Meanwhile, dozens of kilometers away from the shelter, on the edge of a misty forest shrouded in gray-white fog year-round, Yang Li and her women's makeshift camp was also experiencing an unprecedented crisis.

Yang Li originally only had three companions left.

But for some reason, women would appear in this forest every now and then.

Like Qin Lan and the others before them, they inexplicably arrived in this alien forest.

Yang Li was overjoyed and immediately used her eloquence to bring these women under her control.

In a short period of time, she had more than thirty women under her command.

She was smug, believing that she was destined for greatness, and planned to develop her power before seeking revenge on Lin Feng.

However, she forgot the cruelty of this alien forest.

At this moment, the camp was in chaos.

The screams and cries of the women, along with a chilling, gurgling laugh, echoed and mingled in the thick fog, creating an especially terrifying atmosphere.

They are also the same type of corpse-laughing hyenas, but there are more of them, a total of sixty!

They crashed against the simple wooden fence like a tidal wave. The fence was already damaged in many places from their frenzied attacks and tearing.

Several smaller corpse-laughing hyenas had even squeezed through the breach and were rampaging through the camp, chasing after the panicked women.

"Hold on! Hold on!"

Yang Li shouted hoarsely, her face covered in mud and sweat, her hair disheveled, her eyes filled with terror and despair, but she still tried her best to remain calm and directed the women who could still move to fight back with wooden spears and stones.

However, their resistance seemed so pale and powerless in the face of these ferocious laughing hyenas.

The wooden spears in their hands could hardly pierce the tough hide of the Corpse-Laughing Hyenas. Even if they were lucky enough to hit them, it wouldn't cause fatal damage; instead, it would only provoke their more ferocious instincts. Throwing stones at them was like scratching an itch through a boot.

"Ah!" A shrill scream rang out.

A young woman who was repairing a breach in the fence was tackled to the ground by a laughing hyena that crawled in through a newly opened gap next to it.

The Corpse Laughing Hyena opened its blood-red maw and bit down hard on her arm!

"Xiao Mei!" Yang Li's eyes widened in horror. This woman named Xiao Mei was the first person to discover Lin Feng's whereabouts.

"Save me... Sister Yang... Save me!" Xiao Mei cried out in despair as her arm was torn to shreds by the sharp teeth of the Corpse-Laughing Hyena.

Several women who tried to help were forced back by several more laughing hyenas that rushed in.

The Corpse Laughing Hyena's disgusting, tentacle-like tail thrashed wildly, splattering foul-smelling slime everywhere.

Their incessant, eerie laughter, like a death knell, relentlessly torments the already fragile nerves of women.

"What do we do... Sister Yang... We can't hold on much longer!"

Zhang Qian's face was deathly pale, and the tip of the wooden stick in her hand was covered with dark red bloodstains, but her arm was trembling.

She had just witnessed one of her sisters being dragged out of the fence by the Corpse-Laughing Hyena, instantly overwhelmed by the horde of beasts outside, leaving only a short scream.

Yang Li's heart was bleeding. These women, though they schemed against each other and had their own agendas, were, after all, the team she had assembled and the foundation upon which she stood in this unfamiliar world.

If they all die, Yang Li will be left to fend for herself.

As she watched the ghouls charging at the camp like mad dogs, and saw her sisters falling one after another, a deep sense of powerlessness welled up inside her.

Her pride in her intelligence, cunning, and persuasive abilities were utterly useless against these beasts who knew only how to kill and devour.

"Why...why did this happen..." Yang Li murmured to herself, her eyes filled with resentment.

They had finally found a relatively safe place to stay on the edge of this forest, and they had barely managed to survive. Why did so many terrifying monsters suddenly appear?

Just then, the already dilapidated shacks in the camp collapsed halfway after being violently struck several times by an exceptionally large laughing hyena!

Wood chips and dust flew everywhere, making the already chaotic scene even worse.

The collapse of the shack was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, completely shattering the women's will to resist.

"Ah! The house has collapsed!"

"We're doomed!"

"Run!"

The surviving women let out a desperate scream, no longer able to resist, and dropped their makeshift weapons, scattering in all directions like headless flies.

However, where could they possibly run to in this cramped camp surrounded by the Laughing Lizard?

The laughing corpse hyenas, like predators toying with their prey, chased after the fleeing women, occasionally pouncing on a lone one and letting out a satisfied "giggle" before greedily tearing at it.

Looking at the hellish scene before her, Yang Li's body trembled involuntarily.

She knew that if they didn't find a way out, they would all perish here today.

"Lin Feng... Lin Feng!" A thought flashed through her mind like lightning.

That man! The man who lived alone deep in the forest, yet lived a much better life than them.

Since he was able to survive in this environment, he must have a way to fight off these wild beasts!

Although she had previously stigmatized Lin Feng, portraying him as the "root of suffering" and even planning how to enslave him, she couldn't care less about that now that they were facing life and death.

"Li Jing! Zhang Qian!" Yang Li shouted to the few remaining women who were still relatively calm, "We have to find Lin Feng! Only he can save us!"

Li Jing, the quick-witted woman, was also terrified, but she forced herself to calm down: "Sister Yang... but... how do we find him? We only know the general direction, and... there are monsters everywhere outside!"

"We can't worry about that now!" Yang Li gritted her teeth, a ruthless glint in her eyes. "We'll break out through that path behind the camp! There are fewer monsters there! Xiao Mei... Xiao Mei knows that path!"

