Raft for All: I'm guaranteed to get a golden affix when I upgrade!

The island is not large, about 50 or 60 meters long and wide, roughly the size of two or three basketball courts.

The shoreline was full of rocks, and further in was a gentle slope covered with knee-high weeds and a few clumps of low shrubs.

Xiao Zheng stopped rowing, stood up, and scanned the entire coastline of the island.

There was no trace of any other rafts docking.

The moss on the rocks was intact, showing no signs of being trampled or scratched.

Currently, this is an undeveloped island.

But he didn't rush up.

The raft slowly drifted to a position about twenty meters from the shore. Xiao Zheng squatted down, picked up the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow from beside his feet, and found the quiver full of crossbow bolts.

Left hand: crossbow; right hand: spear.

He swung the plastic hook out.

The hook, with its perfect lock-on effect, flew out, pierced through twenty meters of sea surface, and precisely hooked onto a protruding reef on the shore.

The rope is taut.

Xiao Zheng gave it a strong tug, and the raft was pulled slowly toward the shore, finally landing steadily on the rocks.

He squatted on the edge of the raft, holding a crossbow in his left hand and a long spear with an iron tip in his right, staring at the rocks and weeds on the shore for a full half minute.

The result of divination is one thing, what you see with your own eyes is another.

There was nothing unusual in the crevices of the rocks, and the moss was intact. Looking up, the weeds on the gentle slope showed signs of being blown down by the wind, but there were no footprints or broken pieces from being trampled.

Xiao Zheng stepped onto the reef.

The hard, solid feel underfoot was completely different from that of a wooden board.

The surface of the reef was rough and the moss was slippery, but his agile 17-point sense of balance kept him very steady.

As you climb step by step, the tip of your spear always points forward.

Twenty steps later, he stood on the gentle slope.

My field of vision suddenly opened up.

The island is small, and from this vantage point, you can see the coastline on the other side. The open space in the middle is flatter than it appears from a distance, and there are a dozen or so trees of varying heights scattered around it.

Xiao Zheng's attention was completely drawn to the trees.

Coconut tree.

A large coconut grove, with straight trunks and clusters of green coconuts hanging from the top. They are quite large, each weighing two or three pounds.

Looking further to the right, the shorter trees are laden with bananas, a mix of yellow and green, some of which are already ripe.

At the edge of the open space stood a breadfruit tree, its branches laden with fist-sized fruits.

If these things were brought back to the raft—no, the coconuts alone would be enough to last him for half a month. In this world where everyone is short of water, coconut water is no less valuable than purified water.

But there's a problem.

The shortest coconut tree is seven or eight meters tall. Banana trees are a bit better, around four or five meters. Breadfruit trees are somewhere in between.

There were no ladders, no climbing tools. Ordinary people could only stand below and stare helplessly.

Xiao Zheng glanced back at the plastic hook hanging from his waist.

An ordinary person is just an ordinary person.

He is not.

Xiao Zheng planted the spear in the ground, placed the crossbow next to the spear shaft, and freed his hands to take the unassuming plastic hook from his waist.

Mind lock.

He looked up at the top of the nearest coconut tree, his gaze landing on the largest coconut.

With a flick of his wrist, the plastic hook was flung out.

The moment the hook left my hand, its trajectory suddenly changed, heading straight for the top of the tree with unbelievable precision. The rope automatically stretched, and the hook tip precisely caught the stem of the coconut.

One pull.

Snapped.

The coconut detached from the branch and flew down directly due to the elasticity of the rope.

Xiao Zheng reached out and caught it.

It's quite heavy, weighing over two and a half pounds. Shaking it makes a sloshing sound of liquid inside.

It's very juicy.

He didn't stop, and cast two more hooks in succession.

Two coconuts fell in quick succession, and he caught them both. The three coconuts were neatly arranged at his feet.

Next up are bananas.

The plastic hook flew out and pulled a whole bunch of ripe, yellow bananas off the tree. A dozen or so bananas were tied together, weighing at least eight or nine pounds.

Then comes breadfruit.

The hook caught on a branch and twisted, and three fist-sized fruits fell to the ground with a clatter.

In less than two minutes, a small pile of tropical fruit had accumulated at Xiao Zheng's feet.

He crouched down, picked up a coconut, weighed it in his hand, and then grabbed the iron-tipped spear stuck in the ground.

The spearhead is aimed at the top of the coconut.

One poke.

The spearhead pierced the coconut shell, creating a round hole. Clear coconut juice gushed out from the hole.

Xiao Zheng held the coconut to his mouth and tilted his head back to take a big gulp.

It's cold.

Sweet.

The natural fragrance flowed down my throat, making my stomach feel comfortable too.

He took two more gulps, and the juice of half a coconut was gone.

After a day at sea, all I drank was distilled water from the water purifier or bottled water provided by the system, both of which were bland and tasteless. This sip of coconut juice instantly swept away the blandness in my mouth.

Xiao Zheng wiped his mouth and looked down at the remaining two coconuts.

There were more than a dozen on one tree, and he couldn't finish them all by himself.

He opened the private chat panel and sent a transaction request to Lin Xiaoya.

Item for trade: 1 fresh coconut.

Transaction price: 0.

Note: Smash the top with something hard and drink it directly; it's incredibly sweet.

After finishing, he picked up the spear, poked open the second coconut, and continued drinking.

the other side.

Lin Xiaoya was gripping the paddle and rowing hard to the north, the ten-square-meter raft bobbing and swaying forward on the sea.

The chat panel is lit up.

She glanced at it, and almost dropped the oar from her hand.

Transaction request.

I clicked on it and saw—a coconut? A fresh coconut?

She tossed the oars onto the raft and held the panel in both hands, repeatedly reading the words in the remarks column three times.

"Smash the top with something hard and drink it directly; it's incredibly sweet."

Lin Xiaoya clicked "accept".

A green coconut appeared out of nowhere on the raft, slammed heavily onto the planks, and rolled half a circle.

She picked it up, found a piece of metal she had fished out of the sea, and used the sharp end to chisel the top of the coconut three times.

The shell broke, and coconut juice seeped out from the crack.

She quickly went over to drink.

sweet.

cold.

It was so sweet it went straight from my mouth to my throat.

Lin Xiaoya gulped down several mouthfuls of coconut juice, only stopping when it spilled from the corners of her mouth.

She sat on the raft, holding a coconut, took a couple of breaths, and opened the chat panel.

"Senior!!! This is so delicious!!!"

"You picked them from the island???"

"Oh my god, this is so sweet! It's better than any coconut juice I've ever had before!"

Xiao Zheng replied.

"There are many coconut trees on the island, as well as bananas and breadfruit."

Lin Xiaoya typed a long string of exclamation marks into the panel, then hesitated for a moment, deleted it, and retyped.

"Senior, you're so kind to me."

Xiao Zheng was munching on the coconut meat in his second coconut when he saw the message and chewed twice.

I replied.

"We can't finish it anyway, it's a waste to leave it."

Lin Xiaoya stared at those words and pursed her lips.

I knew he would say that.

But the corners of her mouth still turned up.

She tapped her finger on the panel and sent a new message.

"Senior, I just fished a blueprint out of the wooden barrel."

"Basic-grade wooden cup blueprint. It's just a wooden cup, with no special functions, and the only material needed to make it is a piece of wood."

"I initially thought this thing was useless, but now you have coconuts..."

"If I put coconut juice in a cup, can I just take it to the trading hall to sell?"