Desert Island Survival: A Hundredfold Improvement After Having a Baby?

Current time: 11:30

Ambient temperature: 20°C, feels like 19°C.

【气象预警（6小时内）：受魔鬼三角边缘异常热力环流影响，午后13:30起气温将急速攀升至35°C以上。日落后冷锋过境，18:00起气温骤降，预计午夜前后降至-15°C。伴随强对流降水及8-10级阵风。】

Survival Threat Rating: Extremely High.

[Recommendation: Immediately seal the cave entrance (leaving ventilation gaps), stockpile sufficient dry firewood to maintain a fire source inside the cave, and ensure that body temperature does not fall below the core temperature threshold. The survival probability for people exposed to the elements without taking shelter is less than 12%.]

The gold notification remained on my retina for a full minute before slowly fading away.

Lin Fan's expression remained unchanged.

This wasn't the first time he'd seen this kind of information. From the moment he landed on the island yesterday until now, he had memorized every single golden tip.

He stood up, his gaze falling on the shape of the cave entrance.

The cave entrance faces southeast, is about 2.2 meters wide, and a little over 1.8 meters high.

An adult can bend over to get in, but the wind can also blow in.

Last night it was only a few degrees above zero, but we barely made it through by the fire.

It will be -15 degrees Celsius tonight.

Add to that the rain, and the sea breeze.

If the entrance to the cave isn't blocked, the fire inside won't last.

Once the wind blows in, the fire goes out, and the temperature will drop below the lethal threshold within ten minutes.

Song Ya was stopped by Lin Fan at the cave entrance. "Bring back all the dry branches, grass, and bark—anything that's dry. The more, the better." "Don't go towards the beach. Head north, along the ridgeline and look for the bushes. That forest was baked by the sun all day yesterday; the dry branches on the ground should be completely dry."

Song Ya nodded and turned to walk out of the cave.

Lin Fan stood on the gravel slope and glanced at the surrounding terrain.

To the left of the cave entrance, there is a pile of rubble formed by a collapse.

Rocks of varying sizes are scattered across the slope, some half-buried in the soil, others completely exposed.

He needed medium-sized stones. Too small and they wouldn't block the wind, too big and one person couldn't move them.

A weight of around 100 jin is ideal. Ventilation is necessary, but the amount of air entering must be controlled within the range that the fire can withstand.

Lin Fan bent down, hugged the stone, and moved step by step toward the cave entrance.

When it was put down, the stone made a dull thud as it hit the ground.

The first piece.

He turned around and went to move the second piece.

The distance from the cave to the pile of rocks is about thirty meters one way. A round trip, including the time spent carrying the materials, takes about three minutes.

He needs at least fifteen of these stones to block the opening to a safe standard.

……

Beach campsite.

Eleven forty.

The sun had risen high in the east, and the temperature on the beach was noticeably higher than in the morning.

Su Qingxue stood next to the flat rock in the center of the camp that she had used as a "platform," but she did not stand on it again.

"Now we need to find fresh water and food," Wang Qiang said.

"exist!"

"Send a few people to continue searching westward along the coastline. Focus on finding fresh water and food."

"yes!"

Wang Qiang turned to leave, but Su Qingxue called him back.

"And one more thing," Su Qingxue lowered her voice even further, "From now on, if anyone dares to contact Lin Fan without permission, or run towards that cave, tell me directly."

"Alright, Mr. Su, don't worry. If anyone dares to betray us, I'll be the first to deal with them."

Su Qingxue ignored him, turned around, and walked to the other side.

Wang Qiang grinned as he watched Su Qingxue's retreating figure.

He rubbed his crotch; the large urine stain had already dried in the sun.

Embarrassing.

On this island, Wang Qiang had already wet himself in fear twice in front of everyone.

twice.

The first time was yesterday when Lin Fan pinned me to the ground at the entrance of the cave, and the second time was today when I watched Zhou Dahai's finger fall off.

Every time he thinks about it, his face burns.

A sales director, earning an annual salary of 500,000 yuan and managing a department of 80 people, wet his pants in public.

If this gets back to the company, he'll be out of a job for the rest of his life.

But now is not the time to think about that.

Although Wang Qiang wasn't very bright, he understood one thing clearly: Su Qingxue's biggest enemy right now wasn't Lin Fan.

As daytime temperatures rise, the body becomes extremely dehydrated, and it is imperative to find water quickly.

Wang Qiang turned around and walked back into the crowd, clearing his throat.

"Listen! President Su said..." He didn't finish his sentence.

He saw Chen Jian.

To be precise, he saw Chen Jianzheng quietly walking away from the edge of the crowd.

The direction is neither the coastline nor the mangroves.

It's halfway up the mountain, in the direction of the cave.

"Chen Jian!"

Wang Qiang's voice echoed over.

