Soon, Lu Wuyai heard a roar coming from below the cliff. The sound wasn't very loud. If it hadn't been raining, Lu Wuyai probably wouldn't have heard it.
With a worried heart, he walked to the edge of the cliff, cautiously poked his head out, and saw the giant crocodile that looked like it was wearing armor. It was grunting and rubbing against the rocks. A large amount of powder mixed with rainwater and was sprinkled on the rock face, forming peculiar water stains.
Suddenly, a pair of brown eyes stared at Lu Wuyai, startling him so much that he took a deep breath and remained stunned for a long time.
When he refocused, there was no trace of the giant crocodile below the cliff.
But then he felt the earth shaking and the force of the earthquake getting closer and closer to him.
A strong sense of unease made Lu Wuyai glance in the direction of the gentle slope.
The ground was really shaking.
At first, Yang Jian thought it was another earthquake, but after actually experiencing one, he clearly felt something was wrong.
The tremor felt more like something hitting the ground, getting closer and closer to him.
He glanced at the cliff face instinctively and discovered that the giant crocodile had indeed disappeared.
But when he looked down at the gentle hillside again, a huge figure was walking toward him.
"Mother!" Lu Wuyai cried out in surprise, and the next second, he ran towards the narrow crevice at the foot of the precipitous peak.
After realizing it couldn't climb the cliff, the giant crocodile found its place on the gentle slope.
Without allowing Lu Wuyai any room for thought, he used all his strength and successfully rushed into the new shelter before his legs truly went weak.
As a result, just as Lu Wuyai was getting up from the ground with his front paws, the giant crocodile's head had already crashed into the passageway at the treacherous peak.
A rumbling sound.
After a dull thud, Lu Wuyai was horrified to discover that a large amount of gravel was rolling down from the precipitous peak, and even large chunks of rock were stuck at the top of the crevice, threatening to fall at any moment.
Lu Wuyai took a breath, turned around without looking back, and ran towards the lawn for his life.
Roar!
Behind him, the roar of a giant crocodile echoed throughout the crevice. Lu Wuyai was startled, secretly thinking that it really was a ferocious monster.
"I only glanced at you, is it necessary to hate me like this?"
Lu Wuyai felt helpless and took off running, arriving on the lawn in the blink of an eye.
Just then, looking back at the perilous peak, the concrete shelter had completely collapsed. A crocodile was stuck in a narrow crevice, still glaring angrily at Lu Wuyai.
"Luckily, I ran fast."
Lu Wuyai was still frightened. If he had been half a second slower, he might have become the crocodile's dinner.
Click it.
On the other side of the narrow gap, the shelter was still gone. Lu Wuyai thought about the pheasants and rabbits in the enclosure and guessed that this was going to be a bad time.
Lu Wuyai muttered to himself and headed straight for the cave, where he remained motionless.
It was already nine o'clock in the morning when they returned to the station. Lu Wuyai explained what had just happened, and everyone's expression was grim.
Pheasants are part of their winter diet, especially their eggs. When they're not working, one pheasant egg is enough to last them half a day.
But now, autumn has passed, and all the pheasants in the bamboo forest have disappeared. If the pheasants in the coop have been "cleaned" by the crocodiles, they must prepare new food before winter arrives.
At this moment, Lu Wuyai looked at the potato seedlings that had not yet been planted in the basket on his back. He was very glad that he hadn't planted them at the foot of the dangerous peak before, otherwise they would definitely have been trampled by crocodiles.
Lu Wuyai thought again of the few Sichuan pepper seedlings he had planted at the foot of the precipitous peak, and the Sichuan pepper seeds buried in the soil, ready to sprout. They were probably all gone.
"Otherwise, let's go take a look," Su Xi said, unwilling to give up.
The others looked at each other, then decided to go and see.
Two hours later, the five men crossed the lawn, quickly passed through the gap, and saw the collapsed cement station on the other side of the passage.
Lu Wuyai turned around and said, "I'll go take a look first. Don't worry, everything will be fine."
