Surviving in anime world, playing with a girl and getting watched by the live chat.

However, when he threw stones into the pond, no water spiders or other strange things popped up as he had imagined. Instead, he didn't notice when leeches crawled onto his leg. He wouldn't have noticed it if the comments on the screen hadn't alerted him.

Shinonome, Gabriel, and Kagamihara Nadeshiko returned to the sea cave together.

On the way back, he told them about his experience, explaining everything in great detail.

This wasn't meant to elicit sympathy, but rather to prepare them mentally for the inevitable—if things go as expected—that Gabriel and Nadeshiko would be going into the jungle with him tomorrow.

A hollowed-out coconut can be used to hold water, and it can be carried by tying it with a rope.

Once they solve the fire problem, they can fetch water from the pond and have hot water to drink every day. If they're lucky, they might even find plants in the jungle that can be used to make tea.

Back in the sea cave, Dongyun put down the coconut and lay down wearily on the ground.

He was fine when he was relaxed, but after his whole body relaxed, he felt extremely tired.

"I'm exhausted."

Dongyun lay on the ground, not wanting to move a single part of her body.

Even the friends who enjoy possessing his brains couldn't move after seeing Gabriel's beautiful legs and Kagamihara Nadeshiko's jade feet.

It was hot, and all three of them were dressed very lightly.

Gabriel had nothing to wear; after giving her coat to Shinonome, she was left with only a white short-sleeved shirt and pure white panties. Shinonome and Kagamihara Nadeshiko were both hot. The former took off her skirt, which had several holes torn in the jungle, and tied her coat back around her waist. The latter took off her gloves, pantyhose, and shoes, and put on a ripped skirt with a faint odor.

The gloves are hot to wear, so I don't need to wear them when I'm not working. The tights are also a bit thick; they're okay to wear in the early morning and evening, but very hot at other times. The shoes are the same, and since I don't wear socks, it's very uncomfortable to wear them barefoot when my feet are sweaty.

At Gabriel's suggestion, Kagamihara Nadeshiko decided to make coconut shoes. Although boots are useful, sandals are still needed when the weather gets hot.

Dongyun didn't rest for long. After drinking his fill of coconut water and eating some conch, clams, and seaweed, he prepared to start a fire.

You definitely can't light a fire inside the cave; the space isn't big enough.

If the cave was only meant to accommodate the three of them, it wouldn't be considered crowded. However, after adding many coconuts and a lot of firewood, the cave became quite cramped.

Dongyun was thinking of living in the spacious area above the sea cave, which was the place where he had found Nadeshiko last night.

It's close to the caves and the top of the sea cliffs, and the land is relatively flat, making it a good place to use as a future kitchen and canteen.

As for the problem of going to the toilet at night, use an empty coconut.

Dongyun thought of spittoons and chamber pots.

Use coconuts to solve the problem, then throw them into the sea.

Below the cliffs outside the sea caves is a rocky beach, and a little further out is the sea. With just a little effort, you can throw a coconut into the sea.

Excellent, perfect, I'm a genius!

Shinonome marveled at how brilliant his idea was and shared it with Gabriel and Kagamihara Nadeshiko.

"..."

Gabriel didn't want to say anything after hearing Shinonome's idea.

"This, that, isn't it..."

Kagamihara Nadeshiko blushed, hesitating to speak.

Does this mean that going to the toilet at night is equivalent to going in front of Xiaoyun and Xiaojia?

Whether they were asleep or not, it's shameful to go to the toilet in front of them, especially if they weren't asleep and you not only urinated but also had diarrhea. Doesn't that mean her life is over?

It smelled strong and made a loud noise.

"Woo!"

Kagamihara Nadeshiko couldn't even imagine it.

"It's okay, I won't laugh at you. You don't need to worry about the audience either. The animation has a censorship mode. When we go to the toilet, the audience won't see anything. The camera will be switched off and the sound will be muted."

As soon as Dongyun said this, the barrage of comments that had been celebrating his brilliant idea were all enraged, and they all accused him of being ungrateful and forgetting his friends for the sake of women.

Your brothers taught you survival skills, and this is how you repay them!

The barrage of comments criticizing Shinonome started flooding the screen, but this time Shinonome was being blocked; smart cloud blocking was activated.

Ah, that feels good.

Chapter 27 Fire

Starting a fire is a difficult task.

There are always comments asking why we don't start a fire? It's like they think a keyboard can start a fire.

