Survival male god

Chapter 168 The Expected Heavy Rain
It took Chen Jing two hours to cut down a nearly 30-meter-long eucalyptus tree.

The tree itself is not thick, its diameter is only the thickness of a thigh, but its height is astonishing.

"This eucalyptus is called almond eucalyptus. In our country, it is forbidden to plant in protected forest areas."

"Because it has a nickname called "water pump", it has a particularly strong water absorption capacity. If it is planted on a large scale, it can even turn swamps into fertile fields."

"The tallest almond eucalyptus is 156 meters high, the highest in the world, and its average height is over 100 meters."

"This eucalyptus tree is not very old, it is estimated to be only three or four years old, but it has grown to a height of 30 meters, and it is outstanding in this jungle."

"I chose it for two reasons."

"The eucalyptus is moderately hard and light in wood, which is very suitable for making rafts. Secondly, its twigs and leaves can be used to extract eucalyptus oil."

After finishing speaking, Chen Jing stopped talking and dragged the eucalyptus all the way back to the station.

He didn't leave the place where he perched last night, and he planned to complete the raft here in one step, and then leave.

According to his vision, the raft should be three meters long and at least one meter wide.

There will be seven three-meter-long pieces of wood used here.

Cutting circularly with a small knife requires hitting the back of the knife with a wooden stick every time. This work is extremely difficult, and the efficiency is even lower than that of a stone axe.

After circularly cutting a gap about two inches deep, lift it hard to cut off a section of wood.

This work took Chen Jing another two hours.

After that, holes are punched at the beginning, end and middle of each piece of wood, so that a wooden stick can pass through the middle, and the wood is firmly fixed together.

This is done to increase the overall strength of the raft, so that it will not fall apart when it is hit by something.

It is not easy to make a hole anywhere, let alone a tree trunk.

During the process, Chen Jing had to stop to look for something to eat.

It is said to be eaten, but it is actually some wild galangal that grows in the swamp forest.

Although it is more tender and delicious than ordinary mountain ginger, it is still quite difficult to use it as a staple food.

It can only be said that it is much better to be able to supplement some water and vitamins than to eat bugs.

If it was too old, Chen Jing took it off, cleaned it and put it in a backpack.

NO.15 spends one day making rafts.

It wasn't until nightfall that Chen Jing was able to complete the main body of the raft.

Use three wooden sticks to pass through the holes in the front, middle and back, and tie them tightly together with tree vines.

Chen Jing tried it, not to mention being knocked apart by water or some animals, even if he kicked hard, all the wood was still tightly connected and did not move.

This made him very satisfied.

The only dissatisfaction is that the progress is too slow, so it seems that tomorrow will have a chance to get a roof that can keep out the rain on the raft.

Later, Chen Jing was sitting by the campfire, holding something like "gegen" in his hand.

"I don't know what it is, but it's obviously not kudzu. Although kudzu likes a cool and humid environment, they can thrive in well-drained sand."

"There are almost no kudzu roots in the flooded land. This thing is a kind of herbaceous rhizome, which is extremely fat. After cutting it with a knife, a thin layer of starch is left on it."

"I think this thing should be edible, and some roots have traces of being eaten by insects or reptiles."

"Anyway, I'm tired and hungry now, give it a try."

After speaking, he threw the tuber into the fire, his face full of anticipation.

["Shen Nong has tasted all kinds of herbs?"

"Eating everything will only hurt you!"

"What if it is poisonous?"

"The things that small animals can eat, generally speaking, people can also eat. The luck will not be so bad. Otherwise, why do you use mice for experiments so often?"

"Try and die!"

"I don't think it should be a big problem."

"It looks like a yam, mom, I want to eat roasted yam."

"Eat, eat big mouthfuls!"

"But it's yellow..."]

After about 10 minutes, it was estimated that it was cooked, and Chen Jing used a wooden stick to pinch it out of the fire.

After smelling it, it smelled like charcoal, nothing special, it was steaming under the firelight.

Chen Jing carefully peeled off its outer skin, exposing the yellow stem flesh.

"It looks like there are a lot of fibers, and it's powdery and glutinous. I just don't know how it tastes?"

"I'll try it and tell everyone!"

After blowing it, Chen Jing was unambiguous, and directly bit down.

Just such a sip, his face suddenly changed drastically, and he spit it out directly.

"Pooh!"

"This stuff is totally inedible. It's very bitter. It's as bitter as traditional Chinese medicine. It's too unpalatable. It's like bitter gall. It's nauseating."

"A failed attempt!"

Chen Jing shook his head in frustration, then threw it into the fire.

After a moment he took a blazing stick from the fire and rose to his feet.

"No, I can't go to bed hungry. I've consumed too much today. If I don't eat, I won't be able to sleep."

"I know there are a few plantain trees not far away. The core of this swamp plant can actually be eaten, but it doesn't taste as good as palm core, and it has a bit of astringent taste, but at least it is food that can be swallowed."

The audience laughed.

【"Hahaha, I asked you to chop it up in the morning, you don't believe it."

"You look really miserable right now."

"The sparrow food, the banana tree still couldn't escape Jingshen's murderous hand after all."

"No way, as long as it fights a little bit and grows mature plantains in this month, the life of the tree will be saved. How can it have the current results?"

"Isn't it because too much time wasted building rafts, and I didn't even have time to find food."

"Is this decision really the right one?"

"That guy named Joseph and Hank, they just made a "raft" out of driftwood, and it's now twenty kilometers past you."

"I am also paying attention to the situation over there. They really caught a small python, which is more than three meters long."

"They killed the boa constrictor and ate the meat until they died. Sometimes luck comes and they can't stop it."

"These two people don't have to think about food for the next week."

"In comparison, is Jingshen a little too conservative this time?"

"Or as those two guys said, the ghost swamp is not that dangerous at all!"]

Facing the audience's doubts, Chen Jing didn't respond too much, but just replied "wait and see".

On the 15th, Chen Jing continued to make rafts.

And just after he successfully installed the raft, at [-] o'clock that afternoon, bean-sized raindrops fell from the sky and wet the entire jungle.

In the Manchak Swamp, it was raining, and it was still a heavy rain.

Chen Jing's prediction was completely fulfilled. Fortunately, he made the raft he wanted before the rain fell.

At this moment, the situation of the other two people is not so good.

(End of this chapter)