These giant crocodiles are so large that even if they were seen from outside the narrow passage, it would be impossible for them to squeeze their bodies through the tunnel, so Lu Wuyai was not worried.
Upon reaching the collapsed station, Yang Jian peered out and looked around. He didn't immediately spot the enormous crocodile within his field of vision.
However, Lu Wuyai's heart sank.
The chicken coop was destroyed, and there was blood on the ground; the chicken feathers were likely from pheasants. However, the rabbit pen, in Lu Wuyai's view, was completely undamaged.
Could it be that giant crocodiles don't like to eat rabbits?
Lu Wuyai shook his head bitterly, and after confirming several times that there were no giant crocodiles in the area, he was the first to step out of the narrow gap.
With the concrete floor removed, one can imagine how much energy this enormous crocodile could unleash.
“The space station has been destroyed, and it may not be safe in the future,” Su Xi said.
Song Xiaoyou said from the side, "No, it's okay, it wasn't safe from the beginning."
“Young friend Song is right.” Lu Wuyai sighed. “We chose this place mainly because of the stream, but we can build cement and move the new shelter into the crevice.”
The previous shelter had been completely destroyed, but this slit was very important to them, so they still took good care of it and decorated it.
After circling the platform, no one found any surviving pheasants.
“Without eggs, we must find a new substitute.” Lu Wuyai frowned, which made him somewhat worried.
Because of this giant crocodile, everything that was originally planned had to start from scratch.
Reaching the edge of the cliff, Lu Wuyai looked down and discovered another piece of crocodile skin on the uneven rock. Together, these two pieces represented only one complete crocodile skin that had been peeled off.
This is the best material for keeping warm in winter, as it has excellent heat insulation properties.
Without the pheasants, we got the materials to make clothes.
After moving the wild rabbits from the enclosure into a narrow crevice, the five people began tidying up the messy platform.
First, there were some broken pieces of cement that had been trampled by a huge crocodile. Now they were scattered in various corners nearby. Anna and Kim Hee-rok simply threw all the pieces down the cliff.
While clearing the crevice and throwing out the stones inside, Lu Wuyai was also constantly on guard against the large rock stuck above his head.
As for Su Xi and Song Xiaoyou, they were making cement again. They had collected a large amount of raw materials and stored them in a corner of a narrow crevice.
Three hours later, a long, narrow rabbit hoop appeared in the middle of the passage. This was the largest space available. Even with the rabbit hoop, two people could still sit side by side.
"Finally, that's it." Yang Jian breathed a sigh of relief. He was covered in cement splatters. Once they hardened, they couldn't be washed off. Now he looked like a roadside painter.
As Lu Wuyai put the rabbits into the rabbit pen one by one, he noticed that many of the rabbits were frightened and he didn't know if they could recover.
"Lu Wuyai, come and take a look."
Just then, Kim Seok-rok, who was still cleaning up trash outside the cave, suddenly shouted loudly.
Upon hearing this, Lu Wuyai rushed over, and when he saw the result, his face was filled with surprise.
Kim Seok-rok pointed forward towards the gentle slope. There were actually two live pheasants there. No wonder Kim Seok-rok's voice was full of surprise.
Perhaps frightened by the crocodile, the two pheasants remained motionless until Lu Wuyai caught them.
"I hope I'm not scared out of my wits."
After saying that, Yang Jian stuffed the two pheasants directly into the rabbit pen. In any case, the rabbit shed was full of single-room dwellings.
Afterwards, Song Xiaoyou and Su Xi continued working on the cement. They filled in the entrance to the passage at the foot of the precipitous peak and built a simple cement staircase inside.
In this way, the safety of the rabbit hutch can also be greatly improved.
"Take care of it, then let's go."
Lu Wuyai stood at the bottom of the stairs. From here, looking down the gentle slope, he could no longer see any scenery.
From the outside, this narrow crevice appears to be a passageway completely blocked by gray rock at the bottom. It's dark and deep inside, and we have no idea what might be there.
