For several days, the temperature on the deserted island continued to rise, but Lu Wuyai and his companions felt as if they were escaping the heat in a cave. Five ice-making machines were running, producing ice daily to cool containers. The effect was truly remarkable. The only drawback was that diesel consumption exceeded expectations.

Every day, Lu Wuyai would inspect several containers to prevent food spoilage and pests.

Recently, many pests have appeared on the lush green grasslands of the deserted island, and locusts have even appeared in the rice paddies.

On the rocky mountain, in a shady spot, Jin Xilu and Xia Qingming were shaving the wolfhound, and they also discovered many blood-sucking ticks.

“There are also more poisonous insects on the grass,” Jin Xilu said to Lu Wuyai, who was not far away.

Hearing the sound, Lu Wuyai, who was hoeing the ground, straightened up and took a deep breath. When he looked at Jin Xilu, his eyes lit up.

Today, Jin Xilu wore an off-shoulder long dress, revealing her fair collarbones. Below the neckline, perhaps because the dress was too small, her breasts appeared bulging and particularly large.

"What are you looking at?" Jin Xilu was both ashamed and angry. Lu Wuyai stared straight at her.

Xia Qingming smiled, straightening her chest as she faced Lu Wuyai. She was just as outstanding as Jin Xilu, but even more so.

Lu Wuyai took a breath, suppressing the heat in his heart, and secretly thought that he would capture these two devils sooner or later.

However, in front of me, the rocky hill was overgrown with weeds, almost completely obscuring what the place used to look like.

The more weeds there are, the more insects there will be.

It rained yesterday, and a lot of dirty water accumulated in the mud near the rocky hill. Overnight, a large number of wild mosquitoes were born.

These mosquitoes were huge. After being bitten, they suffered not only from itching but also from extreme pain, developing red rashes all over their bodies. Just like Su Xi, who was still lying in bed with a fever.

"Watch out, don't get bitten!" Lu Wuyai shouted.

Besides Lu Wuyai, Yu Mengrou and Su Xi were also on the rocky hill. The three of them were weeding. Fortunately, it was a cloudy day, and the sun was blocked by white clouds, but the weather was still muggy.

"Looks like it's going to rain at dusk." Yu Mengrou stood up from the ground. Her tight short-sleeved shirt clung to her body due to sweat, revealing her devilish figure.

Su Xi was the same; her full breasts swayed as she stood up, and Lu Wuyai worried that her skirt would burst.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, a heavy rain arrived as expected, instantly extinguishing the fiery atmosphere around the forest.

The cave is a bit damp. It's not that the rain leaked out; it's probably just that moisture has come back in.

Lu Wuyai was lying on the bed. When he looked up, he could see the woman sitting in the cubicle watching a movie. She looked very relaxed.

Lu Wuyai felt a little uncomfortable. His body felt sticky after weeding in the morning. Although the sweat had evaporated, the itching caused by the salt stains persisted.

"Go take a shower." Lu Wuyai walked out of the container, grabbed his underwear and short-sleeved shirt, and headed straight for the pool.

After taking off his clothes, Lu Wuyai jumped into the pool. A sudden chill swept over his body, instantly cooling him down from his sweltering heat.

When I looked down, I could see some crucian carp with black scales swimming in and out of the pond.

"I don't think I've ever actually gone to the bottom of the pond to take a good look," Lu Wuyai said softly.

Then, an idea popped into his head, and he rolled over and went to the bottom of the pool.

The swimming pool wasn't actually very deep, with a vertical drop of only about three meters. After adjusting his direction, Lu Wuyai quickly reached the bottom of the pool.

When they sensed someone coming down, the black carp scattered immediately and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

“There’s a waterway at the bottom of this pool.” Lu Wuyai and the others already knew that the water in the pool came from somewhere else, including these freshwater fish.

In other words, there is likely a large freshwater source on the deserted island, otherwise these crucian carp would not have appeared continuously.

Lu Wuyai dived to the deepest part, felt around with his hands, and found a passage. It was the same size as before, impossible for a human to pass through.

