The dense coral reefs resemble a tall thicket.
Lu Wuyai tried to get through the group of rocks, but his body got stuck on some of them. As he retreated, a piece of flesh was missing from where he hit the rocks.
“There’s no way to survive in this place.” Lu Wuyai endured the excruciating pain and asked Su Xi to prescribe medicine for him.
These rocks are densely packed together, with very small gaps between them. Most of the gaps are about the size of a fist.
As for taking a detour, that's simply impractical, because there are reefs stretching for hundreds of meters. Looking ahead along the coastline, there's still an endless expanse of black rocks.
Furthermore, you can also see animal bones, especially those of carnivores, in the coral reefs.
“It seems we still need to find a way out of that cliff, otherwise we’ll have to go back,” Su Xi said.
Afterward, they continued driving along the cliff, and before nightfall, they discovered a narrow path leading to the forest on the other side.
It's described as a narrow path, but it's actually a cliff. The wind and sun may have loosened and caused the rocks to collapse, creating a gentle slope that's relatively easy to climb.
After parking the car, it got dark, and everyone started carrying supplies, slowly walking along the gentle slope towards the other side.
But soon, Lu Wuyai stopped, bent down, and looked at the footprints under his feet.
It was a huge beast's footprint, the thick pads of flesh and claws leaving deep craters in the ground. The familiar feeling instantly reminded Lu Wuyai of a saber-toothed tiger.
The group continued onward and soon entered a large forest.
Smelling the scent of leaves in the air, the group couldn't help but take a deep breath. Gazing at the forest, which was as bright as day, no one felt particularly afraid except for Li Ruisi.
To this day, she still can't understand why these people can drive at night without resting and yet no danger occurs.
Half an hour later, they had gone deep into the forest and arrived at the foot of a mountain with a wide view, ready to rest for the night.
The tent was set up in no time. Li Rui wanted to turn on the flashlight, but Lu Wuyai stopped him.
"Never use a flashlight or light a fire at night."
"Why can't you start a fire? Can't a fire drive away wild beasts?" Li Ruisi asked, puzzled.
"Unless it's fire, flames will only give you away and make you a target for other predators."
Lu Wuyai's words undoubtedly left a deep impression on Li Ruisi, but upon closer reflection, it was exactly how it should be.
"Rest after you're done washing. If you need to urinate at night, just go nearby. Don't be shy," Lu Wuyai reminded him again.
Then, Song Xiaoyou took out some medicinal powder from her backpack. These were powders made from dried plants, such as balsam flowers and cassia seeds, which could repel poisonous snakes and insects. The test results were quite good.
Therefore, Song Xiaoyou sprinkled the powder evenly on each tent to ensure they would not be disturbed that night.
On his first day here, Lu Wuyai was on night watch. He slept alone in his tent, but he didn't sleep a wink all night.
When everyone woke up the next day, Lu Wuyai went into his tent to rest.
Su Xi glanced at it and whispered to the person next to her, "Let's go shopping before noon, but be careful."
Gu Yuxin and the others nodded, picked up their tents, and began searching the nearby mountains.
Here, there are few people, and animal tracks are everywhere, making one wary. At the same time, Song Xiaoyou and Moloy discover that this primeval forest is scattered with a large number of medicinal herbs.
“If I had lived here before, I wouldn’t have bothered to find the raw materials to make plant extracts,” Gu Yuxin sighed.
Song Xiaoyou picked up a stone from under a big tree, blew away the dust, and a faint yellow color and a faint pungent smell appeared in the air.
"So it was sulfur."
“This is good.” Moro took a bag out of his backpack and put the stones in it.
Sulfur has many uses in the wild. It can not only repel poisonous insects, but also act as a disinfectant.
Soon, several women climbed up a nearby mountain and looked into the distance, guessing that the distant forest was where they had first seen the saber-toothed tiger.
Song Xiaoyou used the binoculars to look for a long time before putting down her tools, a solemn look flashing in her eyes.
"There seem to be many saber-toothed tigers in the forest there."