Lu Wuyai carried a crocodile skin on his back and felt it was very heavy.
On the way back, a rainbow appeared on the lawn, and blue skies and white clouds appeared. Autumn was having an increasingly significant impact on this deserted island.
The grasslands have turned completely yellow, with not a trace of green in sight. The surrounding forests are predominantly red and yellow, and the emptiness has gradually replaced the once lush deserted island.
"It's too desolate," Su Xi sighed.
It's so deserted. Standing on the grass and looking up, everyone can see very far.
“There’s actually a beach there,” Anna said, pointing in a certain direction. They had explored it before, but it was too far, so they had come back. They hadn’t expected to reach the beach so far.
However, in the other two main directions, there are still dense forests stretching as far as the eye can see. The size of the deserted island is beyond imagination.
“Logically speaking, such a large deserted island should not be uninhabited,” Jin Xilu suddenly said.
Others shared the same sentiment. The island was rich in resources and vast in area. Logically, it shouldn't have been an uninhabited island.
But for so many days, they really didn't see anyone other than the awkward survivors.
"Don't think about it now, it's getting dark," Lu Wuyai reminded him.
Dealing with matters on the treacherous peak had taken up a lot of their time, and now it was getting late; autumn days are especially short. It was almost 5:30, nearly dusk.
Soon, the five people left the lawn and rushed towards the cave at top speed.
After a quiet night, the five men got up early the next morning and took three falcons to the seaside.
We go to the seaside primarily because of the salt shortage, and secondly to find new food sources, and the sea is the most selfless giver.
Now that the weather is getting cooler, preserving seafood should be easier and simpler than in the summer.
So they discussed it all night, and the five of them decided to come to the beach today and catch seaweed together.
This beach is very long. They saw it from the lawn yesterday, but standing here now, it feels different.
"The tide hasn't gone out yet, let's make salt first," Yang Jian said. Although time wasn't too tight, and in autumn the view was wide open, every corner of the forest could be seen.
A secluded corner was temporarily used as a base for making salt.
Here, Yang Jian took Anna and Su Xi to a nearby abandoned forest to look for dead branches.
During this season, fire starters are readily available everywhere.
The three of them casually answered the call. When they returned, Song Xiaoyou and Jin Xilu had already lit a campfire, and the seawater in several earthenware pots was boiling.
Looking at the sea where the tide had not yet receded, Lu Wuyai took out a harpoon from the basket on his back, said something to the others, and then turned and jumped into the sea.
The weather had fully turned to autumn, so the seawater was unusually cold.
As soon as Yang Jian entered the water, goosebumps rose all over his body, and his body's emergency response forced him to climb out of the seawater again.
After getting used to it for a while, Lu Wuyai looked back at the woman on the shore, made a safe gesture, and dived back into the nearshore area.
"The water is very clear." Lu Wuyai opened his eyes wide to quickly adapt to the underwater environment.
The harpoon passed in front of him, and several sea fish took the opportunity to swim away.
Lu Wuyai didn't notice. He knew that humans couldn't possibly outrun sea fish in water. He could only wait for the right opportunity.
Meanwhile, the women on the shore also began to take action.
Song Xiaoyou took a relatively large plastic bottle from the basket on his back, cut off the front end, trimmed the edges into triangles, inverted it onto the bottle, reinforced the bottle opening with pre-prepared bamboo sections, and finally placed it inside the bottle. Some wild animal meat was placed as bait to attract sea fish.
There were 12 such traps, placed in different locations on the beach. Each trap was secured and supported by an extremely long bamboo pole, making it easy to harvest.
In the sea, Lu Wuyai had reached a depth of two meters. From here, there were more marine fish, as well as other seafood.
However, Yang Jian's goal remains the same: a large quantity of sea fish.
Salted and air-dried sea fish can be preserved for a long time, which is unmatched by other seafood.
They need to obtain more than a hundred sea fish before late autumn to make up for the losses caused by the giant crocodile that destroyed the chicken coop.
Achieving this goal is destined to be a difficult process.
