Boom! Boom! Boom!

Lightning relentlessly bombarded the ocean, sending up towering sea columns as tall as three people. Even Li Changge, hiding under a wooden umbrella, felt a chill run down his spine.

"Damn it, when will this hellish punishment end?" Li Changge hugged the cracked wooden bucket tightly.

Just seeing the intense flashes of light outside the wooden umbrella sent shivers down his spine, and his lips turned pale instantly.

"If even I'm performing so poorly, how are the other survivors supposed to survive?" Li Changge's pale lips trembled incessantly, and the fear in his eyes never disappeared.

Now, under the protection of the wooden umbrella, he couldn't see the outside world at all and could only pray that this divine punishment would end soon.

But unfortunately...

The divine lightning continued, and it lasted for another half hour.

The waves created by the lightning continued to propel Li Changge's raft forward, all without Li Changge's knowledge.

Half an hour later, as Li Changge silently chanted with trembling hands, the dark clouds in the sky gradually receded.

The darkness of the sky is fading away; light is on its way!

As the rumbling stopped, Li Changge, under the wooden umbrella, seemed to sense it as well. She secretly opened her eyes and found herself surrounded by white.

"Is the divine punishment over?" Li Changge murmured.

Just to be on the safe side, he stayed under the wooden umbrella for another ten minutes to make sure there was no more sound of lightning.

So he tried to take the wooden umbrella off little by little, and finally, he saw the bright sun.

"Finally, we made it through." Li Changge breathed a sigh of relief, though there was still lingering fear in her eyes.

But when he looked up at the list in the sky, his eyes widened instantly.

The originally densely packed list has been reduced to a large number of points in an instant, leaving large gaps between each name.

"Is this...is this the rule of the game? You either live or you die?" Li Changge said with difficulty.

He tried to find his name on it, but even after looking until his eyes were dry, he still couldn't find it.

"Even though most of them died, there are still over a million survivors. If they want to find their own names, they'll probably have to wait until the next divine punishment," Li Changge said guiltily.

Divine punishment will certainly not be a one-time event.

In Li Changge's understanding, this divine punishment was like a referee, specifically designed to eliminate those who failed.

Li Changge wasn't sure if he could survive the next divine punishment.

"Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore. Those who are destined to die will still die." Li Changge had seen through everything.

Since the road to survival is difficult, as long as you do your duty, you will have no regrets even if you die.

"Wait, what's that?" Li Changge rubbed his eyes, as if he had seen something unbelievable.

"Holy crap? That...that's land!" Li Changge jumped up in surprise.

To verify that he wasn't hallucinating, he turned his head three times, and all he saw was land!

Green plants and brown earth, like a small hill, stand not far from Li Changge.

In fact, Li Changge should have discovered it long ago, but fearing divine punishment, his attention was entirely focused on the heavens, which is why he didn't notice it immediately.

As the raft drifted with the waves, it gradually approached the island. When Li Changge got closer, he realized that the island was very vast; at least, Li Changge couldn't see the entire island at a glance.

He just intuitively felt that the island had a lot of vegetation, like a primeval forest.

"Oh no, if I go up alone, will I get killed by the primitive creatures inside?" Li Changge slapped his forehead, realizing this very real problem.

He still remembered the first-place winner who arrived on the island with a good-level alien beast, only to be wiped out.

Although the island Li Changge encountered was not pink, he did not believe that the island was less dangerous.

The most terrifying dangers are the unknown ones.

But the island must have countless resources, so it's a must-visit island.

But how can one log in in a way that maximizes their safety?

"Hmm?" Just as Li Changge was thinking of a solution, he felt his pants being tugged by someone and looked down at the ground.

Holy crap!

Li Changge slid down onto the raft, but his eyes showed only surprise, not pain.

"Crack...cracked, how did you wake up? Have your injuries healed?" Li Changge had barely finished speaking when he shut his mouth.

Because he saw the split back and a bloodstain running down from the back, a horrifying sight.

"Bah! Bah! Bah!"

It spread its wings wide, its cries were very urgent, and its eyes darted back and forth between the island and Li Changge.

"Do you want to go up?" Li Changge asked tentatively.

"Screech!" The crack opened and nodded in a human-like manner.

"Is there something you really need up there?"

Upon hearing this, Crack suddenly stopped making noise.

"Damn it, even a bird is so cunning," Li Changge cursed under his breath.

He then stood up again, and seeing the wound on his back that had split open, his eyes were filled with worry.

"Why don't you just not go? With your injuries, I'm afraid you'll die there." Li Changge hesitated for a moment, but finally said this.

"Bah! Bah! Bah!"

Upon hearing Li Changge's words, Lie Kai became extremely agitated, flapping its wings incessantly on the raft, almost as if it were about to take flight and seize Li Changge to death.

"Alright, alright, I'll take you there, but you have to promise not to fly around recklessly, okay?"

There was no response this time either.

"..."

Suddenly, Li Changge felt an intense urge to kill the clever bird.

After obtaining Li Changge's permission, the split flew directly onto his shoulder.

Lie Kai's body wasn't very large. With Li Changge's height of 1.8 meters and broad shoulders, Lie Kai could easily stand on his own two feet.

As the raft drew closer to the island, Li Changge began to get busy, holding the toolbox in his left hand and a huge wooden peg and a rope as thick as his arm in his right.

He first fixed an oversized wooden peg to the raft, then tied a rope around it, wrapping it tightly around and around.

After finishing these tasks, Li Changge took out a hammer from the toolbox and made a mini wooden paddle. Li Changge then manually propelled the raft towards the island.

The raft was not far from the island. Li Changge paddled for a little over a minute and approached the island's beach. Li Changge and Lie Kai jumped off the raft and landed on the island, which resembled a primeval forest.

After telling Li Changge not to run around, he nailed another wooden peg into the sand and connected the thick rope on the raft to the wooden peg in the sand to make a simple anchor.

"Finally done." Li Changge wiped the sweat from his forehead, somewhat helplessly.

There was no other way. If the raft drifted away, Li Changge was certain that his name would be on the list of those to be punished next time.

"Let's go, Crack." Li Changge called out, and Crack jumped onto the tower's shoulder.

A man and a beast venture into the unknown interior of the island!