However, Lu Wuyai could clearly feel the speed of the water flow, which at least indicated that this underground river was definitely not small.

"Hopefully the puddle will stay there forever."

Soon, Lu Wuyai emerged from the water, gazing at the setting sun. It was already afternoon.

Lu Wuyai did not return the way he came. Instead, he left the stone mountain and followed the mountain path to the cave, where he saw the seismograph that had been assembled a few days earlier.

The events of that night are still vividly imprinted in Lu Wuyai's mind.

Putting those tiny copper beads back in their place, and thinking back to the fiery red sky that night, it's really hard to imagine what exactly happened in the outside world.

However, since receiving Xiao Xi's call that night, there had been no further news. Lu Wuyai had thought he was dreaming.

"Lu Wuyai, you stink."

Su Xi and the others suddenly ran out of the tunnel, shouting about the stench coming from the outside world.

Lu Wuyai's face was full of confusion. He had just come back from outside, so how come he didn't smell anything?

As a result, when the cave entrance was reopened, Lu Wuyai immediately covered his nose and almost collapsed to the ground, retching.

There was a fishy smell of dead fish and rotten shrimp outside.

"What's going on? It wasn't here just now."

Lu Wuyai was also taken aback. He had been in the tomb for less than ten minutes, and the air outside had become so foul.

For a moment, everyone felt uncomfortable.

"Close the door first, then turn on the air purifier," Lu Wuyai guessed. "Perhaps another animal has died on the beach or in the forest."

“But it stinks.” Several women complained at the same time.

And so, when it was time to eat, Lu Wuyai wanted to open the cave entrance to take a look. He had barely opened the door a crack when the suffocating stench immediately stopped him from doing anything further.

Lu Wuyai covered his nose, closed the cave door, lay down to the side, and began to dry heave.

The smell outside is absolutely awful.

Hearing the sound of retching, Song Xiaoyou went over. Although Lu Wuyai closed the door in time, there was still an indescribable smell in the air.

"This smell is awful, and it's getting worse." Yuri patted Lu Wuyai on the back and frowned. The stench from the cave entrance was truly nauseating.

The Yang family kept taking deep breaths to suppress the nausea in their stomachs.

"No, I have to go see." Lu Wuyai reached out and pressed his temples. After squeezing, his energy and strength regrouped.

The smell was more than just a foul stench; Lu Wuyai even felt as if he had been poisoned.

Back inside the cave, the air quality was fine for the time being, thanks to the air purifier in the corridor.

“Let’s go take a look together,” Lu Wuyai suggested.

Soon, everyone agreed to take only one car, but before going, everyone had to wear a gas mask.

During our previous resource gathering, we also discovered gas masks, medical protective suits, and various disposable gloves.

"Take some disinfectant. It smells terrible; maybe some animals are rotting nearby." Molloy handed Lu Wuyai and the others a bottle of disinfectant.

Soon, Lu Wuyai led Su Xi and Yu Mengrou out of the basement, drove a small truck, and started driving around the basement.

Because of the stench permeating the air, Lu Wuyai and the other two couldn't figure it out for a while and had to take off their masks from time to time to judge the intensity of the stench, which was really hard.

Finally, Lu Wuyai had no choice but to drive back and forth, using the beach and rocky hills as focal points, to find the source of the stench.

However, when the car arrived at the seaside, the three of them gasped almost simultaneously.

On the beach, the seawater had not yet receded, and a dense mass of corpses floated on the surface.

"They're human corpses." Su Xi couldn't help but exclaim in shock, "Why were so many people killed?"

Countless corpses lay in the sea right before them. Driven by the tide, they finally stopped on the beach.

The stench was undoubtedly emanating from here.

Lu Wuyai immediately got out of the car, put on gloves, and carefully put on his helmet before cautiously approaching the beach.

Too many people had died; Lu Wuyai couldn't bear to look. It was hard to imagine what kind of maritime disaster could have caused so many deaths. Even the cruise ship that struck the iceberg that year hadn't suffered such a tragic fate.

It looks like the entire ship is dead.