In that instant, Song Xiaoyou saw several hunting animals leaping through the forest.
"Be careful, there might be ferocious wild beasts in this forest," Su Xi warned.
Suddenly, everyone noticed that the surrounding forest seemed unusually quiet.
The women came down from the mountain, looking around with wide eyes, their nerves on edge.
They didn't breathe a sigh of relief until they were back outside the tent where they had camped the night before.
Lu Wuyai had already woken up and was packing his bags to embark on today's journey.
"You're back." Lu Wuyai greeted her when he heard the sound and saw the woman emerge from the woods.
"What's wrong?" Lu Wuyai asked again.
"It's nothing." Su Xi urged, "Pack your things, hurry up."
Ten minutes later, the group was walking along the mountain in front of them, with a cliff parallel to one side of their bodies.
Perhaps because they had been traveling on the outskirts of the forest, Lu Wuyai and his companions rarely saw wild animals. Most were wild deer, and occasionally they would spot monkeys.
On the third day, the team began to venture vertically into the forest, embarking on their first adventure into this primeval forest.
Knowing beforehand that there was a saber-toothed tiger in the forest, everyone moved slowly and cautiously. They preferred to observe more rather than rush blindly.
“Actually, even if there really are saber-toothed tigers, there’s no need to be so afraid,” Lu Wuyai said. Everyone had a gun (except Li Ruisi), and he even brought a lot of grenades with him this time.
"It's never a bad thing to be careful." Women still prioritize safety.
However, as we ventured deeper into this primeval forest, the dangers gradually increased.
On the fifth day at dusk, Lu Wuyai, who was walking ahead, suddenly stopped, looked ahead, and heard panting sounds in his ears.
Be careful.
As soon as Lu Wuyai finished speaking, a rustling sound suddenly came from the bushes to his left.
Roar!
Amidst a low growl, Lu Wuyai and the others suddenly stood up back to back. The women grabbed their guns, muzzles pointing downwards at a 45-degree angle, ready to fire at any moment.
Lu Wuyai fired a shot towards the grassy area. The bullet struck the target without making any unusual sound.
"Follow me and walk forward."
"Song Xiaoyou, please take a close look and tell me if there's anything strange about it," Lu Wuyai called out.
However, it seems that the bullet only made the other party feel the danger, and the other party did not come out until Lu Wuyai and the others left the forest.
On the ground, Song Xiaoyou saw some huge footprints, but these footprints did not look like any animal he had ever seen before.
"Looks like I'll have to be more careful from now on."
Lu Wuyai looked up at the sky. Dappled sunlight shone on the forest, making it feel inexplicably hot.
As night fell, they pitched their tents on the mountaintop. The terrain was flat with only one entrance and exit. Even if attacked by wild animals, they would have ample time to react.
Even worse, Lu Wuyai had set a trap at the entrance.
That night, everyone slept soundly, and no one kept watch.
As dawn broke, feeling the chill of the forest, Lu Wuyai was the first to wake up. He opened the tent and looked around at the thick fog, which truly gave him the illusion of a fairyland.
A faint fishy smell in the air caused Lu Wuyai's expression to change instantly.
Soon, he arrived at the foot of the mountain and looked at the remains of several wild deer carcasses. The mountain had been anything but peaceful last night; Lu Wuyai was so exhausted that he couldn't hear any roars at all.
Just as Lu Wuyai was about to return to the mountain to wake up the others, a sudden gust of wind arose from behind him.
Lu Wuyai was completely unprepared for this sudden attack. Caught off guard, he was thrown heavily to the ground.
Fortunately, Lu Wuyai quickly regained his balance. When he turned his head, his pupils shrank; it turned out that the two men who had attacked him were two red-eyed patients.
At this moment, Lu Wuyai did not choose to fire, not because he cherished the bullet, but because his opponent was too fast.
Lu Wuyai couldn't dodge and was knocked away by the two men again. At the same time, many parts of his body were scratched by his opponents' fingers, and the wounds felt numb.
"How can these two people with conjunctivitis be so fast?" Lu Wuyai felt that his opponents were as fast as two cheetahs, or even slower.
