So, should I be on a deserted tropical island in the Pacific now?
The first thing that can be confirmed is that this place is in the Southern Hemisphere, because when sitting on the plane, there was no attention paid to the specific flight path, so the exact coordinates are unclear.
Of course, determining this is not particularly complicated; upon reaching the opposite island, there is always a way to calculate your latitude and longitude using some tools.
As he swam, he couldn’t help but think about the last Alone in the Wilderness program.
Unlike participating in the program, this time he is truly lost on a deserted island.
The most troublesome thing at present is not the upcoming life on the island; the opposite island is not very large, but not small either, with dense tropical vegetation distributed on it, so plants and animals won’t be lacking, and food can be ensured.
The real troublesome issue is that he has lost contact, and one can imagine the reaction of his shipmates once the news reaches Singapore.
Li Younan is most worried about Liu Li and his mom.
Liu Li had not long ago just emerged from a psychological dilemma, only to encounter such a blow; Li Younan can hardly imagine such a scenario.
The same goes for his mom, after all, he is his mom’s only close relative.
Therefore, Li Younan can only hope that Winslow, after receiving the news, doesn’t immediately contact his crew.
And hopefully, the crew won’t inform Liu Li immediately upon receiving the news, and even more so, won’t tell this news to his mom.
In short, the longer it can be delayed, the better; as long as there is enough time, perhaps he will have the opportunity to contact the outside world.
Unlike the Wilderness Survival movie starring Tom Hanks, Li Younan’s confidence at the moment not only comes from his own ability but also lies in his certainty that the plane crashed in the nearby waters.
Although finding this plane in the sea is not an easy thing, as long as there is enough time, Li Younan is confident in finding it.
After all, there will always be things on that plane that can be dismantled and utilized, perhaps enough to make a radio device capable of sending telegraphs.
Though difficult, at least it’s something to think about.
After swimming for a while, Li Younan sighed slightly; all that is for later. The urgent task is to replenish water once he lands on the island.
After being soaked in seawater for a long time, Li Younan already feels a bit dehydrated; he licked his somewhat dry lips.
Fortunately, after swimming for unknown lengths of time, the distance to the island has gotten closer.
Finally, Li Younan saw floating long sticks on the sea surface and felt a slight sense of joy. Upon looking up, he could already see the hodgepodge of red mangroves growing on the island’s beach, and these long sticks were indeed the fruit of the red mangrove.
Li Younan went ashore and lay down to rest for a while, slightly restoring his strength.
Once he slightly regained some energy, Li Younan began to seriously examine the environment he was in.
Starting with the vegetation.
The outermost area of this small island is naturally the coastline from the intertidal zone to the edge of the beach, and this area is already covered with vegetation.
One kind is the red mangrove he saw just now from the sea; it is a plant with well-developed branches and roots, commonly found on the southern coast of China, also known as the red tree.
The bark of this tree contains tannins, which can be used for tanning leather, and its fruit is technically edible, though the taste is very bad and needs to be cooked.
Additionally, there are some taband trees and sea hibiscus distributed.
Then Li Younan looked back again; naturally, on this beach, one cannot miss the iconic tropical vegetation–coconut trees.
When seeing the coconut trees, Li Younan’s mood finally improved somewhat. Compared to the resource-poor place near Lake Zirco in Canada, the tropics truly are rich in resources; with coconut trees, at least the water source is guaranteed.
Li Younan looked and saw at least dozens of coconut trees distributed inside the beach, bearing mature green coconuts.
The urgent task now is to replenish water.
After briefly resting, Li Younan quickly got up to pick a seemingly decent coconut tree, judged the coconuts on it to be ripe, and started to climb up.
For Li Younan, climbing such a coconut tree is naturally not a difficult thing.
After getting down four or five coconuts from the tree, Li Younan very smoothly returned to the ground.
As is well-known, coconuts are very hard things and very difficult to open without tools.
Li Younan couldn’t help but recall the past when watching Tom Hanks play the protagonist in the deserted island survival movie, who was tormented to the brink of tears several times by coconuts.
With coconuts right in front but with no tools to open them, that pain truly is a bit tormenting. However, to say he couldn’t even deal with a coconut would be wrong.
Holding a few coconuts, Li Younan looked around, then directly walked towards the nearby reef area.
The tidal sea had already receded, revealing the chaotic large reefs inside; these rocks are hardened and distributed extremely randomly.
Li Younan placed each coconut with its pointed end facing up, fixed it in the gaps between the rocks, then picked up a slightly larger stone and naturally let it fall on the coconuts.
In just two or three tries, visible cracks appeared on the coconut shells.
This takes advantage of the vertical growth direction of the coconut fibers.

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