His hand holding the gun trembled slightly, but Lu Wuyai still decisively pulled the trigger. The bullet pierced the air, killing the man running to the left with a single shot.
Upon seeing the fatal shot, Lu Wuyai quickly stood up and charged towards the withered forest on his right with the speed of a hunting dog.
Yesterday's strong winds only took away the dead trees near the cave; most of them simply piled up and formed a large patch of dead trees on one side of the rocky mountain.
But here, with a determination to kill, Lu Wuyai's speed increased.
In the blink of an eye, Lu Wuyai entered the Deadwood Forest. Looking at the intricate paths and obstacles inside, he took a deep breath.
He lowered his gun and pulled a dagger from his pocket. In a place like this, the best way to fight someone is with a melee weapon.
Soon, Lu Wuyai walked deeper into the forest, not having time to cover up the other party's traces, because there were already footprints on the ground.
Lu Wuyai walked very fast, worried that he might give the other party time to set some traps for them.
Although this scenario is unlikely, it is important to consider the worst-case scenario.
"The footprints have disappeared."
Suddenly, Lu Wuyai stopped because the clear footprints in front of him had disappeared.
At this moment, Lu Wuyai became exceptionally energetic. He suddenly realized that he could be so completely focused on one thing.
He glanced at the withered tree beside him, the dagger in his hand twitching slightly, maintaining an extremely comfortable posture... a repulsive state.
A minute later, Lu Wuyai stood where the footprints disappeared. Just as he was about to walk forward, a sense of fear suddenly rose in his heart.
However, Lu Wuyai still went up.
Almost instantly, Lu Wuyai understood why the footprints had suddenly disappeared.
Where the footprints disappeared, there was a quicksand swamp.
On the surface, the swamp is covered with a layer of fine sand, just like the land in the forest. Even if you lie on the ground and look at it, you can't tell the difference at all.
But in reality, there is a flowing mud pit beneath the sand. Once a person falls into it, they will be dragged downwards by the flowing mud and sand in a short time until they are completely swallowed up.
Lu Wuyai panicked, realizing that he was about to face a life-or-death crisis, and that the human he was chasing might already be dead.
"Based on the time, the distance between us was only a few tens of seconds. At this speed, I would die in less than a minute."
At this moment, Lu Wuyai felt a sense of despair. In such a short time, he was not allowed to do anything.
Just as despair was growing stronger, Lu Wuyai's expression suddenly turned strange.
Just when Lu Wuyai thought he was going to die in the sand, his foot accidentally touched something hard.
It must be said that there were some surprises and unexpected events.
Lu Wuyai was panting heavily. At this moment, the mud had already submerged his neck, and his chest was being squeezed by the surrounding soil, feeling both cold and painful.
“That thing under your feet can’t be the body of that survivor from before.” Lu Wuyai swallowed hard, raised his head, and tried his best to relax.
However, even so, he cannot move and can only remain in his current state.
Because with just a little force, his toes would separate from his body, making them very difficult to control.
His body, stuck in the mud, was still being carried along by the undercurrent. One could only say that Lu Wuyai was lucky. The contact between his toes and body temporarily maintained a static balance.
“Continuing like this is not an option.” Lu Wuyai took a breath; we can’t let him stay like this.
Lu Wuyai still wanted to lift his leg, but the next second, he stopped because the mud almost flooded his mouth.
"Damn it," Lu Wuyai cursed inwardly, as many images flashed through his mind.
These pictures are all about how to save yourself after getting stuck in the mud.
Lu Wuyai didn't want to die; he wanted to leave this place alive.
Spread your arms out to increase the contact area, which will relax your body and allow you to float as high as possible.
In reality, however, the effect of doing so is very small.
“If I had known from the beginning that it would have been better, I would have opened my arms.” Lu Wuyai took a breath and slowly exhaled, trying to relax as much as possible.
Lu Wuyai glanced at the withered forest outside, then checked the time. Dusk was approaching, and he wondered if Su Xi and the others had noticed he was missing.
