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My only job now was to survive. I had found

an entire island which most likely seemed

uncharted because there was no sign of

human related items in the island. For now,
I searched for food on the island. My first food was

the fresh coconuts growing from the trees on the beach.

A few coconuts had given me enough energy to go exploring

on the island. Earlier, there were no signs for any human items

but now I found an abandoned thousand year old village which had
a treasure chest. The chest contained axes, swords and armor. I believe

somewhere back in history, vikings left their weapons in this chest. The

weapons were definitely going to be useful for me.

For a month, I hunted for animals with my sword, made a little base to make

home and kept my items and food. My base was next to a waterfall which
was my source of water. I had decided to start farming. Every night, I heard

wolves howling in the jungle which honestly terrified me. I have not even

finished exploring the island. Today, I decided to explore a bit more deep

inside the island.

I went deep into the forest, exploring new locations. It was starting to get
dark so I decided this much exploration was enough for today. While

returning, I noticed something strange about a tree. The tree looked more

artificial than natural. Behind the tree, was a lever. I pulled the lever which

opened a door that went underground. Underground there was a pitch black

tunnel which led to the direction of my base. I followed the darkness and
could not stop. I stopped walking as there was a wall in front of me. There

was a lever next to the wall. I pulled that lever too and it opened the wall and

showed a waterfall. This was the same waterfall next to my base. I walked out

and went inside my base. For a while I thought of resting but then I heard the

howling of wolves right outside my base and couldn’t fall asleep.

I opened a little bit of my door to see where exactly the wolf was. The next

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