Half an hour had passed, and Yang Jian hadn't caught a single fish. Conversely, when Song Xiaoyou and the others took the first fishing basket, the large number of fish inside aroused Lu Wuyai's deep suspicion.
"This is too easy." Yang Jian could hardly believe it. No one had ever made such a trap before, but it wasn't ideal.
Su Xi glanced at Song Xiaoyou, who was boiling salt with her head down, and said with a smile, "Xiaoyou's homemade fish bait is amazing."
Lu Wuyai nodded. He could tell that there was almost no bait left in the trap. The fish's frenzy meant that the bait was excellent.
However, due to the size of the traps, most of the sea fish are small. After being caught and dried, they may even be less than half their original size.
Lu Wuyai thought for a moment, then asked Song Xiaoyou for some fresh fish bait, smeared it on his legs, and stepped back into the sea.
He planned to use bait to catch fish and see how effective it would be.
The bait on the thigh was very sticky and showed no signs of dissolving even after being soaked in seawater.
Seeing this, Lu Wuyai breathed a sigh of relief, grabbed the harpoon in his hand, and began deep-sea hunting.
The so-called deep water area only reached Lu Wuyai's waist, but the water was very clear, and you could see the bottom at a glance.
"This bait is really effective."
Lu Wuyai watched in amazement as several sea fish gradually approached him underwater. He didn't know what bait Song Xiaoyou had used. The effect was astonishing.
"I don't believe it, I won't catch a single sea fish today."
Lu Wuyai raised the harpoon, the sunlight shining on his back. Even in autumn, he could still feel the power of the sun.
Especially on the neck, the seawater evaporated and left salt stains, which was very uncomfortable.
At this moment, Lu Wuyai's attention was completely focused on a sea fish at his feet. The fish wasn't very big, but it was swimming slowly, making it an ideal target for hunting.
Lu Wuyai took a breath, raised the harpoon in his hand high, and after gathering enough strength, he slammed it down.
After several attempts, Lu Wuyai sat down on the ground dejectedly, thinking to himself that fishing in the past was not as difficult as it is now.
A gentle sea breeze blew, and for a while, the beach became very quiet.
Lu Wuyai lay on the beach, temporarily abandoning his fishing plans.
The sea breeze blowing in front of me even had a slightly salty taste.
"The sea breeze is really salty." Lu Wuyai smiled slightly, gazing at the distant sea and sky where they met, feeling as if he were truly part of this world.
Behind him, a dozen or so earthenware jars were busy making sea salt, while Su Xi and the other women focused their attention on the trap.
Although the fish caught are small, they are still meat, and the best way to eat them is to put them in your mouth.
Within a few hours, the five winnowing baskets brought from the cave were filled with sea fish, which were already drying on the first basket, with remarkable results.
The climate at the seaside is very different from that on a deserted island.
It was already noon when Lu Wuyai got up from the ground.
"I'm alive again." Lu Wuyai moved his shoulders, feeling relaxed, and his gradually disappearing fighting spirit became excited again.
Picking up the harpoon again, Lu Wuyai didn't rush into the sea, but instead walked further away from the beach.
The others watched Lu Wuyai walk away without stopping him. The scene on the deserted island was now extremely desolate; they could see very, very far into the distance.
Besides, Lu Wuyai is already an adult, so they have nothing to worry about.
Soon, Lu Wuyai discovered a sandy area with raised stones. The seawater kept crashing against the nearby rocks, and the waves rose and fell violently.
Lu Wuyai turned around and discovered that this sandy area surrounded by rocks had only one entrance and exit, through which the seawater entered and exited.
Moreover, because the surrounding reefs are large and the gaps are small, the depth of the pool is at least three meters, which is deeper than the place where Yang Jian fished before.
As the waves crashed in, the view in the seawater pool immediately became blurred.
Lu Wuyai thought for a while, then rummaged through the nearby sand dunes and found several large rocks.
