Chapter 1359: Legends

"Thousands of years have passed, and the world has long since changed, so things that were once truly real have now instead become legends, become myths."

Liu Ruxi nodded slightly; from Chen Yu's words, she heard some different meanings.

While Liu Ruxi and Chen Yu were eating bread and drinking water on this side, Zhang Yang, who had been full of confidence about taking the girls on a wilderness survival trip, was suffering unspeakably on the other side.

Indeed, he had found a few mineral water bottles on the beach, and he had also found some hollow plants to make a diversion tube.

But an accident occurred during the distillation; no matter how he tried, the water just wouldn't come out.

It couldn't be said that it didn't come out at all, but after waiting for a long time, there was only a small half-mouthful of water; this water wasn't even enough to moisten the throat, so how could it solve the urgent need at hand?

Seeing that it was about to get dark, he said helplessly, "I'll go catch some fish; the fish meat also contains moisture, which can solve our pressing need. I'll think of a way tomorrow morning."

"You really are something..." Sun Jing said with great dissatisfaction, "If I had known, I would have stayed at home. I must have been crazy to come with you on this wilderness survival trip."

"It really is crazy," the other two girls also said with some dissatisfaction.

Zhang Yang didn't dare to answer; after all, this matter was caused by him, but he really was an experienced person, so why was it different here from the things he had encountered before?

In the past, whenever he encountered a problem, he could always solve it; what was wrong this time?

Zhang Yang probably never dreamed that his so-called wilderness survival in the past was just a show, and this time, taking a few girls with him, he was truly engaging in real-life wilderness survival.

If he had known earlier that the club he participated in before was just to swindle his money, he would have cursed them out long ago.

But the most important thing now was water and filling their stomachs, so he wove a simple fish basket and started to go catch fish.

This catching lasted until dark, yet there were only two half-foot-long small fish in the basket, and these small fish were of an unknown species.

"Eat them raw?" Watching Zhang Yang cut the fish into strips of meat, the girls really didn't know how to describe their feelings.

This thing, are you sure it's edible? Are you crazy?

"We can't roast it, otherwise we won't get the moisture; we have to eat it raw. I've done this before when I was by the river. If you chew the meat in your mouth for a while, there's moisture, and it's not fishy," Zhang Yang said.

This time, what he said was actually true; river fish aren't fishy, and the meat quality of sea fish is even better than river fish, so they had to listen to him this time.

"Zhang Yang, are you sure this thing is edible?" The girls looked at the bloody fish meat and felt a bit disgusted.

"It's edible, it really is. You guys hurry and eat, otherwise the moisture will evaporate and it won't work," Zhang Yang said as he took out a piece of fish meat and said, "Look, eat it just like me."

He put the meat into his mouth and started chewing, but... the moment it entered his mouth, a fishy, foul stench rushed in, making him almost faint.

He spat the fish out in one go and ran to the side to dry heave, but he hadn't eaten anything for a long time, and there wasn't even any moisture in his stomach.

After retching for a long time, he didn't spit out a single thing, but he knelt weakly on the ground, unable to cry or laugh.

"Forget it, this thing probably really can't be eaten. Guoguo, Jingjing, we can only rely on ourselves," Zhang Li said with some helplessness, "Let's go find some food ourselves; counting on him is no good."

"Alright, let's go together." The other two girls nodded quickly; counting on Zhang Yang was really not as good as counting on themselves; Zhang Yang was truly useless.

The girls took a flashlight and went off to find things, waving the flashlight. At night, the wind here had a slight chill, and within this chill, there was a hint of bone-piercing cold.

"Ah, why do I feel so cold?" Guoguo shrank her head; with the current weather, it shouldn't be this cold at night, but they just felt a chill on their bodies.

Moreover, once night fell in this place, mosquitoes and insects flew everywhere, and the girls, dressed in thin clothing, were soon bitten all over by the insects.

Fortunately, they found a few coconut trees in a jungle, which were simply life-saving things.

Zhang Li knew how to climb trees; she climbed up and picked coconuts, throwing them down.

The girls smashed the coconuts open and drank the juice inside impatiently. Soon, several coconuts were empty, and only then did they collapse on the ground, having used up almost all their strength.

"In my life, I have never felt that coconut was so delicious," Sun Jing said weakly, "Crazy, it's really damn crazy. From today on, whoever mentions the four words 'wilderness survival' to me, I'll fight them."

"Yeah, how could Zhang Yang have the nerve to say he knows outdoor survival? His survival ability, not to mention outdoors, is worrying even in the city, right?" Zhang Li also said speechlessly.

"The clubs he joined were just to fleece money. I heard that the survival projects in those kinds of clubs are all scripted, with coaches mixed in to give you the thrill of successful survival," Guoguo said, "I should have refused Zhang Yang when he brought us out. What a piece of work."

"Sigh, it's too late to say anything now. We can only survive this week and see. I really don't know how to get through it; this is only the first day," Zhang Li sighed helplessly.

"Don't be discouraged, let's go back now. Zhang Yang is still waiting in the same spot; without us, he'll starve to death," Sun Jing said.

"Okay, take a few coconuts back; these things will be our life-saving items for the next few days," Zhang Li nodded.

The girls took a few more coconuts back. When they reached the campsite from before, Zhang Yang was huddled behind a rock; he was so hungry his chest was touching his back, and he was almost on the verge of collapse.

"Where did you get the coconuts?" Seeing the things they brought back, Zhang Yang sat up with a start and said with great joy, "Great, as long as we have these, our water and food problems are solved. Give me one quickly."

Zhang Yang grabbed a coconut, smashed it hard on the ground, and greedily drank the juice inside, one, two...

The girls stared at each other from the side, completely unable to understand his actions. Is this bastard only thinking about himself? Shouldn't he have asked if they had eaten yet?

Finally, after more than half of the five or six coconuts were smashed open, Zhang Yang lay down with satisfaction. He said weakly, "Alright, I've eaten enough, how about you guys?"

"You only just thought of us now?" Zhang Li said indignantly, "Zhang Yang, is there anyone like you? You said you would take us to survive, but now it's the other way around; it's us taking you to survive, do you know that?"