao Yanan scratched her head, feeling a little heavy.

Wang Zhenzhen didn't say any more, picked up a branch and poked it into the fire, then turned his head to look at the jungle, which was the direction where Wen Siqi and the three left.

……

In the northwest of the island, along the edge of the forest all the way to the west, the ground under your feet gradually becomes soft.Continuing along the road, Wen Siqi and the three met a river?

No, it cannot be called a river. It is the sea water flowing into the island, and the trees on both sides are directly rooted under the sea water. Rather than saying it is a river, it is better to say...

"mangrove forest?"

Wen Siqi once saw a description of mangroves in a book. It is a tidal flat and shoal at the junction of the land and the ocean. It is a wetland woody plant community composed of evergreen trees or shrubs dominated by mangroves. It can purify seawater, It has many important functions such as wind and wave protection, biodiversity maintenance and so on.

But these are not the point, the point is that the mangroves inhabit a variety of waterfowl creatures, almost all of which they can eat!

"Go and see?"

Wen Siqi pointed to the depths of the mangrove forest.

The trees are overgrown, and the dense branches and leaves cover the line of sight. It is impossible to guess how long this section is.

Jiang Xinran and Lin Jianfei met eyes and agreed to Wen Siqi's proposal, and the three of them walked inward along the shallows.

The mangrove trees have well-developed roots and branches, which look like strangled plants, and densely entangle the space not far from the ground. Some roots are long and not thick, making the road more and more difficult to walk. If you are not careful, you will be able to Hearing a 'click', the foot kicked into the sand.

No, there was another click, the sound of water suddenly rose, and the water rippled, half of Jiang Xinran's body fell into the water.

The mud in the water covered the legs, and it was very uncomfortable to feel that the mud had spread over the thighs. Jiang Xinran pulled out her legs, feeling like she was being bitten, and it was a bit difficult to lift her feet.

After pulling it out a few more times, there is a force sucking the leg and sinking.

swamp?

The body is sinking, and the mud is about to overflow the thighs. It doesn't matter whether it is a swamp or not, the most important thing is to get out of the mud.

How can I save myself when I get stuck in the quagmire?

My mind was running fast, and I quickly came up with a way to crawl on the mud, expand the contact area, slow down the sinking speed, and then slowly climb out.

However, there are no mires here, and when the tide is high, the water has already crossed the navel and is overflowing towards the chest, unable to crawl.

Heartstrings were pounding, Jiang Xinran panicked, she grabbed the tree roots beside her with both hands, her body subconsciously struggled more violently.

Help!

Jiang Xinran raised her head in a panic, Lin Jianfei was rushing back, but she was too far away.

I walked too fast before, and I opened the distance all at once, so I couldn't come back in the first time.

The same goes for Wen Siqi, she looked back before, Wen Siqi walked too slowly, she was always very careful to test for a long time before landing, and then was left behind.

Finished?

Desperate thoughts popped up unconsciously, Jiang Xinran was not reconciled, she clenched the tree roots she was holding onto, and with a sudden force of her arm——

click!

Oops!

Jiang Xinran's eyes widened, she looked at the broken tree roots in astonishment, and her body sank a little more.

"Don't move!"

A hand came into view, grabbed her wrist, and pulled her back brutally.

"Don't panic, don't move again."

Gentle, calm, and unhurried speech speed allowed the panic to settle down.

Jiang Xinran turned her head to look, Wen Siqi was standing in the water, with a few tree roots hooked on her backward arm, and the rough bark had a few red marks on her arm.

"temperature……"

"Don't talk, calm down, relax, don't panic, don't move around, it will be fine."

The voice easily wiped away the haze in her heart as usual, Jiang Xinran took a deep breath and gritted her teeth to stop moving.

The silt covering the lower body seemed to have stopped pulling, and the sinking speed slowed down, but the tide was still rising.

Lin Jianfei came over, stepped on some thicker tree roots, grabbed some vines, and stretched out his spear.

Wen Siqi also climbed up the roots of the tree, stepped on a place where several roots were piled up and squatted down, hooked a few branches with her left hand, and stretched out her right hand towards Jiang Xinran.

"Give me the basket first, be careful and don't rush."

Jiang Xinran nodded, slowly untied the pannier and handed it to Wen Siqi.

Wen Siqi took the basket and put it in the water where the roots of the trees intertwined, then turned around and reached out to Jiang Xinran.

