At night, on the sea without light pollution, the stars in the sky are particularly clear and bright.

We pushed the door of the front deck outwards, and everyone could lean out half of their body to watch the starry sky and feel the cool sea breeze.

During the day, we gazed at the changing light and shadow on the water, and at night we looked up at the starry sky to calm our hearts.

Compared with being on the medical ship, the moment of peace and freedom we enjoyed at this moment seemed particularly precious.

However, our physical strength could not support it for too long, and we soon returned to the awning to rest again.

I closed my eyes, listened to the whistling of the sea breeze and the sound of waves hitting the hull, and gradually fell into a deep sleep.

I still slept at the entrance and exit of the front deck, and the only bottle of water was placed on my waist, sandwiched between my waist and the small steps on the front deck.

If the thirsty Catherine and Zhu Ya wanted to come in the dark to take the bottle of water, they would definitely be discovered by me.

Due to physical and mental exhaustion, we all fell asleep quickly. Although I woke up several times due to hunger during the night, I still managed to fall asleep with my body curled up despite hunger.

We woke up at sunrise the next day. The fog on the sea evaporated quickly as the sun rose.

"Damn it!"

Looking at the disappearing fog, my heart was filled with torment.

These fogs are actually precious fresh water!

No, I must find a way to collect these fogs tonight.

Using a net with very small mesh is the most ideal way to collect them, but I can't find a net on this speedboat with scarce supplies.

Maybe I can use a raincoat, but the guiding role of the raincoat is equally important. The amount of water collected by a raincoat for a whole night will not be too much, and it may also cause loss of direction or even serious deviation.

I looked at the fog and felt extremely anxious.

However, when my eyes fell on the arched awning, a sudden light flashed.

This awning is made of plastic, with many neat hemispherical protrusions on it, like a massage board.

It was fixed to the hull with screws. After a night of fog and water baptism, it was wet, but the water droplets could not gather, just like the water sprayed on the ground, which looked wet but could not quench thirst.

However, I was extremely excited.

These hemispherical protrusions may be decorations by designers, or have other impractical uses.

But at this moment, they gave me a second life!

They are like the backs of the "fog beetles" in the Namib Desert on the west coast of Africa. The backs of those beetles are covered with protrusions. At night, they will stick up their buttocks to make the carapace on their backs form a slope. When the humid air from the east blows in at night, the fog will be "captured" by these protrusions and flow into the beetle's mouth along the carapace.

I just need to remove the screws on one side of the top of the awning and let it tilt down, and those protrusions can collect a lot of fog for us!

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The question now is, what tools can be used to collect this fog?

It is definitely not possible to let them slide directly into the cabin. First, the plastic chairs in the cabin will block it. Second, the collected water will quickly evaporate on the deck of the cabin. Third, the water quality may be polluted!

But this problem is not difficult for me.

That rescue box is a good water collection container.

I just need to pour out the contents tonight and use it to collect fog water.

Of course, the top cover of the awning needs to be unscrewed at three corners, and the rescue box is placed under the lowest horizontal corner.

In just one night, it should be possible to collect enough drinking water for three people for one day.

In addition, in order to improve the collection efficiency, I will apply the wax of the two candles in the rescue box on this top cover to enhance its hydrophobicity.

After I shared this wonderful idea with Catherine and Zhu Ya, their originally distracted eyes suddenly brightened up.

The most abundant thing on the sea is fog, especially in the tropics at this season.

Winds from both the northern and southern hemispheres will rush to the tropics, and with direct sunlight, a large amount of seawater can be evaporated. When the temperature drops at night, the moist air cannot rise, and fog is naturally formed.

In this ocean with huge evaporation, if there is no fog one day, it means that it may rain soon!

Therefore, before the rain, we will be able to get a very stable source of fresh water.

Although it will not be too much, it will not be too little. About one to two liters of water can be collected in one night.

Catherine and Zhu Ya were very excited after hearing my reliable method.

Zhu Ya, this girl, hugged me directly and kissed me on the face.

Her soft body rubbed against my strong chest, and the two fairly full breasts made me a little restless, but now my energy is limited, so naturally I can't do anything to her.

Catherine also looked at the sky with tears in her eyes, clasped her hands in front of her chest, as if thanking God.

I am an atheist, but when people are in desperate situations, yearning for miracles may be the last self-deception, but it is also a source of motivation.

At least when they die, they will be full of joy and gratitude, thinking that they can finally return to the arms of God, instead of dying in extreme pain and unwillingness like atheists.

In this world, who can say for sure whether there is a so-called God?

After all, the existence of human beings and the existence of the world itself is a huge mystery. Those unknown areas are far less than one ten-thousandth of what humans have touched.

Whether it is the Western God or the Eastern Shiva, as long as we can survive, I will not mind silently praying a few times.

"Let's get through today first."

I was in a good mood, but I still couldn't take it lightly, so I reminded the two women and went to see how the grapes soaked last night absorbed water.

Zhu Ya was very active. She got into the awning and took out the bottle of grape water placed on the edge of the seat.

I asked her to pour it directly on the life jacket, which was better than pouring it directly on the deck.

Zhu Ya sat on the reclined chair with her legs apart, and the life jacket was spread out in front of her.

She pinched the bottle cap open, turned it over and poured out the sea water first, then poured the raisins that were soaked in water onto the life jacket little by little.

Catherine and I also sat next to it, and couldn't wait to pick up a grape and put it in our mouths to chew.

The slight saltiness on the surface of the raisin was completely unable to resist the fresh water mixed with sugar in the raisin.

One bite, just like biting into a sugar-water ball, the sweetness of the raisin instantly moistened my taste buds, made me secrete saliva, and played an excellent thirst-quenching effect.

It is not as sweet as saccharin that makes people thirsty, and the sweetness is just right.

I took out the gauze from the first aid kit and asked Catherine and Zhu Ya to take the raisin to the gauze to absorb the sea water on the surface, and try not to ingest sea water.

After absorbing the surface of the raisins, the three of us were as happy as children, sitting cross-legged under the awning and dividing the raisins according to proportion.

Of course, my portion was the largest, and Catherine and Zhu Ya had no objection to this. They knew that if it weren't for me, they would not be able to eat these raisins full of fresh water.

These raisins were our breakfast.

Zhu Ya ate one and immediately burst into tears. She said that she had never thought that raisins could be so delicious and so tasty.

Catherine was the same, with a happy smile on her face.

Happiness suddenly became so simple that each of us felt incredible.

After eating, I stuffed the remaining raisins from yesterday into the bottle and soaked them in sea water again.

Wait until the evening to pour it out and eat it.

As for the remaining bottle of water, it is enough for the three of us to drink 100 ml today.

Although we have found a way to collect fresh water, no one dares to drink all the water in the bottle before collecting it.

We still strictly controlled our fresh water intake.

After breakfast, we lay half asleep in the cabin awning again, trying to reduce consumption as much as possible.