One year brought a great drought, the next year floods, and then, in a blink, a plague.
The Xu family fled from the north to the south, and then from the south back to the north.
Before...
After returning to their own boat, Qi Canglan looked at Xu Ning and saw that he opened his mouth several times but no sound came out, as if he had something to say but didn't know how to start.
Xu Ning accidentally noticed Qi Canglan's expression and found it a little funny: "Just say whatever you want to say, why are you being so shy?"
Qi Canglan finally plucked up the courage to ask, "How did you make those people unconscious?" He knew that Xu Ning had just left for a while. Could it be that she had contacted that force and arranged for them to do it?
Xu Ning shrugged and replied, "Oh, even though you asked, I don't want to tell you the answer."
Qi Canglan was almost fainted from anger, and said angrily: "How dare you do this! Then you let me ask!"
Xu Ning said innocently, "You asked that question yourself. What does it have to do with me?"
Qi Canglan was silent for a moment, then said to her thoughtfully, "Xu Ning, I think you seem different."
Xu Ning nonchalantly asked, "How have I changed?" Then she began picking at her nails and continued, "Even if I've changed, I'm still myself."
Qi Canglan asked with some confusion: "Why do you say that?"
Xu Ning sneered: "Qi Canglan, don't pretend that we are very familiar with each other. After all, we haven't known each other for long. How can you say whether I have changed? Besides, how can you be sure that the me you saw before is the real me?" After that, she no longer paid attention to Qi Canglan, but stared in the direction of the cannibal island alone.
"Ningning." Xu Yuan walked over and leaned next to Xu Ning, while Xu Feng leaned on the other side of Xu Ning with a helpless look on his face. The two of them sandwiched Xu Ning in the middle, one on the left and one on the right, and left their backs to Qi Canglan.
Qi Canglan: ...I am speechless.
Cui Yong looked at the three of them playing like children, shook his head and went into the cabin.
"Hey, Xu Ning, do you think those martial artists can get rid of all the cannibals?" Qi Canglan didn't care about Xu Ning's cold face just now. He leaned on Xu Feng's side and started his attack towards Xu Ning again.
"Yes." Xu Ning was too lazy to pay attention to him and answered without raising his head.
"How can you be sure?" Qi Canglan did not give up and continued to ask.
"Qi Canglan, have you eaten too many croton seeds? Why are you talking so much nonsense?" Xu Ning frowned impatiently.
"Oh... did you eat firecrackers?" Qi Canglan was stunned by Xu Ning's retort, and then said angrily.
"What? Do you want to be blown up?" Xu Ning glanced at Qi Canglan coldly.
"Oh, let me say..." Qi Canglan wanted to say something.
"Shut up! If you keep nagging me, I'll throw you into the sea!" Xu Ning interrupted Qi Canglan and threatened him bluntly.
"I think you should calm down!" Qi Canglan retorted, not to be outdone.
The two of them exchanged sharp words and started arguing on the deck.
Xu Ning was already in a bad mood, and she had deliberately avoided him, but Qi Canglan insisted on bumping into her, which made Xu Ning start arguing with him fiercely, and at the same time venting all her dissatisfaction and grievances in her heart.
When night fell and it was time for dinner, the two of them sat together and ate as if nothing had happened. They seemed to have forgotten the argument in the afternoon, as if nothing had happened.
This scene surprised and amazed Xu Yuan and Xu Feng, who had helped to mediate the fight that afternoon. These two people were really unpredictable. They were arguing fiercely just now, but now they could sit together and eat so calmly. This change was so fast that it was hard to understand.
On the cannibal island, the martial artists holding torches searched around the island and found and killed the cannibals who had managed to escape from the cave and hide.
All this was thanks to the fluorescent powder Xu Ning had meticulously prepared. In the darkness of the night, the cannibals had nowhere to hide. Even if they tried to hide in the soil, the fluorescent powder was still clearly visible, making it impossible for them to escape.
In the second half of the night, in order to be on the safe side and also to find out the secrets of the island, the martial artists who came ashore searched the entire island carefully. In the end, they only found the mirrors that Xu Ning had placed in various corners.
The mirrors were small handheld mirrors of modern times, and their clarity was a little better than the bronze mirrors here that gave people a rash when used. These martial artists immediately treated these mirrors as treasures.
Although there were not many mirrors, they felt that such precious treasures were rare, and since they had recovered their weapons, they simply cleaned them and returned to the ship with joy.
But what they didn't know was that their companions had put large doses of sleeping pills in the water and food that welcomed them back on the boat.
They were still celebrating having obtained the treasure when they turned around to find the person next to them lying on the ground.
By the time someone discovered it, it was too late. Because they were afraid that they had not inhaled enough, the people responsible for drugging them did not even spare themselves and sprinkled a lot of powder everywhere in the cabin.
"Good boy! If we hadn't given them so many medicines, they wouldn't have been able to make them." However, Xu Ning didn't feel it was a pity, because the strength of these martial artists was indeed not to be underestimated.
This time, when the cannibals were killed, only a few martial artists were slightly injured. Compared with the last time when all the people who came from the capital were wiped out, it was much better.
Moreover, Xu Ning also saw from various surveillance cameras that these martial artists did not eat on the island. In addition, they were very good at martial arts and did not even get too much blood on them. Therefore, the chance of being infected would be much less, which was a very good result.
At daybreak, on the Wulin people's boat, Xu Ning splashed cold water on several people who had been "poisoned" by him to wake them up again.
They woke up with a start and were a little happy to see Xu Ning. They didn't say anything even when Xu Ning ordered them to tie up the other martial artists.
"Miss, what was your reason for saying that we should stay away from them last time?" Xu Ning looked at Wang Lan, the martial artist who came close to her, and didn't mind telling him the truth.
"Because cannibals eat humans, they are basically infected with a poison. This poison is incurable and highly contagious. Anyone infected will not only die, but also die in agony."
Xu Ning's words filled Wang Lan's face with horror, especially when he saw bloodstains on the clothes of the martial artist he was tying up. He was so scared that he hid a few meters away.
"Take off their bloodstained clothes and burn them, wash your hands frequently and avoid direct contact, and tie them up separately, keeping them at a distance." After returning to Haicheng, they were handed over to Pei Yongjun to be imprisoned separately.
The most important thing now is to deal with the corpses on the cannibal island.
Prions can be transmitted not only between humans but also between animals.
All the cannibals on the island were killed, especially in the caves, where corpses piled up like mountains. The strong smell of blood had attracted some wild beasts to come in and eat their corpses.
Therefore, Xu Ning had to work faster to burn the cannibals' corpses and the wild beasts that ate the corpses.