“Listen, I’ll make you a turtle with a unique reference number.” Lu Wuyai rolled up his sleeves and used the stones to build up the only entrance. When the seawater came in, there were occasional ripples in the pool, but they weren’t very big.
Yang Jian smiled. The tide in this area should be very low in the afternoon. If there's anything in the sinkhole, it definitely won't escape.
Soon, Lu Wuyai left and continued walking forward.
By four o'clock in the afternoon, Lu Wuyai had discovered five similar seawater pits. At low tide, these pits contained a large amount of seawater. However, after the stones were removed, it was as if a flood had opened the floodgates, and the seawater flowed away instantly.
It made a crackling sound.
Inside the pit, the fish were leaping wildly. Lu Wuyai, seeing this scene, couldn't stop laughing.
The number of sea fish in this one pit alone exceeded the total number of Song Xiaoyou and the others before him.
There were too many fish for Yang Jian to eat by himself, so he quickly called someone over to help him cut the fish open on the beach.
Everyone was very excited to see how many fish Yang Jian had caught. If they dried them all, they could make up for the losses in the chicken coop.
"Hurry up."
"It's getting dark soon," Lu Wuyai urged. "There are only four more places like this, everyone, hurry up."
Upon hearing this, the others' eyes widened, and they quickly cleared a nearby open space before sitting on the beach to begin scaling and cleaning the fish.
Half an hour later, the fish in the first pit were successfully washed clean. Lu Wuyai and the others caught about ten more fish, as big as winnowing baskets. Crucially, these fish were not small.
"The second one." Lu Wuyai's voice came from elsewhere.
They also had a great haul in the second pit. After working busily for more than half an hour, the five of them quickly processed the sea fish in the second pit.
By then, it was already dark.
"There are really only three pits left," Su Xi asked.
Lu Wuyai nodded, but night had already fallen, and processing fish on the dark beach would be dangerous. Moreover, several pairs of green eyes had appeared in the forest, clearly belonging to wild wolves.
Sea fish have a very strong odor, and even with careful handling, the entrails left on the beach will still attract other predators.
Finally, they returned to their former shelter, intending to spend the night there.
A campfire was lit, and Lu Wuyai dragged several evenly sized logs from the forest, then hammered them into the sand with stones. Next, he placed a winnowing basket containing a fishing rod on top of the logs to protect them from the sea breeze.
After working for an hour, Yang Jian put away the last winnowing basket.
Su Xi was grilling meat when she saw Yang Jian walk over and handed him a piece of Malaysian monkey meat.
"Why do you all eat mutton?" Lu Wuyai was chewing on slippery monkey meat when he saw others eating mutton.
However, he quickly remembered that there was a green liquid in the monkey meat, and he was afraid that the women might have some reservations.
"What are you afraid of?" Lu Wuyai didn't take it seriously. If it were really poisonous, he would have been in trouble long ago. He was still living a good life on the deserted island, which meant that nothing had happened.
"You should eat monkey meat. It just feels weird," Su Xi said, shrinking her neck. In her opinion, the face of the giant macaque, apart from its eerie color and human-like features, was truly unpalatable to her.
Tonight, everyone is on guard duty on the beach, changing shifts every two hours.
Morning came quickly, and the sea level had risen.
Lu Wuyai jumped into the sea, feeling around at the three uneven pits. He realized he hadn't had time to harvest the fish last night. He discovered that the stones at the entrance and exit had been washed away by the tide. Now that they were blocked off again, he didn't know if there were any fish left inside.
Later, Lu Wuyai sought opportunities to fish in more distant places, but his catch was meager.
Because it was too far from the station, Yang Jian was a little worried, so he had to return the way he came, planning to harvest the remaining three potholes when the tide went out.
These days, there are plenty of fish in the sea, so they have to work hard to ensure that everyone has a chance to survive after something like the chicken coop was suddenly destroyed.
As for the sea salt, I've been boiling it ever since I arrived at the beach yesterday. I've now accumulated a large amount of white crystals. I'm afraid I won't need to go to the beach again for the rest of the winter.
