Chapter 1 The Prepared Survivor
The body was constantly thrown up and then pulled back to the seat by the seat belt. Looking out from the window, you could only see the lightning bolts of lightning. All you could hear was the sound and thunder of the heavy rain slapping the fuselage of the plane. The plane I was riding was a ragged thing with at least twenty years of history. These made Gao Yang regret his decision to come to Africa for the first time.
The broken plane caught up with the deadly weather, Gao Yang felt that his life at the age of 23 might be explained here.
Surprisingly, Gao Yang was not very panicked, but just wanted to figure out where he was now, or where he was. Now he felt that even if he died, he had to know where he died.
Gao Yang turned his head and wanted to ask the tour guide sitting next to him if he knew where they were now, but Gao Yang immediately gave up the idea. The tour guide next to him was streaking a cross on his chest and praying at the top of his lungs, so Gao Yang thought it would be better not to disturb others.
The cabin, which could only sit twenty people, was already in chaos at this time, and everyone was in a state of madness. The two hunting company staff who were still comforting everyone at the beginning were crying louder than anyone else at this time.
At this time, Gao Yang was the calmest in the entire cabin, but Gao Yang's calmness did not last long. Fear, despair, regret, and all kinds of emotions came together. Especially after thinking of his parents, Gao Yang finally began to cry out involuntarily.
What Gao Yang fears most now is not the impending death, but how can his parents bear the pain of losing him after he dies.
As death approaches, time seems to pass very slowly, and it is enough to make people recall his life. At this moment, Gao Yang personally verified this statement. The scenes he experienced over the past 23 years flashed through his mind like a movie.
When Gao Yang recalled his life in regret, the altitude of the plane became lower and lower. Finally, after a huge shock, the plane fell head-on.
When the lights in the cabin suddenly disappeared, Gao Yang tried hard to curl himself into a ball and hold his hands behind his head.
After a terrifying loud bang, Gao Yang suddenly hit the front seat. The impact made him dizzy, and his shoulders and lower abdomen were pulled by the seat belt, almost causing Gao Yang's back to breathe.
Gao Yang closed his eyes, but after the severe pain, the coolness that immediately submerged him made Gao Yang realize that he was in the water now.
Out of instinct, Gao Yang immediately held his breath. After a while, Gao Yang realized that he was not dead yet. The plane fell into the water. What he should do now is to leave the plane immediately and go to the water.
Gao Yuan opened his eyes. Although it was still very dark, with the help of lightning, Gao Yang could vaguely see the situation under the water.
The plane had been broken into two sections, and the crack was on Gao Yang's head.
Gao Yang's first reaction was to untie the seat belt, but Gao Yang could not touch the buckle of the seat belt. Time passed by minute by minute. Just as Gao Yang was about to be unable to hold his breath, he suddenly remembered that there was a hunting knife hanging on the waist of the tour guide next to him.
Gao Yang stretched out his left hand, first touched the tour guide's arm, then fumbled down a few times, and finally touched the handle of the knife.
He pulled out the knife and cut off the seat belt that bound him. Gao Yang resisted the urge to float up immediately, and reached out to grop the tour guide, trying to cut off the seat belt on him. However, after Gao Yang touched the tour guide's head, which was only half left, Gao Yang immediately gave up the plan to save people, reached out to pull out the life jacket from under the seat, stretched out his foot, and floated onto the water.
After floating on the water and taking a long breath, Gao Yang immediately put on his life jacket. He pulled the rope on the life jacket and felt that after the life jacket was quickly inflated, Gao Yang let out a sigh of relief.
No one expected that the plane flying over land would eventually fall into the water, so that no one on the plane puts a life jacket on himself.
Gao Yang was very glad that he did not forget to pull the life jacket on at the last moment. Fortunately, the life jacket was still intact, but Gao Yang was a little confused about what to do next.
There was still a storm on the water surface at this moment. Although it was daytime, it was as dark as night. In addition, the splashes caused by the heavy rain on the water surface could not be seen where it was the shore. So Gao Yang wanted to choose a land and went ashore but didn't know where to swim.
Gao Yang was a little panicked and began to swim hard in one direction, but he soon discovered that every time he kicked, his right knee would hurt, and even if he had a life jacket to provide buoyancy, he would not have the strength to swim.