Yu Mengrou also clutched her chest, feeling a suffocating, oppressive sensation accompanied by dizziness.

"Be careful." Lu Wuyai expressed his support for Yu Mengrou, telling her to rest for the time being.

Soon, the tide began to recede, and Lu Wuyai discovered that some corpses had been washed away, but many others were left on the shore, where they continued to ferment, stink, and rot.

This carrion might not even be eaten by the vultures.

“If you collect all the corpses and let them ferment, bacteria and viruses will multiply,” Lu Wuyai said.

It was still very hot on the midsummer night, so hot that I was covered in sweat.

Su Xi and Yu Mengrou looked at each other and could only sigh.

The main reason is that there are too many corpses on the beach.

After working back and forth for more than an hour, Lu Wuyai finally cleared out a small beach. Looking around, he saw many corpses.

The two women were hot and exhausted. This kind of work, moving corpses, is simply not something a human being should do.

Lu Wuyai took a can of diesel fuel from the truck. He had brought it with him specifically when he left home, just in case, but he ended up using it anyway.

Soon, a fire broke out and began to burn the bodies fiercely.

Later, Lu Wuyai continued carrying the body along the beach.

Perhaps it was psychological, but Lu Wuyai felt that the smell of corpses in the air seemed to have lessened a bit.

"Lu Wuyai, come and take a look." Su Xi suddenly called out to him.

So, Lu Wuyai put down the corpse he was holding, walked up to Su Xi, and found that the two of them were lifting the clothes off a female corpse.

"Let me see what you look like when you take your clothes off," Lu Wuyai complained.

Winnie Yu Mengrou blushed, pointed to the woman's slender waist, and said, "Look at these wounds, they've all been bitten, just like human teeth."

"We discovered that some of the bodies had not drowned at all."

Su Xi pulled out another corpse from the side. The neck was a bloody mess, as if it had been bitten into pieces by something.

Lu Wuyai frowned and said, "Never mind how they died. Dispose of these bodies and stop them from rotting."

"Go back and call the others over," Lu Wuyai said. "They probably won't be able to finish the job in three months, even with the tide coming in tomorrow."

"Hmph," Su Xi said, somewhat displeased, "there are no other survivors."

Indeed, with such a foul stench, the other survivors should have noticed something was wrong long ago, but no one came out.

"I'm afraid it's long gone." Lu Wuyai shook his head.

Soon, Su Xi and Yu Mengrou drove away, leaving Lu Wuyai alone carrying the corpse on the beach.

As the two women disappeared, Lu Wuyai's eyes suddenly turned completely black.

He moved the two bodies outside again and examined their wounds once more.

“This is the nineteenth and twentieth institution already.” Lu Wuyai narrowed his eyes. He had already noticed these irregular wounds when he was pulling the body away.

These wounds were all caused by someone biting with their teeth, and some parts were not even completely bitten off, leaving flesh still on the body.

“Man eats man…” Lu Wuyai raised his head, looking at the dark forest of dead trees on the shore, a chill flashing in his eyes.

Some of these people drowned in the sea, while others were bitten to death by people with conjunctivitis.

For some reason, Lu Wuyai felt a chill run down his spine. It seemed as if something terrifying was lurking in the place where the tide had receded.

Lu Wuyai continued carrying the bodies. It wasn't until an hour later that he heard the sound of tires screeching against the ground. Then he looked up again and saw women getting out of the car, wearing gas masks; they all looked very uncomfortable.

At that moment, three bonfires, each piled high with corpses, littered the beach. The fires burned fiercely, adding another layer of heat to the already sweltering summer.

"Move faster!" Lu Wuyai shouted. Xia Tian's body was decomposing too quickly, and now the sand was full of insects.

Su Xi and the others could only work desperately, piling the corpses together to make it easier for Lu Wuyai.

During the processing, the women discovered something.

Such as passport, diary, mobile phone...

These things are left on the beach, bloody and untouched, and nobody wants to touch them unless there might be some kind of information recorded on them.

They worked like this until the morning sun shone on the beach, and all the bodies within sight were disposed of.

