Starting from Robinson Crusoe-Chapter 125 - 49: The Best Seal in the World

Whew~

Exhaling deeply, Chen Zhou picked up the broad-brimmed hat that had fallen onto the damp sand and placed it back on his head, stepping back a few paces to calm his drum-like heartbeat.

Moments later, he approached the large seal again, hefting the axe to deliver another heavy blow to its split skull.

Sometimes, the vitality of animals surpasses human imagination.

Worried that the seal might catch its breath and secretly escape while dismembering the small seal, Chen Zhou's axe directly split open the seal's thick skull, hacking into its brain.

Pulling out the Hand Axe, Chen Zhou saw the red and white substances adhering to the axe blade and confirmed that the seal could never revive; then he returned to the small seal's side.

First, he tentatively grabbed the small seal's tail, trying to drag it away from the shore and onto the beach.

However, the seal's weight far exceeded Robinson; even though his strength had considerably increased, he couldn't move the huge creature.

With no other option, Chen Zhou picked up the Iron Blade, measuring angles, preparing to dissect the small seal on the spot.

Typically, dismembering animals starts from the abdomen.

It's the same when slaughtering pigs and sheep.

Starting from the back is likely to be blocked by the spine, and the offal containing impurities is in the lower belly, dissecting from top to bottom offers poor visibility, and accidentally breaking the intestines would release waste and contaminate the insides.

Chen Zhou wished he could turn the seal over and make an incision directly on the belly.

But the creature was too heavy, its round body too slippery to get a grip on, and he couldn't push it over.

If only he could find a pry bar to wedge under the seal, flipping it over.

But the pry bar had been taken to the mountain to dig a hole; now the tide was rising, and by the time he returned from the caves, the seal's corpse might already have been swallowed by the sea, vanishing without a trace.

The seawater splashed against the bloodied head of the small seal, soaking Chen Zhou's leather boots.

He quickly made a decision, tightly griping the Iron Blade, braced himself, and stabbed it into the center back of the small seal's neck, then cut a deep, crooked line all the way to the tail.

For Chen Zhou, who lacked sufficient experience in dissection, it was a novel attempt and a daunting task.

If time allowed, he would peel the seal's skin bit by bit, tan it, lay it on the cave's floor, or hang it on the wall as a trophy for display.

But now he was pressured by the tide.

Chen Zhou had to disassemble the seal's thick skin and flesh piece by piece, rushing between the shore and the beach, piling the cut meat up on the shore.

The advantage of not worrying about maintaining the fur's integrity was accelerating progress.

The massive seal quickly became a heap of "parts," stacked on the beach, with the remnants of blood being washed away by the drizzle.

The spine and ribs connected on either side of the spine barred the Iron Blade, creating the first obstruction in Chen Zhou's disassembly process.

Adhering to his usual violent style, he directly swung the Hand Axe, chopping the ribs from the spine, then pried off the rib cage, tossing it aside.

With the ribs on both sides removed, the isolated spine could no longer support the seal's body, and it toppled sideways.

He removed the heart, liver, and lungs, cutting off the seal's head and both pairs of flippers.

The entire seal carcass had undergone "slimming down," with remarkable results.

Grabbing the spine near the tailbone, with his fingers lodged in its protrusions, Chen Zhou tried pulling it backwards.

Finally, it could be dragged.

Dragging the seal's "lower half" to the shore, and patiently dealing with the troublesome intestines without letting undigested food residues contaminate the clean insides, Chen Zhou proceeded to the final finishing work.

While slicing the seal's abdomen and removing the ureters and bladder, he followed the vine-like trail in the flesh near the anus and found the hidden testicles and reproductive organs.

Unexpectedly, this small-seal was male, Chen Zhou removed the bladder, carefully severed the ureters and tightly tied them, then threw them into the sea.

Then, he separately detached the seal's genitals and placed them on the beach.

This creature's genitals had bones inside, measuring thirty centimeters long, making Chen Zhou feel ashamed.

After dissecting the small seal's lower abdomen, he carried the whole spine and piled it together with the large chunks of skin and flesh, completing the processing of the small seal.

Working frantically and busily, he unknowingly broke into a sweat, his active body feeling particularly hot; even dampened clothes from the rain didn't feel cold.

Time ticked by, the rain gradually decreased, and the sound of waterdrops hitting the broad-brimmed hat was no longer audible.

Wiping the Long Saber and axe blade with the seal's rump meat, Chen Zhou sat down next to the meat pile, taking off his broad-brimmed hat to gaze into the distant sky.

The gray clouds had been pierced by the scorching sun, revealing the blue sky above the gaps.

Brilliant sunlight poured down from above, illuminating the somber sea surface, with the cresting waves reflecting the sunlight, presenting a crystal-blue quality.

Ultimately, it didn't reach the rainy season; the southwestern monsoon couldn't display its might. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

Though this rain came aggressively and with grand momentum, the result was still all bark and no bite, not lasting long.

Estimating that the rain would completely stop soon, looking at the large seal's corpse nearby, Chen Zhou decided to process it more delicately, at least peel off a complete piece of seal skin.

The tanning technique passed down by forum pals was still recorded in his notebook and hadn't been attempted yet.

With the rare chance to get seal skin like this, even with busy work, he would make time to practice it.

Hard work with knives and axes.

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