Therefore, they planned to stay another night and return to the cave at this time the next morning.
Everything was planned. While the tide was still high, Song Xiaoyou and Anna stayed behind to take care of the pottery jars, while the others wandered around the forest.
This is a peculiar coastal forest. Autumn has arrived, leaves are falling, and everything looks rather depressing.
Lu Wuyai, Tang Xin, and Jin Xilu walked along a mountain path, looking for something useful.
Such as buckets, clothes, etc. After all, this place is very close to the sea. Perhaps the occasional storm will bring some supplies that everyone can use.
With a bang.
A stone suddenly fell to the ground, startling the three people.
When they reacted, a sharp scream was particularly jarring.
"Who cares?" Lu Wuyai scratched his head. That rock had almost hit him.
Kim Seok-rok looked up and said, "It looks like a monkey."
“Big monkey.” Lu Wuyai blurted out, but quickly realized that Jin Xilu was probably referring to an ordinary monkey.
On the bare tree trunk, Lu Wuyai looked closely and found several monkeys clinging to the branches and shaking them, which looked rather cruel.
It's estimated that monkeys would have a hard time surviving in this weather. Once winter comes, who knows how many creatures will freeze to death.
Lu Wuyai shook his head, no longer paying attention to the monkey on the branch. He carefully searched for something in the forest on the bank.
Occasionally, they can also find some plastic bottles or plastic boxes.
Lu Wuyai even discovered a "yellow cloak" that, if paired with a small electric scooter, would transform him into a deserted island-style food delivery boy.
I searched the "Yellow Cloak" thoroughly and found that everything except a pen that could still be used to write was completely broken.
"Xiaoyou will definitely love this pen." Su Xi put the pen away, deciding to give it to Song Xiaoyou when she went back later.
Lu Wuyai pursed his lips, raised the harpoon, and continued walking forward.
Not long after, a chirping sound came from the canopy of a tree. Lu Wuyai turned his head, glanced around, and spotted several more monkeys, who seemed to have been following them.
“If I follow you again, I’ll eat you up,” Lu Wuyai said viciously, raising his harpoon.
Su Xi rolled her eyes at him, looking at the monkey with surprise.
The monkeys' fur was strange. It initially appeared purple, but in the sunlight, it shimmered like gold. They were beautiful.
"What beautiful monkeys!"
Hearing this, Lu Wuyai complained, "What's the use of being good-looking? It's like becoming meat in someone else's mouth."
As a result, Su Xi chased after Lu Wuyai and beat him up. The two of them had a great time playing in the woods, leaving Jin Xilu all alone.
Of the five, Gu Yuxin is the oldest, but since she came to the deserted island, the backstabbing and scheming in her career have faded away, and she looks much younger now.
Watching the two figures disappear into the distance, Gu Yuxin smiled, then took a few withered fruits from the basket on her back and threw them towards the treetop.
The fruit landed correctly in the monkey's hand. Looking at the fruit, it suddenly grinned.
Hmph hmph hmph.
On an unfamiliar beach, Lu Wuyai and the other two were pulling up a large net. Although it was broken, it would be usable once repaired.
"This net is really big." Lu Wuyai pulled it out a few meters; most of the fishing net was in good condition.
Fishing nets often contain fishhooks, which can easily leave wounds on the skin if you're not careful.
Lu Wuyai carefully gathered up the fishing net, folded it neatly, and placed it at the bottom of the basket, covering it with a small piece of sheepskin.
After doing all this, Yang Jian set his sights on the distant beach, hoping to reap even greater rewards.
Here, Su Xi and Jin Xilu were also searching for supplies. Their backpacks were full of plastic bags and odds and ends, and they didn't know what to do with them.
“There are some ceramic fragments here.” Lu Wuyai glanced at the wreckage washed ashore by the sea. There might be other shipwrecks in the nearby waters, or even further away.
The sea is boundless and vast.
With a bang.
A stone fell from the sky onto Lu Wuyai's head, causing him so much pain that he wished he could run away on the spot.