However, the existence of bullet comments undoubtedly made starting a fire much easier for him.

Based on suggestions from the comments and his own considerations, Shinonome decided to use a bow drill to start a fire.

He had never even considered using a fire plow or a hand drill to start a fire. He doubted that he could even manage to start a fire with blisters on his hands.

However, to make fire with a bow drill, they not only need to make a bow drill, but also a drill plate, a drill rod, a hand rest, and tinder.

To make a bow drill, you need bent wood and rope.

Both of these were available in the cave, so Gabriel quickly finished making the bow drill.

The production of drill plates, drill rods, and palm supports takes much longer.

Since the wood is round, it needs to be cut vertically into a "square" shape. This way, it won't roll when stepped on, reducing friction when drilling. It's impossible to make a perfect square; we can only try to get it as close as possible.

Because there was no knife, Shinonome was using a dull clam to chop wood.

It's called chopping, but it's actually more like smashing.

Use stones to smash the clams, making them gradually cut into the wood.

After cutting the wood in half, take one of the halves as a drill bit and carve a small round indentation on it to fit the drill rod. Then, cut a "V" shaped notch next to the small round indentation, that is, on the edge of the wood, and finally put tinder or dry leaves under the notch.

The manufacturing of drill rods and palm supports is also quite complicated.

The drill rod is just a straight piece of wood, but both ends need to be sharpened. They don't need to be too sharp; blunt tips are fine.

The palm rest, also known as the drill bit cap or pressure bar, is a component that allows the hand to apply pressure to the drill bit, increasing the friction between the drill bit and the base. A groove should be carved out in the middle of the palm rest to fit the top of the drill bit; ideally, the groove should be polished smooth to reduce friction.

This is done to reduce the friction of the palm rest, allowing the drill rod to rotate more quickly and generate sparks more easily.

After Gabriel finished making the bow drill, she helped Kagamihara Nadeshiko make the palm rest.

Without a knife, these tools are very tiring to make.

Although there are many stones on the rocky beach that can be used to make stone knives, the simple stone knives are not much different from clam shells in use, and are very dull.

More refined stone knives require time to make. Polishing is secondary; the main challenge is finding suitable stone. Otherwise, if the stone isn't hard enough, all the hard work will be wasted.

Not just any stone can be used to make a stone knife.

But once they've made the tools needed to start a fire with a bow drill, he and either Gabriel or Nadeshiko will go to start a fire, while the other person, who is free, can go to the rocky beach to collect stones and try to make a stone knife.

"That's about enough, let's stop here, Nadeshiko."

After finishing the drill bit, Shinonome glanced at Kagamihara Nadeshiko, who was still whittling a wooden stick, and felt that the drill bit was almost ready.

There's no point in cutting any further; judging from Nadeshiko's expression, she can't cut much anyway.

"Great!"

Kagamihara Nadeshiko's small hands ached from whittling the wood, but upon hearing Shinonome's words, she immediately put down the stick and raised her hands high.

One reason was to celebrate the end of the workday, and the other was to exercise my sore arms.

Although she didn't hear her own name called, Gabriel lowered her hand and said, "Me too..."

She had barely uttered a few words when Dongyun interrupted her with a smile.

"Xiao Jia, you can't rest yet. Keep polishing the palm rest. I'm going to collect materials to make tinder. Check if the drill rod fits the palm rest and drill plate. If everything is fine, wait for me to come back and we'll go up there and start a fire."

The thought that once they started a fire, they could have cooked food greatly lifted Dongyun's spirits.

"Oh."

Gabriel reluctantly agreed.

If she had known this would happen, she wouldn't have helped Nadeshiko make this.

The tinder was made from dried leaves and grass. Although some viewers commented that coconut fiber could also be used as tinder, the beach was far away, so he only used dried leaves and grass.

Not long after, Dongyun returned to the cave.

After confirming that the tools were working properly and that the drill rod, palm rest, and drill plate were compatible, he and Nadeshiko went to the spacious open space on the sea cliff to start a fire.

Gabriel was tired and needed to rest for a while.

After resting for a while, she went to the rocky beach to collect stones and find suitable stones to make stone knives.

Everything is proceeding as planned.

The afternoon sun was unbearably hot, and even the cool sea breeze could not soothe the feverish bodies and minds of Shinonome and Kagamihara Nadeshiko.

The two of them arrived at the open space and soon became drenched in sweat.

"So hot."