I don't know what's going on, because I've never seen anything like this before.

When I heard Wang Ping's question, I was taken aback for a moment. Then I looked at Wang Ping and said in a low voice, "This place has always been so strange. We can't stay here any longer. Let's leave quickly."

If my previous experience of being stranded on this deserted island was merely about survival, I would surely have had many other options.

But what's happening on this deserted island is completely beyond my expectations and my capacity to bear it, so even I'm starting to panic.

Wang Ping nodded very seriously, and then the two of us carefully withdrew. When we returned, Yang Rui and the others were waiting there, looking at us as we came back, and hurriedly asked about the situation over there.

I didn't know what to say for a moment, because if I told the truth, it might cause even more panic.

Wang Ping seemed to understand my thoughts and immediately looked at the crowd and shook his head: "The situation over there is not very clear. Neither of us dared to go any further. I think we should go back to the camp now and think of a way to build a simple campsite on the beach first. Otherwise, even if men are often outside, they may not be able to withstand the freezing weather."

The foreigners didn't ask any further questions, but Yang Rui looked behind us with a very curious expression.

"Is there a gold mine here?"

After Yang Rui finished speaking, the crowd immediately fell silent.

I turned to look at Yang Rui, feeling an overwhelming surge of anger for the first time: "Even if there is a gold mine, are you willing to risk your life to pan for it? I advise you to give up on that idea. Safety is the most important thing right now. We're going back. Whether you go back or not is up to you."

After listening to what I said, Yang Rui obediently followed behind the crowd.

When we returned to the camp, Bai Wei and the others had already started making fish traps. After all, at this point, we needed to solve the food problem before we could think about anything else.

We immediately set off to turn all the burned trees around us into charcoal and put it in the campfire so that it could burn longer. We also made two simple mud stoves and put them in our newly erected tent.

At night, we'll remove the wolf pelt so it'll be warmer inside. After all, Miracle is still young, and we can't let her get sick again.

We took turns keeping watch at night, and people were stationed around each tent.

Wang Ping, Chen Jian, and I didn't have to keep watch at night, so we sat down and told Chen Jian about the incident.

After listening, Chen Jian was also very puzzled: "You mean you saw a stone moving around on the mountaintop and then colliding and producing sparks? That's too far-fetched. There's no perpetual motion machine here. How could that stone move back and forth like that without anyone holding it? Could it be a trick by those indigenous people? Did you check carefully to see if there were any ropes or anything tied to it?"

Wang Ping spat at Chen Jian: "You think everyone is as imaginative as you? Si Hai and I both saw that scene. It's one thing if one person's eyes are playing tricks on them, but do you think both of them are?"

Chen Jian fell silent, pouting, "What do we do then? In this situation, could this forest be haunted? First it caught fire and burned like this, and then that rock that can move on its own appeared. This is just like something out of a horror movie!"

I don't know what to say, I just know that I'm feeling a bit confused right now.

"Alright, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep tonight either. You two should go back and rest early. I'll take care of the rest. Chen Jian has been busy these past two days, so he can't afford to overexert himself. He needs to conserve his energy."

Chen Jian nodded after hearing what I said: "But there are so many people on guard around, Brother Sihai doesn't need to work here anymore. Why don't we go and rest for a while together!"

I shook my head; I had no intention of resting at all.

Chen Jian and Wang Ping didn't say much either. The two of them went into the tent, while I sat alone outside, watching the campfire crackle and flicker.

At first, I just thought it was a deserted island, but now there are mutated animals that have grown into such huge giants, and now this is happening. It seems that my understanding of this deserted island is getting less and less.

I barely slept all night, only managing to doze off for a while leaning against a rock in the latter half of the night.

I thought it was almost dawn, but after waiting for a long time, the sun still hadn't come out.

The stars were everywhere, and it wasn't snowing anymore. The cold wind felt like a razor on my face.

A foreigner came out and saw me. He huddled closer to the campfire and shrank back. They had been with us for so long that they had picked up a few words of Mandarin.

After seeing me, he grinned and said, "Zhao, why isn't it dawn yet?"

I looked up at the sky, feeling puzzled, when the foreigner stretched out his arm to show me his watch.

It's already past 6:00 AM. According to the time on this deserted island, even without the sun, the sky should be turning light by now. But why is it still so dark?

Perhaps the seasons change here, so the time of day also changes.

"Since it's not dawn yet, you should take this time to get some rest."

Seeing that the foreigners were telling them to go and rest, the foreigners warmed themselves by the fire before turning around and crawling into their tents.

Not long after, Chen Jian also came out, yawning. He frowned when he saw that it was still dark outside.

"Wait a minute, it's already past 7:00, how come the sky is still full of stars? Now I'm starting to think something's not right. If there was no sun here at around 6:00, how come there isn't one at 7:00?"

At that moment, Wang Ping also came out of the tent, looked at Chen Jian and me, yawned, and rubbed his face with snow.

"Is this place also experiencing polar day and polar night? If so, we've really hit the jackpot. After all, I was saying I wanted to see the aurora borealis, and I wonder if it exists here."

Wang Ping said this in a completely joking tone, but my heart suddenly sank.

If this place truly experiences polar day and polar night, then the polar day is manageable, but if you actually encounter polar night, that would be a real problem.

This place is fraught with danger, and it's still dark. If some wild animal were to rush out of the woods, we could be killed before we even realize it.