"Hurry up."

Without hesitation, Jiang Xinran grabbed Wen Siqi's hand and Lin Jianfei's spear respectively.

Lin Jianfei took a deep breath, "Listen to my slogan, one, two, three, pull!"

"One, two, three, pull!"

wow-

There was another sound of water, and the water droplets fell on the roots of the trees and on the surface of the water, creating circles of gray ripples.

Jiang Xinran sat on a bunch of tangled tree roots, tightly grasping the roots and branches, gasping for breath, feeling filled with emotion.

Almost died again...

There is only one death in a person's life, but there are many brushes with death, most of which are in a flash, like this, slowly experiencing the feeling of death approaching, or experiencing it one after another. Most people will never encounter it in their lifetime. I can't even imagine what that feels like.

Unfortunately, Jiang Xinran was unlucky enough to experience time and time again, air crashes, huge waves, storms, swamps, each time she was deeply facing the fear brought about by death, not the fear.

Really bad luck!

Laughing secretly, Jiang Xinran took a deep breath to calm down her trembling emotions, thanked Wen Siqi and Lin Jianfei, and then looked down at herself again.

He was very embarrassed, his lower body was covered in mud, his pants stuck to his skin uncomfortably, he could clearly smell the nauseous stench, and he could still feel the mud sticking to the palm fibers on the soles of his feet.

Nausea.

I took off the straw sandals, put my feet into the water and floated a few times to remove the mud sticking to my feet, and then put the straw sandals in the water to wash them.

The quality of the straw sandals is good. The laces did not break due to the bite force of the mud, but half of the palm fiber of the bedding fell off, as if part of the hairline was moved inward.

Putting on the straw sandals again, Jiang Xinran waved her hand to drive away the sandflies, and was about to move forward when a muddy hand suddenly stretched out, holding a handful of mud in the palm.

"Put this on yourself."

A pungent stench rushed over, making her feel dizzy after smelling it more, Jiang Xinran leaned back slightly.

"must?"

"There are too many sand flies. If you don't want to get sick, you must."

Wen Siqi glanced at the sky, and spread mud on her face with the other hand like oil.

Looking at the flying sand flies, they were all over the sky, Jiang Xinran hesitated and grabbed the mud.

What kind of germs do sand flies carry? Jiang Xinran is not good at this, nor has she done any research, but she also knows that it will bring death, especially the sand flies in the tropical rainforest where there are no people. They don't show mercy.

Resisting the urge to vomit, Jiang Xinran removed the sleeves of the leaf shop, and smeared the mud on all the places on her body that might be bitten, such as her head, arms, stomach...even on her clothes.

"Are you enough? Not enough. I'll give you another one."

Lin Jianfei took mud from the water and smeared it on his face, so he couldn't see his appearance.

"Enough is enough, let's move on."

"Ah."

Jiang Xinran picked up the basket again and walked to the depths of the mangrove forest.

This time, neither Jiang Xinran nor Lin Jianfei dared to walk fast, they stepped on the roots carefully, and then held their hands firmly before settling down at ease.

The more you walk, the narrower the space you can walk in. The trees that take root are all floating, and their roots and branches are intertwined in midair, densely intertwining the space like a pile of messy twine. They can only cross and drill through the interlaced space Pass through, or climb up the high place of the root branch to cross, or jump directly into the water, twist the feet bitten by the mud, and slowly pass through the intertwined forest of roots and branches.

This section of the road is not long, but it is difficult to walk. It took the three of them more than half an hour to walk out. The vision in front of them was much wider. Creatures that swim underwater.

"fish!"

A fish swam away from the standing root in a flash, and it seemed that it was not small in size, but quite plump.

"There are quite a few. Look there, there are a group of them."

Lin Jian flew to the front right, where a group of fish were playing.

"There's a turtle!"

"where?"

"Then, climbing to the root."

"There are birds, I see birds!"

There were birds jumping at the edge of the forest, and a turtle was climbing up the roots. Looking around, on the other side, Wen Siqi saw a big lizard lying on the branch of a tree and looking towards them. There is a snake staring at it.

In the distance between the trees, a few trees with white flowers can be vaguely seen, dotted like snow, which is quite pleasing to the eye.

Turning his eyes again, several waves appeared on the surface of the water, some coming from the front, some rustling from the side.

Wen Siqi's expression changed.

"Go! There are crocodiles!"