At this time, everyone dug pits and started fires directly on the beach.

A stove was placed over the fire. It was already dark.

The scenery was beautiful, though. A salty, fishy smell wafted in from the sea breeze. It was refreshing and liberating.

Feng Ran suddenly acted strangely, and everyone looked in the direction she was pointing.

"Good heavens, you wouldn't believe it until you see it! It's terrifying!"

"Then...everyone, grab your guns!"

In the darkness, a dark shadow several meters tall slowly crawled towards the group. And it seemed to be coming from the sea!

As the object drew closer, the light from the fire allowed everyone to finally see it more clearly.

...Mutant...octopus, no, giant octopus! No, no, no! It should be an extra-large octopus!

“Crash!”

A tentacle reached out, and how far was the pot on the fire flung!

"My pot!" Feng Ran cried out in alarm. It was her seafood meal!

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang! Bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang..."

"Everyone, run! Run towards home!" Qi Xie fired several shots, but the tentacles were too hard to penetrate! Moreover, the octopus was slowly moving towards them.

"call out!"

"Bang!"

Feng Ran casually tossed a grenade over; the octopus probably had never seen anything like it before. Before it could even react to whether to run, it was blown to bits!

"OK! Problem solved! No one needs to run anymore."

"No, don't go over there yet." Seeing that Feng Ran wanted to go forward to check, Bai Lian stopped her.

When a flashlight was shone on it, it was discovered that the octopus's blood was actually red...

"Oh no! Everyone, stop eating seafood! Or any other land creatures!" Bai Lian suddenly realized.

"Why?" Feng Ran asked, puzzled.

"The octopus's blood is red, this is very abnormal..."

The next day, after breakfast, everyone went to the beach where they had been the night before.

The octopus's remains are still there.

It's just really disgusting...

"Ugh—" Feng Ran really couldn't help but vomit.

A human head squeezed out of half of the octopus's body.

Feng Nan and a few others went up to investigate. The man was wearing a necklace with a pendant tag.

"Ma Dingpi..."

"What the heck?" Feng Ran stood to the side without going over to look. Qi Xie repeated it again.

"It seems to be someone named Ma Dingpi."

"Oh... that was a gruesome death."

"There were many corpses inside, many of them rotting. There were also undigested limbs."

"Forget it. Let's stop talking about it. Let's all gather firewood and burn this thing together," Feng Ranliang suggested sincerely.

Only when the fire starts burning can Feng Ran really look at the sea.

Where the wind is calm and the waves are still, everything seems peaceful and serene.

"Do you think it's the right thing to come and live on the island?"

“…There are probably more than just this one giant creature in the sea.” Feng Nangui was also facing the sea.

"Let's go. Back to land. Since we can't be sure if the things in the sea are edible, there's no need to stay here."

After all, we're in the open, and they're in the shadows. What if they all come out in the middle of the night one day?

Moreover, judging from the size of this octopus, it has clearly mutated! I wonder how many people it has eaten.

The ocean is so vast that this octopus is probably just an insignificant little shrimp in the ocean.

There might be something even more terrifying.

"Although we have weapons, we can't be the ones to stick our necks out for no reason," Feng Ran said earnestly to the group.

“I also think we should leave immediately,” Bai Lian agreed.

After putting out the fire, the group went back to collect their belongings. Then they launched the speedboat and prepared to return to land.

My island stay lasted only a day. It was over by then. What a pity. But safety is always the most important thing.

The marine life has mutated for some unknown reason. But this place is definitely not the best place to live.

You absolutely cannot stay in coastal cities, especially.

After discussing it, the group decided to head inland to cities, taking their chances as they went. They planned to settle down if they found a suitable place.

The group set off again in their RV.

Unbeknownst to them, at the moment they set sail, countless eyes on the seabed were watching the hull.

...

The Wang family.

Wang San San went out to look for a place to stay, but found nothing.

The earthquake was too strong. Almost no houses outside remained intact. Left with no other choice, Wang Sansan dragged his belongings back to the cave.

The others were happy to see that only Wang San San was carrying his things back, thinking they had found a place to stay.

"No. The houses outside have all collapsed. I suggest everyone stay on the mountain. The cave hasn't collapsed yet, and the things at the entrance have been moved away."

They would take turns sleeping in pairs, one in the first half of the night and the other in the second.

Otherwise, we'd be in trouble if there were aftershocks.

We'll see later. If that doesn't work, we'll build our own place to live outside.

“…I’ll listen to you. I’ve checked the cave. It’s perfectly fine for people to live in,” Li De said.

"Um."

"What about Feng Ran and the others? Have they found a place to stay outside?" Wang Lili asked curiously.

No. They went somewhere else. They probably won't be coming back.

"Oh, right, this is something Feng Ran gave to your future child," Wang San San said, handing the item to her sister.

Several people gathered around to look at it. Wang Lili, in particular, couldn't put the brand-new milk powder can down.

"Now I don't have to worry anymore," Wang Lili said happily.

"Hmm. That's good now. But... Feng Ran is gone... so what about the future..." Wang Nana didn't finish her sentence, but everyone understood what she meant.

"Honey? Let's... abort the child..."

"..." Zhang Yi's eyes widened. Yes! Now that Feng Ran isn't around, they...

"Second sister, don't overthink it. Let's take it one step at a time."

Wang San San comforted her. Her mother-in-law also patted her chest and said she would eat less in the future.

This finally calmed Wang Lili down.

Ultimately, it remains uncertain whether or not to keep the child.

I'm not confident, and what I fear even more is that if I give birth, my child will suffer along with them.

"Sis, don't overthink it. Even if we had an abortion, we don't have any medication. So relax," Wang Nana said, hugging Wang Lili.

"Yes. The vegetable patch in front of the door was destroyed. But we can still pick some and eat them. And the vegetables we planted behind the cave are also edible."

Second sister, don't worry. I'll take good care of my nephew." Wang Xiaosi patted her chest and assured her.

"Um. Um! Thank you everyone. Thank you."

The group began tidying up the cave. The boys tended to the vegetable patch near the entrance. Large rocks were pushed aside, and small pebbles were thrown far away.

...

Gu Zhou stared at the collapsed residential area, the thousands dead, and the countless injured. His eyes reddened. He slumped onto a large rock in front of the ruins.

We just organized a team to carry out emergency rescue overnight.

The earthquake happened too suddenly. Only a small number of people escaped safely; many were trampled to death. This is in addition to those who were crushed to death by the earthquake.

There are probably no more than 10,000 people resting or receiving treatment outside right now...

Staff members are still taking stock in front of the ruins.

Not only that, the soil around the greenhouses was also severely cracked. In many places, ravines had formed! The greenhouses had collapsed. Not a single one remained intact.

If this moment can bring Gu Zhou some comfort.