"You damn monkey."
Lu Wuyai turned around and saw two monkeys chatting and laughing in the treetops. Their anthropomorphic appearance immediately enraged him.
Unfortunately, the monkeys were in the trees, and no matter what Lu Wuyai did, he couldn't get them down.
"Don't let me catch you." Lu Wuyai spat on the ground and walked away, only to see the monkeys playing again.
Su Xi laughed and said, "Don't act like a monkey."
Lu Wuyai turned around and left with a dark face, but the monkeys continued to harass them with stones, occasionally hitting them and letting out fierce howls.
"I can't take it anymore!" Lu Wuyai roared, ignoring Su Xi's advice. He grabbed an axe and lunged at him.
In an instant, the entire forest was filled with noise.
Jin Xilu watched Lu Wuyai run further and further away. She turned around, intending to ask Su Xi what to do, but the latter also ran out.
The three of them chased each other through the forest, far from the beach.
"Damn monkey, if you can run, don't run." Lu Wuyai was trembling with anger, but he gradually realized that he had run too far.
"Yang Jian, wait for us."
In the distance, Su Xi and Jin Xilu were running out of breath, making marks along the way to avoid getting lost on their way back.
Lu Wuyai stood in a forest filled with withered trees, looking at the monkey opposite him, gritting his teeth in anger.
However, reason ultimately prevailed over impulse, and Lu Wuyai turned and left without taking another step.
Tang Xin and Jin Xilu breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Lu Wuyai return, but they both found the previous monkey somewhat strange.
Unlike Lu Wuyai, they didn't get carried away with their triumphs, so they kept an eye on everything around them along the way.
Although the forest seemed to be filled with the desolation of autumn, it brought them a greater sense of death.
"Let's go back quickly, I feel something's off here." Su Xi grabbed Lu Wuyai's arm, afraid he would act impulsively again.
Lu Wuyai nodded, but his eyes were filled with blood. The impulse was still there, but reason prevailed over it.
Looking back at the forest, I saw several monkeys still perched in the treetops. Their purple hair reflected the sunlight, creating a golden halo in the air.
Finally, Lu Wuyai and the others left, their footprints stopping on a patch of light-colored earth.
Hmph hmph hmph.
Suddenly, the golden monkey opened its mouth towards Lu Wuyai's back, revealing a ferocious smile, its triangular teeth gleaming coldly.
Back at the beach, Anna and Song Xiaoyou were still evaporating seawater and didn't notice the three people who had just left.
Lu Wuyai sat on the ground, his forehead still aching from where the monkey had hit him with a stone.
“Come on, you guys take a rest,” Lu Wuyai said, bringing up the matter himself.
Neither Song Xiaoyou nor Anna refused. After all, extracting sea salt was too boring, and they needed to take a break.
After dinner, everyone talked about what had just happened, but no one noticed the change in Song Xiaoyou's expression.
"If I encounter them again, I will never let them go."
Lu Wuyai was still very angry, feeling that being played by a few monkeys had really made him lose points as a human being.
Su Xi said, "Let's forget about it. I always feel that those monkeys are too smart. They don't look like ordinary monkeys."
Ting Lu Wuyai didn't take it seriously. He said, "If I were to do it myself, I would capture them alive."
At this moment, Jin Xilu, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up: "Song Xiaoyou, are you feeling unwell?"
So everyone looked at Song Xiaoyou and noticed that his complexion was indeed very bad.
Song Xiaoyou raised her head, took a breath, and said something.
"Man-eating monkeys."
"yes."
Lu Wuyai opened his mouth, looking blankly at Song Xiaoyou, unable to understand what she was saying.
The others were the same; looking at Song Xiaoyou, their minds hadn't quite caught up yet.
But we are modern people after all, and everyone has a similar way of thinking. They immediately realized that Song Xiaoyou was probably referring to those purple-haired monkeys.
However, Song Xiaoyou only said that they called them man-eating monkeys. The name sounded a bit scary.
