In the end, we had to resort to some methods. This pirate was clearly very worldly-wise, and he didn't take our initial minor punishments to heart at all.

Later, Wang Ping got so angry that he took a knife and cut off one of his fingers, and only then did Wang Ping become a little scared.

When Wang Ping gets angry, his shouting style is quite frightening.

In addition, these natives were already very dissatisfied with the pirates' attacks and oppression, so they took this opportunity to show no mercy to the pirates.

In addition to not giving him food or water, he was also kept awake for several days in a row, which was enough to make him suffer.

Finally, the pirate had to reveal their recent plans. They had brought a total of thirty ships and more than a hundred people. In addition to transporting some gold, their main purpose was to help the Utas tribe deal with the Bunois tribe.

Because the leader of the Utas tribe, that old man who was in charge of the map, had always wanted to conquer all the islands, and this time, in return, this native old man would tell these pirates the locations of all the gold mines on the deserted island.

That's why they let the old native man give them orders.

"You mean there are many gold mines on this deserted island?"

I looked at the pirate and asked him a question. The pirate was clearly very scared, after all, his mind had been tormented for the past few days.

Xu Wei translated for us, saying that it was true, and that they had already discovered several before.

The gold mines on this deserted island are far more numerous than we currently know, but even the chief of the Bunois tribe, Muta, is not entirely aware of them.

The pirate told almost everything he could.

We are still facing a strong attack from the Ertas tribe.

Muta and Mucuo seemed very worried, and the situation on our side wasn't very good either.

After all, if a conflict were to actually occur, we would not have any advantageous position.

This pirate is no longer of any use to us, but I really can't bear to kill him. After all, he is a person, a life.

In my heart, all life deserves respect, even though his life is utterly insignificant.

After we returned to our resting place, Wang Ping looked at me with a sigh: "Sihai, do you really want to help them? If we make the wrong choice in this matter, it won't just be one or two people who die. You have to understand that those pirates have swords, ships, and guns. In this situation, how can we protect ourselves?"

I am well aware of Wang Ping's concerns, but we are now essentially one entity.

If we cannot guarantee the safety of the Bunois tribe, then our lives will only become more difficult.

After all, they had already fallen out with the Utas tribe.

According to what Muta and the others said, given the nature of the Ertas tribe, they will hold a grudge against us regardless of whether we help them or not.

I immediately turned to look at Chen Jian and called him over. Chen Jian quickly came over and asked me what was wrong. I whispered to him.

"Go, take a few natives to look for the iron mines we found earlier. If we can smelt these iron mines into daggers or steel weapons, our chances of success will be much higher."

Chen Jian nodded, but then frowned.

"Brother Sihai, the situation outside is so dangerous right now. Even if we manage to find those iron mines, how long will it take us to use them? These pirates will go crazy searching the entire deserted island now that they've found their missing companion. The place we're hiding in isn't very well concealed, and time is of the essence."

Wang Ping nodded in agreement after hearing Chen Jian's words.

I nodded in agreement: "Of course I know time is tight right now, but we need some tools we can use. And although these indigenous people look simple-minded, I believe they must have some tricks up their sleeves."

"And did you see those iron plates they used? So I think they must have some experience in iron smelting. I'll go and discuss this with Muta later. If we can get their help, it will be faster if we work together."

"Besides knives and axes, we also make some bows and arrows, since bows and arrows are also very lethal."

Chen Jian nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go find that Mu Cuo now, and then take a few people out to look for those iron mines."

"Be careful when you go out, understand?"

Chen Jian nodded after hearing what I said, and then let Wang Ping take him to find Mucuo.

I sat there and thought back to what the pirate had just said. In this situation, the safest way to get what we wanted was to use a trap.

In addition to these traps, we also need to guard against lynxes.

These beasts are even more troublesome than those people, so if we really launch an attack, these are the first things we should deal with.

There's still a lot of meat that's been injected with anesthesia. We've decided to throw all of it around in the next few days, so that if any animals come to investigate, they won't come back alive.

This matter can only be left to Mucuo.

Firstly, Mu Cuo is very familiar with the surrounding environment, so she will definitely handle this matter very well.

However, there were still many pieces of meat that needed to be injected with these anesthesias, so we had to ask Xiao Qiang for help.

To be honest, I was a little worried that Xiao Qiang would refuse, but she took the initiative to come to me and said that she would take care of this matter.

Because now, in the face of survival, all grudges seem less important.

It's something I really want to see everyone working together.

I know that I may still owe Xiao Qiang an explanation, but that explanation can only wait until after this war is over.

The next few days, we were all busy.

Muta and Chen Jian had been busy preparing to build an iron mine, while Mucuo and Xiao Qiang began to divide the work, processing all the meat and then throwing it outside in batches.

The foreigners, on the other hand, carefully observed the surroundings from outside the door every day, but they would notify us of any unusual activity.

The pirate we captured is no longer of any use. He's kept in that cage every day, howling incessantly, but nobody pays any attention to him.

The surroundings were peaceful; neither the indigenous people of the Utas tribe nor the pirates had ever been there.

I know this calm is an illusion, because a storm is coming soon.