Twenty-eight years is indeed a very long time.
When the challenge first began, with a packed schedule, endless tasks, and expectations for the future coupled with fears of death, Chen Zhou didn't feel that time was so abundant.
On the contrary, due to the storm dates marked in the original work, he woke up every day in worry, concerned about not being able to move supplies off the ship, worried the storm would destroy his shelter.
Clumsily making tools, digging cave dwellings, bravely using explosives, hoping the crops would grow smoothly...
Looking back, Chen Zhou felt like he started life anew at the age of 25.
In a different world, living a life completely distinct from before.
...
As time passed, he became increasingly older. Perhaps the humidity of the island was too heavy, his knee joints occasionally throbbed faintly.
A fear of life and death like never before emerged in Chen Zhou's heart.
