Chapter 244: Battle Royale • Wilderness Survival (End)
Battle Royale • Wilderness Survival (End)
After sending the whale away, Everly and Misha did not encounter any further unusual situations.
The two of them circled most of the island’s edge and found no other fruit, but they did discover five coconut trees on one stretch of beach.
It happened to be coconut season. The trees were extremely tall, and they couldn’t reach the fruits at the top with sticks. So Everly and Misha had to climb up the trunks like two monkeys, carefully hugging them, and then chop the coconuts down with knives, tossing them onto the sand below.
After stripping several coconut trees bare and returning to the ground to count their haul, the result was quite good—they had collected a total of 29 coconuts.
Fresh coconuts don’t contain much vitamin C, but they are excellent for replenishing energy, restoring electrolytes, and promoting intestinal movement. When drifting at sea, having a few coconuts on hand made for a very good supplement.
Most of the coconuts were intact, except for one that, upon falling, accidentally hit a hard rock and cracked open.
The wooden raft had limited carrying capacity. When leaving the island, they couldn’t load all the coconuts on board; instead, they had to use stockings like nets to hang them off the back of the raft so they could drift along behind it.
The damaged coconut couldn’t be used for that purpose. So Everly and Misha could only, with tears in their eyes, split it between them and eat it.