Waiting for rescue seems like a good idea, especially since they're not far from the rocky hill. Su Xi and the others will likely find this place soon.
However, Lu Wuyai felt that he couldn't hold on for that long.
Regardless of physical strength and endurance, even the position of the corpse beneath their feet began to move at that moment.
Lu Wuyai couldn't help but take another deep breath. His scalp felt numb, but he finally decided to wait a little longer.
As time passed, the sky began to grow darker and darker, and soon darkness completely descended upon the deserted island.
Lu Wuyai felt a chill; the mud was drawing moisture from his body. This was something he had never expected before.
"If no one comes to save me, I might freeze to death here first." Lu Wuyai felt a chill in his heart and didn't know what to do next.
I can't move, but if I keep waiting, I'll probably freeze to death here.
Another half hour passed. Lu Wuyai looked towards the direction of the stone mountain and finally spotted a glimmer of light, flickering in the darkness.
Lu Wuyai wanted to shout louder, but found that the mud covering his chest and body made it difficult for him to even raise his voice.
When he moved just now, his body sank in again, and he almost couldn't breathe and suffocated.
Just as the lights on the rocky mountain were flickering, Lu Wuyai suddenly heard a howling sound coming from the forest.
The beast's roar immediately frightened Lu Wuyai.
Ten minutes later, several cat-like beasts fell from the branches and lingered near the mud pit. Their huge eyes were fixed on Lu Wuyai, and they would occasionally extend their claws, trying to leave something on Lu Wuyai.
Unfortunately, these cat-like beasts seemed to know the danger of the mud pit; their claws were too short to reach Lu Wuyai's body.
"Hey, what a bunch of stupid cats." Lu Wuyai shook his head, too lazy to pay attention to the cat-beasts. He figured they would leave soon.
But the next second, the cat-beast suddenly stopped moving, raised its head as if it had heard some dangerous sound, and turned and went into the forest.
Seeing this, Lu Wuyai's heart skipped a beat.
Meow!
A roar resembling that of a cat-like beast rang out from the forest.
Soon, a spotted leopard emerged from the forest, circled the mud pit, and came to Lu Wuyai's side. It stuck out its bright red tongue, seemingly regarding Lu Wuyai as its meal.
Lu Wuyai's expression changed as well. The mud pit was too deep, and he was too close to the shore. The legs of the cat-beast in front of him were too short to reach him at all.
But now, this spotted leopard is different. With just a little effort, he can tear open his own throat.
"I'm so unlucky." Lu Wuyai felt dizzy for a moment. Watching the spotted leopard walk towards him step by step, he felt that he had reached the darkest moment of his life.
Alas.
The spotted leopard walked to the edge of the mud pit and stopped. It clearly knew the danger there.
However, ever since the smog began, the carnivores on the deserted island have been starving... at least on the outskirts of the island.
Because the plants were withering and the mountain was covered with grass, it was difficult for carnivores to hunt under cover. So the moment the leopard saw Lu Wuyai, it had already made up its mind to eat him.
Looking at the claws so close at hand, Lu Wuyai felt despair again.
However, he raised his head, trying his best to avoid the leopard's fatal blow.
"My neck is cramping." Lu Wuyai grinned, feeling the stiffness in his neck. He had been too nervous, and the low temperature had caused this embarrassing situation.
Suddenly, Lu Wuyai felt a sharp pain in his neck, his pupils constricted, and goosebumps rose all over his body.
It turned out that his neck had been scratched by the claws of a spotted leopard.
Although it was just a small opening, it brought Lu Wuyai immense terror between life and death.
"Lu Wuyai".
Suddenly, Yuri's voice came from the forest, which excited Lu Wuyai.
"Yuri, I'm here."
Lu Wuyai was almost in tears, but he still shouted loudly. Judging from the sound, he should not be far from the Deadwood Forest.
The leopard on the shore also stopped its next move, let out a soft mournful cry, and reluctantly ran into the depths of the dead forest.
At this moment, Lu Wuyai breathed a sigh of relief and shouted a few more times.
Finally, Yuri's figure came from outside the deadwood forest.
