When Wei Xiaoshan saw Lu Yuan enter, her face was filled with shock.

"You...your injury?"

Lu Yuan smiled slightly, then twirled the plate around and said, "Alright, it's all done!"

"How...how could it be so fast?"

"Alright, stop thinking about it. I'm recovered now, aren't you happy? Hurry up and eat! This is some seafood I just caught from the sea. I bet you've been hungry for a long time! Eat up!"

As Lu Yuan spoke, he placed the tray on the table, lifted the lid, and the room was immediately filled with the aroma of seafood.

Wei Xiaoshan couldn't help but swallow hard: "It seems you've really recovered! I'll go wash my face and hands first!"

"Okay! Go ahead, I saved it for you!"

After finishing their meal, Lu Yuan steered the boat forward. Without fuel, they could only move forward by sails, making their progress extremely slow.

At this moment, Zhou Tong, who was in charge of managing the sails, discovered a ship that was originally on the mast.

"I've made a new discovery! There's a boat up ahead! Just over 500 meters from here!"

Zhou Tong shouted loudly at the people on the boat, and immediately everyone gathered around.

"Lu Yuan, hurry up, move the boat closer to that ship and see if we can lend him some fuel!"

Lu Yuan's lips curled up slightly: "Okay!"

Then, Lu Yuan adjusted the direction of the boat and rowed continuously toward the larger ship.

As if on cue, a gust of wind swept across the sea, instantly increasing the ship's speed. Everyone cheered and waved from the deck at the large ship.

When they were still more than a hundred meters away, two dog paws suddenly climbed onto the side of the large ship, followed by a burst of anxious barking.

"Huh? There's a dog?" Xiao Shan was startled when she heard the sound of a dog barking.

Then, looking at Lu Yuan with a face full of surprise, he exclaimed, "Dahuang isn't dead! Dahuang might be on that ship!"

Lu Yuan feigned surprise: "What? You're saying Da Huang isn't dead? No way?"

"Really! Listen!"

Da Huang barked twice more, and everyone thought it was Da Huang, except for Lu Yuan, who still shook his head in uncertainty.

"That's impossible! I saw Big Yellow fall into the sea with my own eyes!"

"We'll see when we get there! Lu Yuan, move the boat closer, I'll go check it out!"

Zhou Tong slid down the mast, patted Lu Yuan on the shoulder, and said.

"Be careful, Brother Zhou!"

"Hehe! Don't worry! I've eaten so much seafood, I need to digest it!"

Seeing that the distance was about right, Zhou Tong picked up a rope with an iron hook attached to his waist and threw it directly towards the side of the cargo ship.

With a loud "bang," the iron hook firmly caught on the ship's side, and then Zhou Tong swung across like Tarzan, pulling on the rope.

Everyone looked at Zhou Tong with concern, but Lu Yuan's eyes were filled with a smile. This little secret was finally safe, and the return to the base would be faster, and no one would suspect him.

Zhou Tong quickly climbed up the boat by pulling on the rope, and the moment he jumped off, a big yellow dog pounced on him and started licking him frantically.

"Oh my, oh my! Big Yellow, it really is yours! You're not dead, that's wonderful! I have good news for you, your owner isn't dead either! Haha! Aren't you happy? Hey! Why are you looking at me with your head tilted? What? You still don't believe me?"

Zhou Tong wiped the drool off his face with his sleeve, patted Da Huang's neck, and muttered to himself.

However, Da Huang's expression showed a hint of anger.

It wasn't until Zhou Tong carried Da Huang onto their small boat and saw Lu Yuan that Da Huang slowly walked over.

Lu Yuan patted Da Huang without making a sound: "You're really lucky! It's good that you're alive! Why are you unhappy? Did you eat too much? Looks like you need to lose some weight!"

Seemingly understanding the meaning behind Lu Yuan's words, Da Huang reluctantly jumped up and down, trying his best to appear very happy, but inwardly he was very depressed.

Zhou Tong then found a lot of fuel on the cargo ship. He calculated the fuel consumption and found it was basically enough for them to sail back. However, based on the principle of saving as much as possible, everyone agreed that the fuel should only be used when there was no wind, and that they should use the sails to move forward when there was wind.

Once the plan was agreed upon, they got to work. Three people were in charge of steering, three people were in charge of direction, and the rest went to prepare food.

“Lu Yuan, how about…” Zhou Tong picked his teeth, wanting to say something.

"Hehe, then I'll take the lead in the food! What do you want to eat tonight?"

"Wow, you're really casual! We've caught more fish in all this time than you caught in one go. Do you think you have some kind of secret?" Zhou Tong looked Lu Yuan up and down, as if trying to see through him.

But Lu Yuan didn't give him a chance at all, and stood up to pick up the fishing net hanging on the boat.

"Time to get to work! Let's see if we can catch any big fish today! The tuna yesterday was really good!"

After saying that, Lu Yuan exerted force at his waist, and the large net was cast into a circle and thrown into the sea.

...

Three days later, Zhou Tong suddenly woke up the people around him.

"We've arrived! We've arrived!"

Everyone immediately crawled out of the cabin, and the moment they saw land, they all cheered with their hands raised in joy.

They encountered no obstacles or robberies along the way; everything seemed so peaceful that it left everyone somewhat puzzled.

Back at the camp, they saw that the once wide-open path was now guarded by several young men.

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