After being knocked down a second time, Lu Wuyai realized the danger. His first thought was to tell the women on the mountaintop to leave quickly.
But the two women just stared at him, not giving him a chance to fire.
So, in the forest at the foot of the mountain, the three of them began a frantic run.
The one being chased was naturally Lu Wuyai. He searched the forest for terrain that could block his opponent, while also looking for an opportunity to shoot.
On the way, he tried to test his strength against the other party, but it turned out that the two patients were equally astonishingly strong, far more powerful than the red-eyed patients he had encountered before.
Finally, five minutes later, Lu Wuyai saw a piece of broken wood that looked like an arch bridge spanning a mountain road.
Immediately afterwards, Lu Wuyai increased his speed, and just as he was about to get close, he suddenly bent down and, with great inertia, brushed past the broken tree.
With a bang.
With a crisp sound, Lu Wuyai turned around and saw two patients with red eyes who had been following him for about a meter had smashed the broken piece of wood to pieces. The force was so great that it was simply astonishing.
However, it was precisely this wooden plank that gave Lu Wuyai the opportunity to make his move.
With a bang.
After repeatedly pulling the trigger, the bullet pierced through the opponent's body, but Lu Wuyai still turned and ran, because the two shots had not hit the opponent's head at all.
In other words, these two people with conjunctivitis were still frantically chasing after him.
Soon, Lu Wuyai returned to the foot of the mountain and heard someone coming down from the summit. He suddenly seemed anxious and quickened his pace.
Behind them, the two patients with conjunctivitis suddenly stopped, sniffing the air, as if they had realized something...
A few seconds later, Lu Wuyai heard a voice behind him, turned around in surprise, and his face immediately turned ugly.
"There's one more."
Lu Wuyai took a breath, realizing that the other party might act alone, so he immediately drew his gun and fired.
The moment his opponent paused at the foot of the mountain, Lu Wuyai successfully created enough distance between them to allow him to aim and fire.
Soon, a bullet struck the opponent's head, bringing all movement to an abrupt halt.
The next second, Lu Wuyai rushed towards the mountaintop.
Chaos erupted on the mountaintop. No one knew why a person with conjunctivitis had suddenly rushed towards them, and Lu Wuyai was still nowhere to be seen.
However, Song Xiaoyou was the first to react, and kept firing at her opponent with her gun in hand.
But in the end, because the space at the top of the mountain was too small and they were in a hurry, Su Xi and Song Xiaoyou fell directly off the mountain.
When Lu Wuyai arrived at the mountaintop, there was already a corpse on the ground; it turned out to be a patient with red eyes.
As for the others, they panicked, especially Li Ruisi. His mental state became extremely unstable, and he was eventually knocked unconscious by Gu Yuxin.
"Where are Su Xi and You Li?" Lu Wuyai asked.
"Let's go look at the foot of the mountain. Su Xi and You Li just fell down," Yu Mengrou called out, and the woman next to her turned pale.
Upon hearing this, Lu Wuyai immediately rushed to the edge of the mountain and looked down. The mountain was at least a hundred meters high. If you fell from here, your chances of survival were slim.
In an instant, Lu Wuyai felt his legs go numb, as if he didn't even have the strength to walk.
"I'll go down and take a look." Lu Wuyai took a breath, suppressing his nervousness, and rushed down the mountain as fast as he could.
A few minutes later, at the foot of the mountain, Lu Wuyai saw two women lying on the mountainside, waving to him.
Lu Wuyai scratched his head, feeling inexplicably like to cry.
Later, Gu Yuxin and the others also came down the mountain. They looked at the woman halfway down and found that her injuries were not serious.
Song Xiaoyou watched for a while but didn't find anything special.
"It must have been the canopies of those large trees that blocked the impact of the fall, thus preventing a disaster," Jin Xilu said.
As you walk down from the mountaintop, you'll indeed see many dense pine trees along the way. These pine trees have huge canopies, like clouds, which is quite magical.