Upon seeing Lu Wuyai, Yuli finally breathed a sigh of relief and quickly ordered someone to pull Lu Wuyai out of the mud.
"Call up."
Lu Wuyai, standing on the ground, glanced back, took out the mud pit, and was sweating profusely.
“How did you end up here?” the women kept complaining on the way back.
Exhausted, Lu Wuyai had explained everything clearly. He felt completely drained. Now, all he wanted was to go back to the container and get some rest.
The events that occurred at dusk left Lu Wuyai utterly exhausted and lifeless.
In this world, death is never the most terrifying thing;
Back in the cave, Lu Wuyai didn't eat dinner. He had just finished washing himself, tossed his muddy clothes aside, and collapsed onto the bed, quickly falling asleep.
That night, Lu Wuyai slept soundly and easily, and didn't wake up until noon the next day.
The next day at noon, Lu Wuyai came out of the cave and headed in the direction he had been chasing the day before.
On the left side of the road, the slain corpses had been reduced to a pile of bloody skeletons. It seemed the wild beasts of the forest had smelled the blood and, overnight, had "helped" Lu Wuyai escape them.
To the right, in the deadwood forest, Lu Wuyai arrived at the nearby swamp.
He looked at the silt for a while, then took out a small axe from his waist, found a tree branch about three meters long, cut it down, and used it as a marker to measure the depth of the silt.
Lu Wuyai was very curious as to why there was a mud pit here.
Soon, Lu Wuyai discovered with a tree branch that the mud pit containing the quicksand was actually the size of a basketball court. He was startled for a while, and it gave him goosebumps all over his body.
Moreover, the edge of the mud pit was more than two meters deep, and the quicksand beneath it was extremely fast; the tree branch that Lu Wuyai was holding onto was almost swept away.
"The quicksand is moving so fast, no wonder I was almost swallowed by the mud yesterday in less than a minute," Lu Wuyai said thoughtfully.
After that, he wandered in the forest for a long time, searching for other possible puddles and quicksand.
Fortunately, everything else is solid Earth, except for this place.
So Lu Wuyai called out all the women and marked the ground, telling them that this was the place covered by swamps and quicksand.
Perhaps thinking of Lu Wuyai's life-or-death battle last night, the women listened carefully and firmly remembered the area enclosed by these marks.
“Go back and get some rest later. We’re driving to the canyon tonight,” Lu Wuyai said.
There are many black stones at the foot of the rocky mountain, but to avoid accidents and prevent the canyon from being encroached upon by others, Lu Wuyai and his group must transport the larger black stones to the rocky mountain as quickly as possible.
On land not far from the stone mountain, Lu Wuyai had already excavated a huge space, large enough to hold a black stone mine the size of a football field.
Once it's filled, Lu Wuyai and the others can use that black stone to continuously grow rice and vegetables for at least ten years, ensuring they won't starve.
Now they have so many cars that it's not a problem for everyone to go.
So that night, apart from Su Xi and Jin Xilu who were assigned to stay in the house to watch over things, the other seven people drove a car and headed towards the canyon.
Today, most of the area outside the deserted island is grassland. With so many vehicles in the wild, it would be too easy to spot them, so everyone decided to drive at night and rest as much as possible during the day, which would also make it easier for the solar-powered vehicles to charge.
But no one expected that for three consecutive days, it would be overcast. There was no sunshine, no rain, only overcast skies.
At this point, the car stopped in a forest of withered trees. In order to keep up with the schedule, Lu Wuyai and the others had to abandon three of the solar-powered vehicles.
This reveals the drawbacks of solar-powered cars.
Fortunately, this time there were five trams, and they even had their own generators and diesel fuel, so they could be charged at any time.
Late that night, the team finally reached the canyon.
Lu Wuyai and Song Xiaoyou looked outside at the same time, and only after confirming that no one was around did they drive all the cars inside.
Soon, a mining operation officially began.
Lu Wuyai had excellent physical strength and endurance, so he naturally took on most of the tasks.