Chen Jian paused for a moment.

He glanced back at Wang Qiang, his expression calm.

Or rather, it's a kind of numbness that comes from being beaten into submission.

On Chen Jian's left cheek, there was still a bruise left by Wang Qiang's slap yesterday.

"Where are you going?" Wang Qiang strode over and blocked Chen Jian's path.

Chen Jian was half a head shorter than Wang Qiang and much thinner.

"I'll go up the mountain and take a look," Chen Jian said softly, "to find a place that can shelter me from the wind and rain."

"Looking for shelter from the wind and rain?" Wang Qiang narrowed his eyes. "What kind of shelter are you looking for? Are you planning to run off to Lin Fan's cave?"

Chen Jian did not immediately deny it, but he also did not admit it.

He only said one sentence.

"Brother Wang, don't you think the temperature is off today?"

Wang Qiang was stunned for a moment.

"What's wrong?"

"Look at the position of the sun, it's only about 11:30 now," Chen Jian said, glancing up at the sky.

The sun was hanging overhead in the east, its rays shining brightly.

There's nothing wrong with that; the sun is naturally very strong in tropical regions.

But Chen Jian wasn't referring to the sun.

"Look at the ground."

Wang Qiang looked down at the sand beneath his feet.

Nothing special, just sand. White is white, gray is gray, and it gets scalded...

wrong.

Wang Qiang suddenly felt a burning sensation on the soles of his feet. He instinctively lifted his foot slightly, then stepped back down.

hot.

It wasn't the "warm" feeling of being in the sun all morning. It was real, scorching heat. You could feel the heat even through the soles of your shoes.

But it's only 11:30 now. At this time yesterday, although the sand was also in the sun, it was far from being hot enough to burn your feet.

Chen Jian observed the changes in Wang Qiang's expression and continued speaking.

"Yesterday at this time, the temperature was around 17 or 18 degrees Celsius. Today it's already 20, and it's still going up. Don't you think it's gone by a lot faster?"

"Touch the rock." Chen Jian walked to a black rock that was directly exposed to the sunlight and placed his palm on it.

"It's too hot to handle."

Wang Qiang walked over with some doubt and reached out to touch it.

"Damn!" He pulled his hand back, his palm burning red.

Was the surface of the reef this hot yesterday?

Wang Qiang frowned. He wanted to say no, but he felt that saying it would be like giving Chen Jianzhuang a boost.

"What does that prove? It's just a hotspot; isn't that how it is in the tropics?"

"It's different." Chen Jian shook his head.

"Look at the clouds today."

Chen Jian pointed to the western horizon.

Wang Qiang looked in the direction he was pointing.

On the western horizon, close to the sea level, there is a very thin layer of gray clouds.

It's almost impossible to notice unless you look closely, because it's so brightly lit by the morning sun.

But the cloud was moving.

It's slow, but it's definitely moving eastward.

"This is a precursor to a cold wind." Chen Jian's voice deepened. "I took a semester of meteorology in college. This type of cloud is called stratocumulus, and it usually appears at the leading edge of a cold air mass, which means..."

Speak like a human.

"A cold front is coming," Chen Jian explained clearly. "The temperature is rising now because there's a brief warming period before the cold front arrives. The faster it rises, the stronger the cold front will be."

"At this rate of temperature increase..." Chen Jian paused, then did a rough mental calculation, "The temperature may reach over 35 degrees Celsius around 1 or 2 pm."

"Thirty-five degrees? Isn't that quite warm?" Wang Qiang didn't notice the problem.

Chen Jian glanced at him, and there was something in his eyes that he dared not say to his face.

Similar to, "idiot".

"Thirty-five degrees is the high for today. After that, the temperature will drop precipitously. After the cold front passes, the temperature tonight will not be higher than last night. It will only be lower."

"And looking at the thickness and speed of those clouds, I suspect it's not just a drop in temperature. It's very likely to rain tonight."

"Is it raining?"

Wang Qiang took those two words to heart.

Last night was just dry and cold. They huddled together, shivering, and barely made it to dawn.

If it rains tonight...

Rain and low temperature.

When the core body temperature drops below 35 degrees Celsius, it is considered hypothermia.

If the temperature drops further to 32 degrees Celsius, heart problems will begin to occur.

If exposed to rain and cold wind for an extended period, even healthy adults cannot withstand it in less than two hours.

Moreover, these people have been without food and water for more than a day.

"So we have to find a place that can shelter us from the wind and rain," Chen Jian said. "Today is the last window of opportunity. If we don't act now, it will be too late when the temperature starts to drop in the afternoon."

"There are caves, rock crevices, and natural shelters on the mountain. Even if you can't find a cave as good as Lin Fan's, at least you need a roof to block the rain from pouring down on you."

After Chen Jian finished speaking, he waited for Wang Qiang's response.