In desperation, Gao Yang stopped trying to swim to the shore and planned to float on the water first to rest. It was not until this time that Gao Yang discovered that he was being pushed by the turbulent water flow.
The water is flowing, which means it is in a river rather than a lake, which makes Gao Yang much more relaxed. He feels that as long as he takes a break, then floats down the water while swimming slanted to the shore. With a little effort, he should be able to get ashore.
The new discovery made Gao Yang breathe a little relieved, and then he found that he was still holding a knife tightly in his hand. Gao Yang knew the importance of a knife in the wild, so he naturally refused to throw it away. However, if he held the knife in one hand, it affected him swimming to the shore. After hesitating for a moment, Gao Yang risked being cut by the sharp blade and inserted the knife into his belt, and then tightened the belt tightly.
Next, all Gao Yang could do was take a break and try to dock, but Gao Yang didn't rest for long and heard an ominous rumble.
Gao Xiang tried hard to straighten his neck and glance, and then he found in horror that a large area of water mist appeared not far ahead.
There is water mist, which means that either a waterfall or a dangerous shoal is ahead, and these places are fatal to Gaoyang now.
After cursing hatefully, Gao Yang tried his best to paddle the water, trying to get ashore before the danger came, but his current strength was really unable to fight against the increasingly turbulent river.
Finally, Gao Yang was washed down under a waterfall. Fortunately, the waterfall was not very high. Gao Yang was just photographed choking in the water and choked a few mouthfuls of water. However, when Gao Yang was dizzy and floated out of the water again, he found that he could see both sides of the river.
Unfortunately, seeing the river bank now is not good news for Gao Yang, because it means that the river channel suddenly narrows and the water flow becomes more turbulent. The narrowing river channel is full of reefs, and the turbulent river water slapped the reefs, making the entire river channel full of fatal obstacles.
At this time, Gao Yang completely ignored the pain in his right knee, used his hands and feet together, desperately trying to avoid the reef. After a few hard times, his good luck finally ended. Gao Yang hit a large reef heavily, and then his eyes turned black and he completely fainted.
I don’t know how long I was in a coma, but after finally opening my eyes, the severe pain and the feeling of powerlessness brought by the extreme weakness made Gao Yang feel that life was worse than death.
When Gao Yang's consciousness became a little clearer, he found that he was less than four or five meters away from the river bank, and the river bank was very smooth and could easily get ashore. But the most important thing was that Gao Yang's feet had touched the soft mud at the bottom of the river.
The survival of Gao Yang made Gao Yang use his hands and feet to climb to the shore with his strength. After his upper body lies on the shore, he rested for at least half an hour before finally getting completely ashore.
When Gao Yang was completely ashore, he was already tired like a pile of mud. The key is that he is not only tired, but also very hungry, very hungry.
Gao Yang knew that although he survived the air crash, the danger was far from gone. This is Africa. If he was eaten by some wild beasts in the wilderness of Africa, he would never be in the news, because this kind of thing is so common.
Gao Yang observed the environment and found that he was on a typical savannah. The endless grassland was dotted with tall trees. The sun was already close to the horizon, but Gao Yang could not tell the direction at this time, so he could not tell whether it was morning or afternoon from the position of the sun.
After a brief look, Gao Yang tried to move his body, and then he found that his physical condition was not as bad as he imagined. Although his right knee still hurts very much, his bones are fine, and it should be just a contusion. In addition, although his body is suffering from a vague pain, there are no flaws.
As long as he was not seriously injured, it would be much easier. After Gao Yang breathed a sigh of relief, he began to check his things. As a military fan and a senior hiker, the habit of never leaving him at any time was helped by him.
The so-called psk is the abbreviation of personalsurvivalkits in English. It can be translated as personal survival equipment. As a military fan and a loyal fan of Beiye's wilderness survival program, Gao Yang has his psk bag hanging on his waist all year round. Although he is often ridiculed as a lunatic, his persistence is rewarded at this time.
Gao Yang's only regret is that for portability, his psk bag is a bit too small, but before Gao Yang came to Africa, he chose targeted things, so all the things in his pocket are what he urgently needs now.
Two large pieces of chocolate, a flaming stick, a compass, a magnifying glass, a ten-meter paracord, five hooks and a ten-meter fishing line, a survival whistle, four condoms, and a medical bag, that's everything in Gaoyang PK.
