Chapter 804 - 334: Shelter and Reactions from the Outside World (2)

"The plane is just missing, right?"

"That’s how it is..."

"Then that’s it. A missing plane doesn’t mean the person is gone."

"I understand how you feel, but..."

"But my ass... He’s someone who could turn life alone at Qi’erke Lakefront into a wild vacation. He’s not going to die that easily."

There was a time when Huang Xiaoyang liked to compare everything with Li Younan, even back in university.

But at some point, he couldn’t summon such thoughts anymore.

Probably after that guy came back from the "Alone in the Wilderness" show.

Once he was free from work, that guy seemed to unlock his genetic potential.

Anything related to freedom, that guy mastered it particularly quickly.

Quickly and well.

There was a secret he never shared with anyone.

He watched each of Li Younan’s videos multiple times.

Especially the videos of "Alone in the Wilderness" and skiing on Mount Everest.

In a sense, he was also someone trapped, and Li Younan was being free for him.

One day, that guy would traverse all the places on Earth that no one else could, to see those unseen landscapes for others.

Huang Xiaoyang did not doubt this for a second, yet now that old white man actually called to tell him this crap.

A good person like this, his own brother, gone?

Bullshit.

Winslow was silent for a while. To be honest, he didn’t know what to say either; he just hastily said, "I’ll notify you as soon as there’s news."

After hanging up the phone, Dan Dan across the table still had her lips slightly parted, having presumably heard most of the conversation, asked in a slightly trembling voice, "Li Younan, he..."

Huang Xiaoyang shook his head in silence, speaking volumes, and Dan Dan immediately understood everything.

The romantic dinner for two suddenly turned heavy.

"What... do you plan to do?" Dan Dan couldn’t help but ask.

Of course, Huang Xiaoyang knew Dan Dan was asking how he planned to handle this news.

He knew very well that the news couldn’t be kept under wraps.

That guy is a big internet celebrity now; curious reporters will surely dig into it. Soon, information about Li Younan’s missing plane would come to light.

"It’s only missing for now," Huang Xiaoyang said somewhat seriously, as if reassuring himself and emphasizing to Dan Dan, "Missing and a crash... are different concepts."

Dan Dan remained silent, not responding.

Though that’s what he said, it all sounded like burying one’s head in the sand and deceiving oneself.

Huang Xiaoyang lifted his head and earnestly said, "Don’t doubt it, that guy’s probably vacationing on some deserted island now, just waiting to be found by the rescue team, and then waiting for us to sail over to pick him up."

And now, Huang Xiaoyang had to consider how to tell others about it.

He couldn’t not say anything...

...

Being found by the rescue team would probably be very difficult.

Li Younan didn’t have much hope for that.

He still had to find a way to rescue himself.

The only way to rescue himself was to use the electronic components on the plane to make a radio that could transmit signals.

Producing a radio by hand would require these core components.

First is the power source, which goes without saying; without electricity, any electric device is useless.

And right now his power source was only a flashlight battery, which only had 4.2v when fully charged.

Furthermore, the flashlight battery had a tendency to short circuit and catch fire, so without modifying the power source, it couldn’t be directly used to build a radio by hand.

Simply put, at least for now, the power source he had couldn’t be directly used to make a radio by hand.

Besides the power source, the second core component is the oscillation circuit.

People often watching Li Younan build crystal radios could probably understand the principle: Essentially, it’s about generating a stable frequency carrier wave.

To generate a stable carrier wave, the core components needed are a crystal oscillator, a transistor, resistors, capacitors, and coils. Honestly, these components aren’t hard to find in the plane’s electronic equipment.

With a crash and being soaked by seawater, this old-model plane’s electronic equipment was already somewhat outdated and now seriously damaged; it was basically impossible to find and directly use it.

Li Younan had also almost dismantled all the electronic components he could.

Without professional tools, even with his strong electrical and radio skills, using these limited materials to create something wasn’t easy either.

Three difficult points: power source, oscillation circuit, and modulation circuit.

On the other hand, setting up a transmitting antenna and grounding was quite simple.

The most abundant material among these components was copper wire, and the moist soil allowed for better grounding by connecting with wires.

This was a precise job involving electronic equipment; Li Younan needed a stable working environment, so constructing a safe and stable shelter and a workstation was a priority task.

Therefore, Li Younan didn’t rush to start working on those electronic components right away. Instead, he put them all into a waterproof bag found on the plane, moved it to a relatively dry spot in the cave, and then devoted all his time and energy to building the shelter.

The spot he chose to work remained at the highest point of the island, near a cliff face.