I didn't notice anything wrong with the truckloads of crabs. Wang Ping and Chen Jian were already excitedly pushing the truckloads of crabs to our campsite.

The houses in our camp had already been built, a total of seven. Naturally, I stayed in one house with Wang Xiaoxiao, Xiao Qiang, and the others, along with Tianci.

Because there wasn't much wood this time, and most of the ironware we used before had been lost, we only built a single-story house.

Wang Ping lives alone in a small house, but it's kept quite tidy.

Chen Jian and Liu Jiaojiao shared a small room with their child, while Bai Wei and our group of male colleagues shared another room.

A female colleague slept in one room, a foreign woman slept in another, a foreigner slept in yet another, and there was also a very large house that we used as a storage room and canteen.

We're planning to do some more thorough repairs on this house these next couple of days, and then we're going to go out and get some more iron to make tools.

After all, in this era, having some weapons in hand makes one feel more at ease.

Cold weapons became especially important when the ever-changing arsenal could not be made public.

Wang Xiaoxiao and the others were tidying up the campsite when they saw Wang Ping and the others return. They hurriedly followed, and the women's expressions softened considerably upon seeing so many crabs.

After all, we haven't had such fresh crabs for a long time since we moved from the coast to the Bunois tribe.

Moreover, since Wang Ping and his group went through so much trouble to bring these crabs back, they would naturally have a crab feast that evening.

Looking at the crabs, Liu Jiaojiao couldn't help but smile: "The meat from that brown bear has already been divided up. Now we can use this sea salt to marinate all the meat and then dry it, so it can be stored for a while longer."

"I reckon the fat from this brown bear would be great for stir-frying crabs. Sister Xiao Qiang also found a lot of wild vegetables back then, so today we can finally have a good meal."

As Liu Jiaojiao spoke, she dragged Wang Xiaoxiao and the others to the cafeteria to start cooking.

We men went out to chop firewood, then neatly piled it up in the camp for later use.

That evening, they had a crab feast. Wang Xiaoxiao and the others stir-fried some crabs, then pressed some crabs in oil extracted from brown bears. For the crabs they couldn't finish, they extracted the crab roe and crab meat and made crab roe sauce, which tasted exceptionally delicious.

Wang Xiaoxiao said that this crab roe sauce contains sea salt, which allows it to be stored for a longer period of time. If sea salt becomes difficult to obtain later, this crab roe sauce can also be used as a condiment.

We roasted some more bear meat and made soup. After all that fuss, tonight has finally settled down.

The location and situation at this camp are relatively safe now.

We were surrounded by towering mountains, so it was absolutely unrealistic for either the Utas tribe or the pirates to climb up from the outside of the mountains, rush into the camp, and put pressure on us.

The only exit could only be used by one person at a time, so we weren't as nervous as we were at night.

Usually, three people work in shifts, so that everyone can get enough rest.

I went back to my house early that night to rest. The next morning, I called Wang Ping, Chen Jian, and a few other male colleagues, and we planned to go to the beach to extract some more sea salt.

Our current camp has water, and although the food is not plentiful, it is enough to fill our stomachs, but we absolutely cannot do without salt.

There's no way to transport this seawater back to our camp, so refining it right there on the beach is the most convenient option.

Moreover, we also need to take some time to get some more iron ore and transport these raw iron ore stones back, which is still a troublesome matter.

So we packed some dry food and set off in the morning. Before we even reached the beach, I suddenly noticed that the beach was completely dark, and it seemed like something was wriggling around.

It gave me goosebumps because there were just too many of them.

Chen Jian frowned after looking at it: "What's going on? Could these still be those crabs?"

Wang Ping, standing next to Chen Jian, shook his head after listening: "Impossible. How many crabs can there be in the sea? Look at this beach, it's swarming with them. If they all crawl ashore, won't there be another tsunami?"

Upon hearing Wang Ping's words, Chen Jian quickly slapped Wang Ping and shrank back, saying, "Don't scare me like that!"

After saying that, he looked at me again and said, "Brother Sihai, what exactly is going on? There are just too many of these."

I frowned as well, because I had never seen so many crabs on the beach at the same time.

Let's go take a look first!

Just then, a male colleague behind me chuckled, seemingly unconcerned: "Oh, even if they're all crabs, what can we do? We can just catch them all and have Secretary Xiao make them into crab sauce, that'll be pretty delicious too."

Chen Jian glared at him but didn't say anything. We pushed the cart all the way to the beach and discovered that the entire beach was indeed covered with crabs.

These crabs were crawling on the beach, seemingly vying to get into the woods, a sight that gave everyone goosebumps.

After all, it's just too dense.

Looking at the calm sea, I couldn't help but wonder if a tsunami was really about to happen.

But apart from these crabs, I didn't find anything else that seemed amiss.

Looking at the crabs, Wang Ping and his companions couldn't help but feel overwhelmed: "Sihai, I think we should refine sea salt first. While it's still light, let's hurry and get a few more jars of salt to take back. Then we can catch some crabs. Anyway, we don't have to go out to sea to catch them. It's not bad to get something for nothing."

I ignored them and walked to the beach. I looked down at the crabs that were constantly wriggling, and the bad feeling in my heart grew stronger.

If the unusual behavior of these crabs is due to some change in the sea, I dare not imagine whether this change will affect us.

Life had just begun to return to normal, but is something else about to happen that I can't control?

My heart was heavy, and just then, a male colleague at the very back behind me suddenly cried out in pain. I heard his voice immediately become extremely frightened.

"Fourth Brother, look, look what's that?"

I turned to look at him, wondering why he was so scared, when I discovered that there was a huge thing wriggling behind us, not far away.

At this moment, that thing was getting closer and closer to us.

Chen Jian, who was standing next to me, was also terrified and turned pale. He almost instinctively raised his gun. But when I looked more closely, I realized that the black thing that was wriggling towards us was actually a big crab!