At this moment, the seawater had once again submerged the beach, and some floating corpses drifted out, carried by the current, like lonely ghosts.

Despite it being the height of summer, everyone who saw this scene couldn't help but shiver and get goosebumps all over their bodies.

"Don't worry about that yet. Everyone go to the car to wash your hands and clean yourselves up," Lu Wuyai said. After carrying corpses all night, everyone had that unpleasant smell.

Fortunately, when they came out for the second time, Su Xi and the others had prepared a lot of towels and fresh water, firstly for drinking, and secondly for washing themselves.

After a quick wash, they returned to the shore and found Lu Wuyai already sorting through the materials he had collected from the corpses, trying to find out where the victims had come from and where they were going.

There are many supplies, so you need to look carefully for useful items.

Soon, with the addition of women, they began to categorize items according to their purpose, and gradually they became more organized.

There were more than twenty notebooks in total, but they were all soaked by seawater. When you opened them slightly, some pages had turned into a paste.

Su Xi opened the remaining two books and let the sea breeze and sunshine dry them as much as possible.

“There are quite a lot of emails.” Gu Yuxin spat.

These mail items were covered with a plastic film to completely isolate them from seawater. However, there were many such items on each cruise ship, some of which were still unopened postcards.

Lu Wuyai and the others simply watched for a while, then tossed it aside and ignored it.

The rest of the items were a jumble of plastic goods and packaging bags. The group didn't seem particularly embarrassed about eating or drinking.

"There are a few video cameras here. Take them out and remove the water. Maybe we can find something inside," You Li said to Xia Qingming. Xia Qingming quickly took the video cameras and wrapped them in a tissue.

Over the next half hour, everyone picked out everything worth taking and loaded it into their cars.

As he left, Lu Wuyai looked at the corpses drifting with the tide and felt as if a rabbit or a fox had died.

“If we hadn’t been so lucky back then, we might be nothing but bones now,” Lu Wuyai said to Yu Mengrou.

Looking at Lu Wuyai, Yu Mengrou thought of how helpless he was at sea, even abandoned by his colleagues. A tear rolled down her cheek.

Back in Shiqiu, Xia Qingming immediately put all the video cameras into the rice bucket, while the others began sorting through the belongings. This time, they actually found some useful items, such as a thermos, which would be very convenient for them, carrying hot water and hot rice. Of course, they had originally collected a lot of these things.

As dusk fell, everyone awoke from their slumber.

"Go check the video recorder."

Xia Qingming took a palm-sized machine out of the rice bucket. After trying to turn it on, he found that it could work.

"Let's see what's inside." Lu Wuyai stepped out of the container and heard Xia Qingming's voice.

Soon, everyone woke up and came to the dining table outside the private room.

Lu Wuyai took a computer and connected the video recorder to it. After turning it on, a picture quickly appeared.

With its azure sea and blue sky, the video was filmed at sea.

The person who took the photo was crooked and hunched over. He spoke a series of unfamiliar words that even Su Xi and Gu Yuxin couldn't understand.

"His accent is too heavy," Su Xi complained.

However, this does not affect everyone's ability to watch the video content.

It has already been confirmed that this was filmed at sea, and a huge iron plate can be seen in the picture.

"What on earth is this guy saying?" Lu Wuyai couldn't help but ask, because the scene was frozen in place, and only the sound of talking could be heard continuously.

Su Xi and Gu Yuxin were from the United Kingdom. After trying hard to distinguish their accents, they finally heard a familiar voice.

"It seems to be talking about a spring outing." Su Xi wasn't sure either.

"A spring outing? That's definitely not right. What time of year is it? How can we possibly go on a spring outing?" Lu Wuyai shook his head. Although the information they received from the outside world was fragmented, all indications suggested that the outside world was experiencing a fierce war, and no one could possibly go on a spring outing.

As a result, Su Xi suddenly discovered that the footage captured by the video camera actually displayed the recording time.

The video you just saw was filmed five years ago.

Everyone looked grim and skipped the video, searching for clips taken over the past two years.