In addition, Su Xi, Song Xiaoyou, and Gu Yuxin, three women, had their health greatly improved after receiving Lu Wuyai's all-night guidance during that period, so they naturally joined the mining team.
The remaining three, Yu Mengrou, Xia Qingming, and Song Xiaoyou, began moving ore, trying their best to keep up with the pace.
In the pitch-black night, the world outside the canyon became unusually quiet.
Lu Wuyai checked the time. There were still four hours until dawn. At his current pace, he could leave by noon.
He looked up at the sky. The stars were bright. It looked like the weather would be nice tomorrow.
"Hurry up, try to leave tomorrow morning."
......
Time flies, and dawn breaks.
Lu Wuyai came down from the cliff in the canyon, where a lot of black ore had been piled up on the ground.
However, the existing five vehicles were already full of black stones, and there was no way to make room for them.
Soon, the car drove out of the canyon and finally stopped in a grove of dead trees.
Lu Wuyai got out of the car, picked up his tools, and cleaned up all the tire tracks along the way to prevent them from being discovered by other interested people.
After doing all this, everyone set off again, heading back the way they came, and once more rushed towards the deadwood forest where the solar-powered vehicles were parked.
We arrived at dusk and had to spend the night in the forest.
Using a generator and fresh water from a fire, everyone sat on the grass, watching the beautiful sunset. The surrounding environment seemed particularly harmonious.
They could only eat marching rations for dinner, but Lu Wuyai discovered that there were many wild rabbits on the grassland, and he immediately became interested.
“I’m going hunting, you guys start a campfire,” Lu Wuyai said, pointing to the depths of the withered forest.
Soon, everyone covered their cars with car covers, took their tools, and went deep into the deadwood forest to start chopping wood and making a fire.
Because he hadn't expected to be delayed in the wilderness for so long, he had only carried a limited number of tools. Lu Wuyai, holding a crossbow, lay on a gentle slope, trying his best to endure the pain.
However, there were too many mosquitoes in the grass during the height of summer.
After a while, Lu Wuyai couldn't take it anymore. He stood up and swatted away all the mosquito bites on his body. His palms were sticky.
Arriving at the car, Lu Wuyai washed the dirt off his hands with water and continued hunting rabbits on the grass.
As the sunlight gradually dimmed, Lu Wuyai's night vision began to come into play.
In the dim light, the hare was exposed to the afterglow. Lu Wuyai stood behind it, his long shadow spread across the grass, appearing quite slender.
At this moment, Lu Wuyai began to shoot wild rabbits with his crossbow.
However, the effect was not good. The sound of the arrows slicing through the air was still a bit too loud. The hares also keenly sensed the danger. In the end, Lu Wuyai only managed to kill three rabbits.
After washing the rabbit, Lu Wuyai started to roast it, but Su Xi stopped him.
"These few wild rabbits and roasted rabbits aren't enough for one person," Su Xi said dismissively. As far as Lu Wuyai's appetite was concerned, there was no better food in the world.
Finally, the women chopped the rabbit into pieces and made a pot of stir-fried rabbit with chili peppers as marching rations. It was a great outdoor experience.
Everyone slept soundly that night. The Deadwood Forest was safe; there were no poisonous insects or wild animals.
Early the next morning, Lu Wuyai and the others turned on their solar panels. After absorbing solar energy for 12 hours, they set off for the rocky mountain at dusk.
And so, in their slow and hurried journey, the group finally saw a familiar scene and safely arrived near the cave.
At this moment, it is still 1 p.m.
It was still early, but the temperature on the mountain had already reached 40 degrees Celsius.
Even in the cave, which is more than two meters deep, the temperature hovers around 30 degrees Celsius. You can stay still without any problems, but if you move even slightly, you'll start sweating.
Lu Wuyai moved an ice maker and turned on the generator. He poured ice into a plastic bucket, using the principle of ice absorbing heat and melting to cool the container.
Although it's troublesome, the results are really good.
There were also three plastic buckets outside the women's quarters. This method of cooling is unlikely to exist on a desert island.
As the temperature in the underground environment gradually dropped, everyone felt a chill.
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