Everyone took off their clothes, wrung them out, and sat together to keep warm.

Outside the cave, it was still raining heavily with strong winds.

A gentle breeze kept blowing in, and it was quite cool.

Yang Rui looked around and sighed, "I think we should find some firewood, otherwise we'll definitely get sick from sitting here like this."

Wang Ping had already dried his face by now. Hearing Yang Rui say this, he frowned at Yang Rui.

"If you think you should just go and collect firewood, then go ahead, but it's raining all over the island right now, so where can you find any firewood?"

“If there’s no dry firewood, we can find some wet firewood. As long as we can dry these slightly damp firewood, we can dry them off. Besides, everyone has to dry off from the rain. Even if we don’t have food for the time being, we can’t just sit here in this cold and damp cave, all wet!”

I also think Yang Rui is right. After all, there are more than 20 of us sitting here, and everyone looks terrible.

I don't know about others, but I myself felt unbearably cold, as if every bone in my body was emitting chills.

But even if you wanted to go out and find firewood, where could you find any now?

If it weren't for the tsunami, I could have taken a few of my stronger male colleagues to the beach to find some clams.

Clams are very rich in oil; even wet firewood can be ignited if its oil is poured on it.

Then, as Yang Rui just said, we can continue to gather firewood and dry it. As long as we can keep the fire going, everyone will feel more at ease.

But there's still an unknown tsunami outside, and we don't know if it even exists. Who would dare to take such a risk to go out?

In addition, we don't have any tools to start a fire. Even if we try to start a fire by friction, what if we get poisoned while lighting a campfire in a cave with no ventilation?

I have many things to consider, after all, I must be responsible for every person's life.

But Yang Rui was completely oblivious to the fact that he was stuck on a single point.

After listening to Wang Ping's several statements, he immediately shook his head: "But even if it's as you say, are we just going to wait here to die? Do you all want to wait here to die?"

Yang Rui finished speaking and then quickly spoke a few more sentences in a foreign language.

After hearing Yang Rui's words, the group of foreigners looked at each other in bewilderment, and finally all turned their gaze to me.

I couldn't understand what Yang Rui was saying at all, but luckily ** was right next to me whispering something.

"He was asking if these foreigners really wanted to die in this cave, and if not, they should come out with him."

Looking at Yang Rui's impetuous manner, I felt particularly displeased.

However, he still looked at Yang Rui and advised, "If you think you can start a campfire by going out to collect some things, then of course I won't stop you. Anyone who wants to go with you can go with you, but I won't go. Also, be careful."

"In that case, we'll go out and find some campfires first. If you don't want to go, you can stay here and watch over this place."

After Yang Rui finished speaking, he quickly cocked his pistol and then went outside alone.

After a few foreigners muttered to themselves, two of them actually followed Yang Rui and dug out the small cave.

Watching Yang Rui's departing figure, Wang Ping chuckled coldly, "I don't think this kid is a good person. He can bewitch these old-fashioned foreigners with just a few words. He's obviously got some skills! Sihai, I think we shouldn't take him back to the camp this time!"

Hearing Wang Ping's words, he shook his head: "I know what Brother Wang is worried about, but this Yang Rui knows where our camp is. Even if you want to shake him off, do you think it will be that easy? I think it would be better to just kill him and end it all!"

The more I look at this guy, the more I feel that he's actually quite ruthless at heart.

Because I had noticed before that this kid usually doesn't talk much, but he's actually a person with a lot of hidden strength.

I shook my head at ** and whispered, "Let's discuss this later. We're all in this together now, so let's not cause any more trouble or embarrassment. Since he wants to go out and find firewood, let's just wait here."

Wang Ping shared the same idea, telling us not to make a sound. We all took off our shirts and pants, squeezed out the water, and leaned against the rock wall.

After waiting for quite a while, a series of noises came from outside. ** and Wang Ping immediately became alert, each holding a gun, and carefully positioned themselves at the cave entrance.

Not long after, Yang Rui returned with several foreigners.

Each of them was carrying a lot of firewood in their hands.

He paused for a moment, but quickly reached out and took the things, then pulled them inside.

Yang Rui and his group were panting heavily. The foreign women were also stunned when they saw the firewood being dragged in.

Yang Rui didn't say anything. He wiped the rain off his face, brought all the firewood in, took out a tinderbox from his pocket, blew on it, and a faint light appeared in the cave.

Soon, Yang Rui gathered all the firewood together, then took out a bottle from another bag, poured the contents of the bottle onto the dry firewood, lit it with a tinderbox, and a fire instantly broke out.

I was startled too, and Wang Ping instinctively dodged backward. The fire was initially very fierce, but it quickly died down, though the faint flames eventually stabilized.

The foreign women, upon seeing the faint light, all howled with joy.

After a long while, we heard soft sobbing. Even Wang Ping stared in disbelief at Yang Rui's actions, whispering beside me, "Just who the hell is this kid? I saw him pull something out of his pocket that looked like kerosene! Why would they bring kerosene when they're here to dig for gold?"

Hearing Wang Ping's words, he chuckled coldly: "Their purpose in coming here is not pure, so they will definitely bring a lot of equipment. Unlike us, we were stranded on this island by accident with nothing, so I wouldn't be surprised if they took something out of their pockets."

After saying that, he didn't stand on ceremony and quickly went to the campfire, took off his clothes, and used the remaining branches and trunks to make a simple clothes rack.

Everyone crowded forward, took off their clothes, and either held them in their hands or placed them on a rack, using the dim light of the fire to test the fire.

Yang Rui wasn't idle either. After drying all the branches, he lit them one by one on the campfire. Gradually, the campfire grew brighter and brighter, and the cave warmed up from its previous coldness...