After this major conflict, our situation with the foreigners has once again become tense.

This time, the foreigners were smarter; whether they went to the toilet or picked up things on the beach, they always went in groups.

Moreover, those foreign men gave us a very unfriendly look, frequently raising their middle fingers while muttering curses.

But when I think about how Chen Jian and I beat that bearded guy up back then, I just don't want to bother with them.

We also started to pay more attention to security, and when we were on night watch, we changed from one person to two.

At Wang Xiaoxiao's insistence, the two women ended up taking turns guarding one shift, while I took turns guarding the other.

Seven or eight more days passed, and it seemed that the foreigners' supplies were almost exhausted.

I noticed that the group of foreign men started wandering around in the woods with guns, probably looking for food.

Meanwhile, the foreign women started collecting seashells, seaweed, and squid from the crevices of the rocks on the beach.

I knew their smugness wouldn't last long, but seeing them starting to gather food now, I can't help but feel a little worried.

Those foreigners have absolutely no environmental awareness. Wherever they go, it's as if the land has been felled. Even on their side of the forest, more than a dozen trees that have been growing for who knows how many years have been cut down.

Any food found in the forest is picked and uprooted, leaving no hope of regeneration.

As the foreigners' range of movement gradually increased, I became even more worried that they would eventually discover the place where those short-legged birds were.

I don't know if they recognize jicama. If they do, then we won't be able to eat jicama at all.

And those short-legged birds will surely be wiped out by them.

Chen Jian, Wang Ping, and Bai Wei also had gloomy faces, but dared not speak out against their anger.

Bai Wei has been much quieter lately. He occasionally goes out to pick things to eat and collect tree branches, but he has become increasingly gloomy. When he sits there, people feel that his face says "keep away."

In the afternoon, the group of foreigners went into the woods and walked for who knows how long, but when they came back, they were all overjoyed.

Chen Jian later told me that the group of foreigners found a nest of rabbits in the woods, and after a series of gunshots, they killed almost all of them, big and small.

They skinned and cleaned the rabbits, then roasted them beside their boat, the aroma wafting far and wide.

I don't have any particular feelings towards this group of people. We can understand that they want to eat and survive. As long as they don't forcibly take from us and disrupt our lives, we can simply wait peacefully for rescue to arrive.

Because I had deliberately searched for food in the cave beforehand, we still had plenty left.

But Bai Wei and his group didn't plan their food at all, and there were more than a dozen of them. Seeing that the tiger, lion, and wild boar were almost completely devoured, Wang Ping came to find me again.

"I think we've eaten almost all of these things. We should go and catch some more before we run out of ammunition and food."

I naturally agree with that, but with the current severe shortage of guns and ammunition, it's impossible to hunt with guns anymore, so we can only dig traps.

Wang Ping listened with some worry on his face: "But these beasts inside are all fat and strong. It would be too much trouble to catch them by manpower alone, wouldn't it?"

"Then I have no choice. Do you think that if we use all these guns and ammunition to catch wild boars, and the foreigners come after us, we'll fight them to the death with melee weapons?"

After being rebuked by my words, Wang Ping immediately fell silent.

"Then I'll go back and discuss it with President Bai. Let's go this afternoon."

I nodded. It didn't matter if there were many people. Besides, I had gained some experience in catching wild boars recently. Even without a gun, it shouldn't be too difficult to take down two wild boars.

The problem is that someone must be left to guard the camp.

Moreover, once we go out, we'll definitely travel very far in search of wild boar herds, and we don't know when we'll be able to return.

What if those foreigners take advantage of the empty camp and come here to cause trouble? Wouldn't these colleagues who stayed in the camp be in danger?

I'm still struggling with how to get there, which route to take, and how to get back. I want to minimize the time spent. If all else fails, I'll dig out the trap first and then go and come back as soon as possible.

But before I could figure it out, Chen Jian came rushing up from the foot of the mountain.

Standing at the entrance of my cave, panting like an ox.

"What's wrong with you? What happened again?"

Xu Wei quickly poured Chen Jian a glass of water, which he drank in one gulp. He wiped his mouth and said, "Lin Xubo is missing! He said he was going to the bathroom this morning. We offered to go with him, but he said no. However, when we were counting heads at lunch, we realized he hadn't come back. Boss Bai asked me to come and ask if you've seen him."

Lin Xubo and I are old enemies, so why would he come here?

"Was he also knocked unconscious by those foreigners and left there?"

Liu Jiaojiao peeked out from behind and looked at Chen Jian. Chen Jian shook his head: "We don't know yet, but we've lost someone recently, and President Bai means we have to find them."

Although I really dislike Lin Xubo, he is, after all, a colleague of ours. If he is really killed by those foreigners as revenge, then this matter will be very troublesome.

I nodded quickly, picked up my gun, and followed Chen Jian down the mountain. Bai Wei and his group were already standing by the cabin, and several of my male colleagues were even standing with their feet up, looking in the direction of the foreigners.

But the foreigners seemed to completely ignore us and continued doing what they were doing.

Bai Wei's face darkened as well: "Lin Xubo has been gone for a while now. Let's hurry up and look for him. Besides these foreigners, there might be wild animals in this forest!"

Lin Xubo, who usually grew a beard and flattered Bai Wei, was highly valued by him. Now that Lin Xubo is gone, Bai Wei is genuinely worried.

I nodded, telling them to calm down, and then asked Lin Xubo exactly when he left and which grove he went to. After planning the route, we headed towards that grove.

But after searching for an entire afternoon, they still couldn't find Lin Xubo.

But we found a pool of blood on a grassy area in the woods.

Chen Jian's face turned pale. Looking at the pool of blood, his legs went weak, and he stammered, "Do you think Manager Lin might be dead? Maybe those foreigners weren't even eating rabbits at all?"

When I saw that pool of blood, my heart sank. Blood meant someone was injured.

But do those foreigners really dare to eat people?