Seeing that my expression was a bit unpleasant, Chen Jian immediately stopped his teasing and moved closer to me, looking somewhat nervous.

"What do you mean? Could it be that there really is polar night here?"

I shook my head: "How would I know? But let's wait and see. Maybe it's just that it gets light a little later today."

With the sunlight gone, everyone seemed preoccupied, and the group huddled around the campfire, growing increasingly restless.

I felt very uncomfortable, but in this situation, there was nothing I could do but wait.

If there's no food, I can lead them deeper into the mountains. I don't believe this inexplicable fire will kill all the creatures on this deserted island. As long as we try, we'll definitely find food.

If we have now lost that meticulously built campsite, I am confident that we can start afresh and create an even better campsite for everyone to live in.

But now that there's no sun, there's really nothing I can do.

But things often don't go as planned. We thought the sun would reappear around 9 or 10 o'clock, but to everyone's surprise, it was still dark when we got to 2:00 pm.

The sky was filled with stars, but it didn't look romantic at the moment; instead, it made people feel increasingly suffocated.

Wang Xiaoxiao and the others were also very irritable, and even Qiji would occasionally let out a few cries.

"What are we going to do? If there's no sunlight, we're going to die here!"

Several of our male colleagues were the first to break down; they were all very anxious. The female colleagues were hiding by the campfire, their shoulders heaving, clearly crying. The oppressive atmosphere was driving everyone to the brink of collapse.

Meanwhile, the foreigners' group began to panic. Their faces were grim as they clutched the weapons they had made and the guns with their dwindling ammunition.

But under the current circumstances, even if we continue to wait, it's clear that we won't see the sun again.

The camp became incredibly noisy. All the pent-up emotions from arriving on this deserted island were released in that instant. Some were crying, and some were howling.

The once quiet night has now become incredibly noisy.

I sat by the campfire, unsure of what to do. Wang Ping gritted his teeth, his face heavy with worry. Chen Jian had to go back every now and then to comfort the crying Miracle and the anxious Liu Jiaojiao.

"What are we going to do, Sihai? If the polar night here is going to last for a very long time, how are we going to live?"

Wang Ping is a very steady person, but now he kept asking the same question over and over again, which gave me a huge headache. Finally, I took a deep breath, stood up, and shouted at the noisy crowd.

"Alright, stop arguing here. Even if you argue, do you think you can make the sun come back on? The sun may be gone, but it will come back on eventually. You all stay in the camp and keep watch. I'll go get some more food. We need to be well-fed to have the energy to keep watch at night."

After saying that, I turned around and walked out of the camp to the beach. I walked to a big rock and sat down, feeling rather dejected.

This situation is absolutely unexpected!

"Sihai, don't be too sad. Actually, everyone's emotions have been suppressed. It's good to release them. Otherwise, things will go to extremes and something bad will happen. Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Even if there is polar night, it probably won't last more than a month. During this month, we won't starve to death by the sea."

I turned my head and saw Xiao Qiang standing behind me, wearing a wolf skin, her long hair disheveled by the sea breeze. I turned around and grabbed Xiao Qiang, who sat down on the rock next to me and sighed deeply.

At that moment, I didn't know what to say to anyone, but I felt inexplicably at ease with Xiao Qiang by my side.

"Don't worry, I'm not under that much pressure. It's just that I'm still a little uneasy about accepting it."

Xiao Qiang nodded: "Actually, you're already very capable. Since we arrived on this deserted island, you've been in charge of everything. Otherwise, we would probably have fallen apart long ago, with some dying and others perishing. This situation isn't something you can solve by yourself, so it's okay to relax a bit."

I chatted with Xiao Qiang for a while, and I finally felt much better. Xiao Qiang said that although the forest had been burned down, its vitality was definitely stronger than we imagined. So as long as the sun came out, it wouldn't be long before the winter was over and the forest would be full of life again.

Then we can go back to logging and build our own boat to leave.

I know Hsiao-Chiang was trying to comfort me, but wasn't she also giving me a goal?

Xiao Qiang and I sat by the sea, enjoying the cool sea breeze. I held her tightly, and my heart gradually calmed down. Just as we were about to go back, we suddenly heard a rhythmic sound coming from the woods behind us, as if many people were walking. The sound grew closer.

But by the time the sound reached us, it had been shattered by the sea breeze.

Xiao Qiang, who was standing next to her, was taken aback at first, then immediately turned her head to look over, and then she frowned: "Eh, what is this?"

I turned my head too, but my eyesight wasn't as good as Xiao Qiang's. I could only vaguely see a group of people who seemed to be moving forward mechanically, like they were on a march.

I patted Xiao Qiang on the shoulder and told him not to move, that I would go and take a look. But Xiao Qiang immediately grabbed me and said, "No, it's pitch black inside, and we don't even know what it is. It's too dangerous for you to go alone. Let's go back and find Chen Jian and Wang Ping first. They said they have guns. If it's really dangerous, then having guns will give us some peace of mind."

But just as we were talking, the long queue disappeared as if it had never been there at all, which immediately piqued all my curiosity.

I'm sure I wasn't mistaken; the people walking in the woods just now were definitely a group.

But they came from deep in the mountains, which have been burned down. So where were they going after they came out? How could they suddenly disappear right before our eyes?