With the fish-skin hull, water resistance was reduced, and now even the sailing speed had increased significantly.
Along the way, Avril and Rookie rowed the boat together, eating and drinking, getting closer to their destination.
People say that showing off love tortures single people, but the awkward thing now was that Li Yuan found himself to be that "single dog," watching those two crew members play around every day.
What was even more frustrating was that when the weather got hot, Avril would nonchalantly take off her clothes... Who said she couldn't be too sexy? Do they really think I don't like women?
Oh well, let them be. My goal is to dominate the Azure Epoch, not to worry about these things!
***
The next morning, after the small boat sailed for a while, Avril put down the oar and looked around, "Captain, among those three islands, two are not far apart, and the nearest one should be around here. Strange, why can't we see it? The morning fog is quite thick, and visibility is too low."
Li Yuan was sure there were no islands nearby because his warning system hadn't beeped.
"Let's search around," Li Yuan said.
"Yes, Captain."
The small boat wandered around the surrounding sea area, and soon, a long-lost voice sounded in Li Yuan's mind.
[Ding, a micro coral island was found 497 meters in the southwest direction at 193 degrees.]
Huh? There really is an island! Li Yuan immediately perked up, "Avril, row the boat, I know where it is!"
"Oh, yes, Captain."
During this time, Avril had been getting along well with Rookie, but she wasn't neglecting her duties. Under Avril's guidance, Rookie now knew how to bite the oar with his teeth to help her row, which somewhat increased the boat's speed.
There are mainly four types of islands: continental islands, volcanic islands, alluvial islands, and coral islands. Of course, this was the information Li Yuan knew before; he wasn't sure how many types of islands there were now.
Fortunately, they were heading to a coral island, which he knew was formed by the accumulation of coral polyps and hard-shelled organisms' remains, and wouldn't be very large.
However, regardless of the island's size, it didn't concern Li Yuan. He was here to chop down trees, not to settle down.
Gradually, the island became clear in everyone's sight. It was indeed a small island, possibly only one square kilometer in size.
Worse still, the island only had some tree stumps that had been cut down, and the rest was bare...
"Damn it, who came and chopped all the trees down, not leaving a single one?" Li Yuan cursed.
Avril was also bewildered, looking at the island. If her family came here, they would probably face the same scene.
"It seems someone has discovered it... Judging by the tree-cutting situation, they must have been here a few months ago."
"Then the other island is likely discovered too."
Li Yuan wasn't giving up. He had finally found this island, so how could he easily let it go? Li Yuan said, "Regardless of the other island, let's get closer and see if there's any usable wood."
After docking, Avril and Rookie went ashore to check and soon returned.
From Avril's disappointed expression and the fact that she and Rookie came back empty-handed, Li Yuan already knew the answer—everything had been scavenged.
"Get on the boat, to the next island!"
***
Three hours later, the same situation played out again. The second island was even cleaner than the first.
"Damn it, did they have to chop it so clean? Didn't they even leave the small trees?" Li Yuan fumed, looking at the wood. There should have been at least a few hundred usable pieces of wood here, enough for him to level up several times. Now, nothing was left!
"Captain, for us, wood is an extremely important resource," Avril explained. "In this era, ships mean everything!
Due to the scarcity of wood, even if they encounter trees that haven't matured, they will uproot them and take them back to plant for future use.
Those remaining stumps are unusable, and those pits on the ground are likely left from when they dug up the trees."
Li Yuan sighed deeply. It seemed they were too late, not even a drop of soup left.
"Ah, forget it, it's no use talking about it now. If there's none, there's none. You guys get on the boat first." Li Yuan was quite frustrated, but he took it in stride. If he could accept being reborn as a bamboo raft, what couldn't he accept? "By the way, wasn't there another island? That one isn't near these two islands, so there might still be a chance."
This time, Avril hesitated a bit and said, "Captain, that island is the smallest of the three, and I remember very clearly that the sea area it's in is very dangerous."
"Huh? Didn't you say the uninhabited sea zone was safe?" Li Yuan asked curiously.
"Captain, there's no absolutely safe area at sea. What I said was only relatively safer compared to other areas. The location of that island is surrounded by reefs, and..." Avril looked at the sky, "the climate over there isn't good this time of year."
Li Yuan fell into deep thought.
With his small frame, hitting a reef would surely be fatal... Wait, not necessarily. Reefs are rocks under the sea. Although wood can't compare to stone, whether it would sink a vessel depends on the speed.
He's weak, but... he's weak in a very comprehensive way! His speed is extremely slow! The system doesn't even bother to calculate it!
At this speed, even if he hit a reef, it wouldn't necessarily be fatal.
"Hiss~" Li Yuan suddenly felt enlightened. Being weak had become his advantage...
Moreover, he could see the reefs! This was also a very favorable condition.
Overall, his ramshackle boat wasn't really afraid of reefs.
As for the weather, that's just a matter of luck.
"Wood, wood, without wood, I'll always be just a ramshackle boat... I must get wood!" Li Yuan muttered to himself, "50 pieces of wood, besides finding them on the island, relying on luck, who knows how long it will take.
Moreover, it's because of the danger that others won't go to that island, so the possibility of finding wood there is greater!"
"Captain... you don't mean to..." Avril stared at Li Yuan with wide eyes.
"Not just thinking, we're setting sail now, heading to the reef zone!"
Avril hesitated for a moment, but only for a moment, then said, "Yes, Captain!"
Two days later, this boat, one person, and one dog had already spotted a faint green ahead.
In the midst of the azure, a patch of green appeared, so conspicuous, so enticing! Without needing a reminder from the system, Li Yuan already knew that was where he wanted to go.
"Captain, 300 meters ahead is the reef zone, we..."
At this moment, Avril suddenly stopped, stood up nervously, reached out her hand, and pinched her fingers, feeling the humidity in the air, then looked up at the sky.
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After doing all this, Avril's eyes widened in horror, and she said blankly, "Captain, it's over, a storm is coming!"
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