Originally, there were more things in Gao Yang's psk bag, but because he had to take the plane, Gao Yang could only take out all the things like knife and lighter that would not be brought on the plane. Fortunately, Gao Yang got a knife on the tour guide and obtained the most important tool outdoors.
As a must-have emergency food for outdoors with high calories and high energy, two large pieces of chocolate are what Gao Yang needs most now.
When he swallowed the chocolate in small mouthfuls, Gao Yang was so moved that he just wanted to cry.
Gao Yang was reluctant to finish all the chocolate. He only ate one piece of chocolate. If it weren't for being too hungry, Gao Yang would only eat a few small pieces of chocolate. Before getting other food, these two large pieces of chocolate were life-saving things.
After eating, while waiting for his physical strength to recover, in order to distract himself and calm down his overly nervous and excited mood, Gao Yang took out the knife he got from the tour guide and looked at it.
The workmanship of the knife is very exquisite. You can tell at a glance that it is a handmade product. The length of the knife is about 32 cm and the thickness is about 5 mm. The tip of the water droplet head, the body of the blade is large flat-grained, the brass handguard, the handle of the knife should be made of desert ironwood tumors, and the color and wood grain are very beautiful. The essence of the whole knife is a curve on the blade, which is a perfect burning line, which adds a lot of color to the whole knife. It is also because of this burning line that Gao Yang knew that this knife was a handmade carbon steel knife, because most stainless steel cannot cover the soil to burn the wonderful burning line, and the mass production on the assembly line is even more impossible to make burning line.
Gao Yang tried it. The blade of the knife was very sharp and could be easily shaved. It was obvious that the owner of the knife was very caring about the knife, which made Gao Yang sigh. The former owner of the knife was a white South African man, a tour guide or hunting guide for the hunting group that Gao Yang participated in this time. On the plane, Gao Yang even chatted with him about the knife, but he didn't expect that the knife eventually fell into his hands.
Gao Yang felt a little sad because he was the only one who survived on the plane, but he was also grateful for his good luck. When everyone grabbed seats because of the uncomfortable tail of the plane, Gao Yang chose the relatively safest position at the tail of the plane. In addition to good luck, this is the only reason why he survived the plane crash.
Gao Yang shook his head and stopped thinking about the useless things. He took out his compass and looked at the direction. Only then did he realize that the direction of the sun was West. In other words, it was already afternoon, and it was almost this time when he got on the plane, so he had been in a coma for a whole day and night.
Gao Yang didn't know how far he could drift in the river in a day and a night, but he knew that the farther he was from the place where the plane crashed, the smaller the chance of his rescue. Another key problem was that it was almost dark.
Thanks to the animal world, thanks to man and nature, because these programs let Gao Yang know how terrifying the night on the African grasslands are. Gao Yang never dares to delay it anymore. He struggled to get up and wanted to find a shelter for himself, at least, a fire had to be set up before dark.
There were many water flowing to the dead branches on the shore by the river, which was easy to collect. Gao Yang first found a wooden stick long and strong enough to serve as a crutch, and then began to collect as much dry firewood as possible, preparing for his first night in the wilderness in Africa.
While working, Gao Yang did not forget to pay attention to the movements around him. He had too many things to be wary of. It is rainy season now, and the grass on the grassland is tall and lush. If you don’t want to be suddenly thrown to the ground by some beast, you have to be alert at all times.
Gao Yang decided to camp a little further away from the river bank to avoid beasts that might drink water by the river, and also prevent the river from soaring. During the rainy season, even if it does not rain in the local area, as long as there is a heavy rain in the upstream of the river, it is normal for the water level downstream to soaring by several meters.
Gao Yang planned to find a place nearby to rest for one night, and then start looking for food nearby after dawn the next day. Although he was unable to move, he had a fishing line and a hook, so he still had a great chance of catching fish.
As long as there is food, Gao Yang can hold on here for a few days. He can also send a distress signal when he is recovered from his knee injury. Maybe he can get help. Even if no one has passed by these days, he can wait for the convenience of his movement and make a raft and flow down the river. Gao Yang firmly believes that there will definitely be people living by the river, but it is just a matter of distance from him.
Chapter completed!