"How do we rescue them?" Su Xi asked. From the mountainside to the foot of the mountain, there was only a few dozen meters of road, and after that, there were very few trees, almost none.
“Use a rope,” Lu Wuyai said.
Each person carried a rescue rope in their backpack, which, when tied together, was dozens of meters long.
Soon, Lu Wuyai returned to the mountaintop with the rescue ropes that had been strung together.
After locating the spot where Su Xi and Song Xiaoyou had fallen, Lu Wuyai swung one end of the rescue rope toward them.
A minute later, Lu Wuyai returned to the foot of the mountain and found that Su Xi and Song Xiaoyou had tied the lifeline to the large rock below them and were preparing to climb down.
A rope several tens of meters long is enough for two women to climb from their current position to the foot of the mountain.
About fifteen minutes later, when Su Xi and Song Xiaoyou successfully landed on the ground, they were so exhausted that they almost collapsed.
Lu Wuyai and the others rushed over, asking Su Xi and You Li with concern. After all, they had fallen from such a height. If they had broken bones without realizing it, the consequences would have been very serious.
After careful questioning, Gu Yuxin and Song Xiaoyou examined their bodies again and confirmed that neither of them had any fractures. They were incredibly lucky.
“We rest here during the day,” Lu Wuyai said. He had observed the area and found it to be relatively safe, with no large amounts of animal feces.
“We’re alright,” Su Xi said, and Song Xiaoyou nodded as well. Although what had just happened was indeed dangerous and unexpected, they were both safe and sound now.
Lu Wuyai shook his head and insisted that everyone rest at the foot of the mountain, because he suspected that there were many people with conjunctivitis in this forest.
He quickly chose a corner between the forest and the foot of the mountain as his campsite for resting during the day.
Later, he set up some bomb traps nearby. The best way to deal with these conjunctivitis sufferers was to destroy them.
“Stone Hill is better,” Su Xi suddenly said.
After all, the hill offers a wide view and is not as dangerous.
Having likely experienced a major battle, the women had exhausted a great deal of energy and began to nap during their rest periods.
Lu Wuyai dared not rest. He carefully watched the nearby forest, fearing that there might be danger again.
And so, as night fell, the women awoke one by one from their sleep.
At this moment, Lu Wuyai was like boiling water. As autumn approached, the temperature on the deserted island grew increasingly lower. Drinking a sip of hot water was naturally a very blissful thing.
After boiling the water, Lu Wuyai poured it into a thermos, which can preserve hot drinks for a long time.
"Hey, this feels so good." Su Xi stretched and praised how perfect this season is for sleeping.
Lu Wuyai glanced at her and found that this woman's figure looked like it had stepped out of a comic book, completely defying human anatomy.
Half an hour later, the team members left the foot of the mountain, eating their marching rations while keeping an eye on their surroundings.
Li Ruisi was very anxious. Her fear of people with conjunctivitis was ingrained in her bones. She had thought that a plane crash would keep her away from these terrible people, but she didn't expect to encounter them again so soon.
Noticing Li Ruisi's expression, Lu Wuyai roughly guessed what was going on.
“There aren’t many people with conjunctivitis on the desert island, and even if there are, it’s very difficult to encounter them.” Lu Wuyai’s words offered Li Ruisi some comfort.
“So, can you get some rest that night?” Li Ruisi asked.
“Okay, let’s rest later,” Lu Wuyai said.
Almost no one got a proper rest that day.
Early in the morning, Lu Wuyai and the others came to a dense thicket of bushes and decided to rest there for the night.
“You can rest tonight, I’ll keep watch,” Su Xi said.
Lu Wuyai did not refuse and went straight into a tent. As soon as he closed his eyes, an image of a tiger appeared in his mind.
After a night of deep thought, when Lu Wuyai woke up, it was already broad daylight.
After a night of deep sleep, Lu Wuyai felt extremely relaxed, as if his whole body had come back to life.
"Good morning." Lu Wuyai greeted the woman who was taking a bath in the woods.
Su Xi and You Li looked up and smiled. They had slept very well, so they woke up early.
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