She looked into the distance and saw that Xiao Mei was being bitten on the thigh by another Corpse-Laughing Hyena. She was desperately smashing the monster's head with the stones in her hand, but she was obviously about to die.

"Save Xiaomei! Take her with you! She knows how to get to Lin Feng!" Yang Li roared.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Qian and two other women who still had some strength rushed towards Xiao Mei. They used wooden spears, stones, and even their teeth to frantically attack the Corpse-Laughing Hyena that was biting Xiao Mei.

After one of them had her arm scratched, they finally drove away the laughing corpse hyena and dragged the barely alive Xiaomei off the ground.

Xiaomei's left arm and right thigh were covered in blood and gore, and her clothes were stained red with blood.

Her face was as pale as paper, and her eyes were unfocused, but when she heard Yang Li say that she was going to find Lin Feng, a faint light flashed in her eyes.

"Sister Yang...I know...I know the way...cough cough..."

Xiaomei spoke weakly, each word aggravating her wound and causing her to cough painfully.

"Alright! Let's go!" Yang Li made a quick decision. She picked up a relatively thick wooden spear from the ground and held it in front of her. "Zhang Qian, you and Xiao Tao support Xiao Mei! Li Jing, you cover our rear! The rest of you, follow me and charge out!"

The remaining seven or eight women, led by Yang Li, rushed towards the path behind the camp, which they usually used to fetch water and gather resources, like stray dogs.

As Yang Li had predicted, the number of Corpse-Laughing Hyenas on this path was relatively small, with only three or four wandering around.

Yang Li took the lead and unleashed astonishing potential. Although her wooden spear was rudimentary, she managed to force back a laughing corpse hyena in front of her with her desperate swings.

Other women followed suit, using every means to attack the monsters blocking their way.

A thick fog rolled in, and screams and eerie laughter echoed behind them. They dared not look back, only running forward, running forward...

Along the way, they encountered several more scattered attacks from the Laughing Corpse Hyenas.

Two more women fell behind in the chaos and were dragged into the depths of the fog by the monster; their screams were quickly drowned out.

When they finally broke through the suffocating fog and arrived at a relatively open area at the edge of the forest, the original dozen or so people had dwindled to only six: Yang Li, Li Jing, Zhang Qian, Xiao Tao who was supporting Xiao Mei, and another young woman who was terrified and disoriented.

The others either became Shi Xiaolie's meal or got separated in the chaos, and their chances of survival are slim.

"Huff...huff..." The six survivors collapsed to the ground, panting heavily, their faces filled with terror and relief at surviving the ordeal.

Looking at the few people left around her, Yang Li felt a pang of pain in her heart.

Her "kingdom" crumbled in less than an hour.

"Sister Yang... what... what do we do now?" Li Jing asked in a trembling voice. There was a deep scratch on her arm that exposed the bone, and blood was still seeping out.

Yang Li took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down. She knew that now was not the time for sadness and despair.

"Xiaomei," she looked at Xiaomei, who was already in a semi-conscious state, "Lin Feng's shelter... which direction is it?"

Xiaomei struggled to open her eyes, weakly raised her still-movable right hand, and pointed in a direction: "Go...go north...go past that...highland...and you'll see...a...warm...basin..." Her voice grew softer and softer, and after saying this, she completely fainted.

“Highlands…shelter…” Yang Li murmured, repeating these words, a resolute glint in her eyes.

"Let's go! Let's find Lin Feng!" She stood up, her gaze fixed resolutely on the north. "He owes us! He has to save us!"

Even at this point, Yang Li still didn't forget to shift the blame to Lin Feng.

In her twisted logic, if Lin Feng hadn't "plundered" all the good fortune and resources of this forest, how could they have ended up in such a tragic situation?

The other women exchanged glances, their impression of Lin Feng still based on the image of an "evil predator" that Yang Li had deliberately created.

At this moment, they were filled with trepidation and unease as they were asked to plead with that "enemy".

"But... Sister Yang... will he... will he help us?" Xiao Tao asked timidly.

“He will,” Yang Li said coldly, her tone leaving no room for argument. “If he wants to live peacefully on this planet, he has to help us. He’s a man, and he has that obligation.”

Of course, Yang Li had deeper plans in mind.

If Lin Feng really does have a much better shelter than their camp, as Xiao Mei said, then she could... usurp his place? Or at least get a share of the benefits from him.

However, she was unaware that Lin Feng's power and his loathing for people like them far exceeded her imagination.

Inside Lin Feng's shelter.

In the afternoon, sunlight filtered through the branches and leaves of the Japanese sunwood, casting dappled shadows in the courtyard. The women were busy with their own tasks, but all seemed preoccupied.

Just then, Tang Bao on the watchtower suddenly exclaimed, "Brother Lin Feng! Someone's coming from the north!"

Lin Feng's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately went to the foot of the watchtower: "Look carefully, who are they? How many are there?"

"It looks...it looks like women! There are...there are five or six! They...they look so pitiful! Someone is injured! They're being helped up!" Tang Bao said anxiously, holding up her binoculars.

"A woman?" Lin Feng frowned.

"Could it be... Yang Li and the others?"

Su Wanqing suddenly spoke, her expression somewhat complicated.

Lin Feng nodded and said to Tang Bao, "Continue to observe them. Pay attention to whether they are carrying weapons or showing any other suspicious signs. If they get close, do not let them enter the shelter."

“Mmm!” Tang Bao replied.

The other women also gathered around, their expressions varied. They were filled with curiosity about these complete strangers, but also a hint of wariness.

About half an hour later, the group of ragged and disheveled women finally appeared outside the shelter's fence.