"A man-eating monkey. Young friend Song, do you know about this thing?" Lu Wuyai asked curiously, completely unaware of the danger implied in the name.
Cannibalism, isn't it just cannibalism?
Everyone looked at Song Xiaoyou, hoping she would explain.
Song Xiaoyou's face was a little pale. She was silent for a while, and then said, "A man-eating monkey is a kind of monkey that eats people."
After hearing Song Xiaoyou's words, everyone roughly guessed what he meant, but they still couldn't help but gasp.
"Actually, 'man-eating monkey' is a general term," Song Xiaoyou continued. "There are many news reports about monkeys injuring people, but very few people follow up on subsequent incidents of monkeys injuring people."
“In our village, someone was once bitten by a monkey. In retaliation, the victim locked the monkey up, intending to teach it a lesson.”
Lu Wuyai looked at Song Xiaoyou, listening slowly to what he was saying. He didn't stutter, clearly not nervous at all.
The others also realized that what Song Xiaoyou was about to say might not be a good thing.
“I once saw a monkey being captured. It was an ordinary monkey, the kind you could see on any mountain.”
"It was kept in an iron cage. This iron cage was originally used by the mountain people to keep wolfhounds. It was more than enough to keep a monkey."
"The person who imprisoned it was also a hunter from the mountains. Everyone called him Uncle Qi. He was a hunter who lived in the ancient forest all year round. In his hands, no prey could ever escape his net."
"And this time is no different."
As Song Xiaoyou gazed at the sea, her memory returned to that year. In a black iron cage, an ordinary ape, trembling all over, stubbornly lived on despite countless days and nights of wind and rain.
"Even Uncle Qi has forgotten about this monkey."
“That night, I went to Uncle Qi to ask for a bear-catching tool, but I smelled blood at his doorstep. I was young and not very brave at the time, so I went back and called the village chief.”
"When I reappeared at Uncle Qi's house, it was in complete chaos. I remember the gunfire lasted for over an hour. When it ended, everyone was gathered at Uncle Qi's door. That was when I first experienced gunfire. I heard about man-eating monkeys."
"So, what does this have to do with that monkey?" Lu Wuyai asked curiously.
"Don't interrupt me." Su Xi was engrossed in listening and glared at Lu Wuyai.
“As I said before, man-eating monkeys are the general term for the man-eating monkeys in our village. I had only heard of them before, but I actually saw one that time.”
"At dusk, Grandpa Qi's house is like a big black hole; people who go in and out seem to have lost their souls."
"At daybreak, Grandpa Qi's body was carried out. His front was almost identical to that of a living person, but the back of his head was almost completely empty..."
“So, man-eating monkeys should also be called brain-eating monkeys,” Lu Wuyai interrupted him again.
“Yes, behavioral patterns are formed under specific conditions and cannot be replicated.” Song Xiaoyou paused, then said, “At least, I’ve never seen two man-eating monkeys that are exactly alike.”
"They eat brains." Anna was also filled with curiosity, and at the same time she looked towards the forest. The sea breeze blew, and goosebumps rose on her skin.
Song Xiaoyou nodded, then continued, "Man-eating monkeys that have eaten brains have a special ability. They can make the dead make certain sounds to lure people, and then kill them."
"Seven days after my seventh uncle passed away, I heard his voice."
"It was in the courtyard of my hometown. The village had fallen into a period of silence because of Grandpa Qi's passing. I was chopping wood when I heard someone knocking on the door."
“I asked who that person was, but they didn’t say anything. I thought it was just some kids in the village playing a prank, but when I turned around, I heard someone calling my name.”
"That was Uncle Qi's voice. I was so scared that I froze on the spot. A person who was obviously dead was standing at my door on the seventh day, calling my name. That feeling of fear was more terrifying than anything else. The plot must have been very scary."
"The first seven days are the days when the dead come back to life. I thought it was a ghost and I was so scared that I cried on the spot. But the elders came over and asked what happened. They told me that it was a man-eating monkey that came here specifically to ask for its life."
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