It's seven in the morning, and everything on the deserted island has come back to life, brimming with vitality.
Everyone remained silent the entire way. Of course, both Su Xi and Song Xiaoyou knew about Su Xi's situation, especially Song Xiaoyou. Although she was a marginal figure in university, she often heard such gossip from others. Upon arrival...
Over time, she became the person in the team who was most familiar with Lu Wuyai.
“Lu Wuyai.” Just as they were about to reach their destination, Su Xi suddenly spoke.
"What's wrong?" Lu Wuyai glanced at her. He was extremely focused at the moment.
“I feel it’s necessary to remind you,” Su Xi said in a low voice. “The main objective this time is bananas and hovercraft. There are some things we shouldn’t let affect this mission.”
“I know.” Lu Wuyai’s tone was not good.
Su Xi nodded, then looked away.
Half an hour later, Lu Wuyai stopped. Behind him, Su Xi and Song Xiaoyou stood on either side, surrounded by bushes as tall as a person.
"There are bananas ahead. I'll go check it out. You guys go find the hovercraft. Whistle if there's any danger."
"Then be careful." Su Xi quickly left with Song Xiaoyou.
Lu Wuyai looked around and was about to go around to the nearby grove when a rustling sound came from nearby.
With a sudden thought, Lu Wuyai hid himself, and soon he saw a "familiar face", Xu Feifei.
Lu Wuyai had a deep impression of her because he had seen her exchange cookies with her "body" last time, a process that could only be described as erotic.
Sure enough, this time, a man appeared in the woods, tidying his clothes. He looked disheveled. Before leaving, he tossed a banana to Xu Feifei.
Seeing this, Lu Wuyai narrowed his eyes slightly. It seemed that Liu Gongming and his men did indeed still have bananas; his men were quite "wealthy."
When Xu Feifei saw the bananas, a smile appeared on her dirty face, and she looked very satisfied.
Lu Wuyai watched her leave, then thought for a moment and decided to follow her to see what was going on.
Surprisingly, he saw Su Xi again.
This is a valley. Lu Wuyai lay in the grass, and could be roughly seen through the gaps in the grass.
There were about thirteen people inside. Liu Gongming was gone, but Su Xi was inside.
Lu Wuyai secretly thought that the valley was very spacious and well hidden. If he hadn't been following Xu Feifei the whole time, he probably wouldn't have been able to find it at all.
To Lu Wuyai's surprise, the north side of the valley was actually where he had picked bananas. A row of densely packed, orange-yellow bananas hung from the top, looking exceptionally tempting.
"I didn't expect there to be so many bananas." Lu Wuyai took a breath. It seemed that Liu Gongming and the others were not short of food here.
Of course, people who eat bananas regularly are definitely not healthy.
These people all had sallow complexions and thin eyes, clearly malnourished. Lu Wuyai felt that everyone in his team was better than them.
Of course, this is very likely an illusion. After all, the opponents outnumbered them, and Liu Gongming hadn't appeared, so it's possible they had more people than they did.
So, Lu Wuyai turned his attention to Su Xi.
Having not seen each other for more than ten days, Lu Wuyai originally thought he had forgotten the other party, but now he found that the hatred was still there, and even more intense than before.
"Su Xi".
Lu Wuyai glanced coldly at the woman, perhaps expressing both deep affection and profound resentment.
At this moment, Su Xi sat on the ground, her eyes revealing deep exhaustion. She glanced at the woman beside her. They were like walking corpses, selling their bodies for a meager survival.
Xu Feifei walked over and sat down next to Su Xi, exhaled a long breath, and collapsed weakly to the ground.
"Su Xi, are you hungry?"
Su Xi glanced at the banana in the woman's hand next to her and shook her head.
"Then I ate it." Xu Feifei tore open the banana, took a few bites, and then lay on the ground and spat it out.
Su Xi sighed. She had eaten so many bananas that she was sick of them, so it was just the two of them.
Sometimes, Su Xi would wonder if dying in the sea back then would have been a relief.
However, this is something that can never be achieved.
She was afraid of death; otherwise, she wouldn't have pushed Lu Wuyai into the sea. Since she was still alive, she would try her best to live on.
More importantly, I am now much better off than Xu Feifei and others.
Upon arriving at this point, Lu Wuyai quietly left the valley, took a walk in the forest outside, and found Su Xi and Song Xiaoyou.
"What about hovercraft?" Lu Wuyai asked.
Su Xi pointed to a corner of the beach: "It's already been put in the water. Did you find the bananas?"
"I searched for a long time before I found it, but there were too many people, so it was impossible to get it."
Lu Wuyai shook his head. The banana grove was too close to the valley, and there were so many people in the valley. Unless they waited until nightfall, it would be almost impossible to get more bananas.
But after the wolf incident, no one was willing to take the big risk to get bananas.
“Then let’s begin the second plan,” Ye Meng said.
They have found a hovercraft, and according to their plan, they can drive it north to the deserted island to find other food.
Before leaving, Lu Wuyai took a deep look in the direction of the valley, a flash of hatred passing through his eyes.
Su Xi noticed Lu Wuyai's gaze and gave him a meaningful look. Then, he and Song Xiaoyou pushed the hovercraft into the sea.
Over the next few hours, they slowly paddled their hovercraft northward with the current, carefully observing the shoreline in hopes of finding some "waste" or plants such as banana groves and coconut trees.
But soon, they spotted another hovercraft on the sea ahead.
Looking through the binoculars, Lu Wuyai's expression suddenly turned strange.
As the saying goes, enemies are destined to meet. This time they did meet, and surprisingly, it was Liu Gongming and a group of others.
The person opposite quickly noticed Lu Wuyai, and an eerie atmosphere immediately spread.
Liu Gongming stood at the bow of the ship, his eyes slightly narrowed, and the murderous aura emanating from the corners of his eyes sent a chill down the spines of Lu Wuyai and the others.
"Be careful," Song Xiaoyou whispered, gripping the harpoon.
At this point, Lu Wuyai nodded. He could instinctively sense the danger Liu Gongming posed. Had he killed anyone before? Why did he feel like he was being watched?
In fact, Lu Wuyai never knew why Liu Gongming had so many survivors around him, or whether his charisma was really that powerful.
Soon, the two hovercraft slowly approached, and Liu Gongming suddenly said, "Lu Wuyai, you and that girl lied to me last time."
The other party's calm tone made both Lu Wuyai and Song Xiaoyou sense the underlying turmoil.
"When have I ever lied to you? Look at this."
Lu Wuyai suddenly laughed, then pulled a rag from his pocket. The rag was clearly the organization insignia of the previous rescue team member.
It turned out that when Lu Wuyai first saw the bodies of the rescue team members, he cut off the rescue insignia on them.
Just then, Lu Wuyai threw a rag over, and the two hovercraft just missed each other. Liu Gongming reached out to grab the rag. Upon seeing the badge, his expression was both calm and confused.
Throughout the process, Lu Wuyai imprinted Liu Gongming's expression in his mind and frowned slightly.
"Could it be that he didn't kill the rescue team members?" Lu Wuyai whispered to himself.
Finally, both hovercraft flew off in opposite directions. Lu Wuyai turned around and found Su Xi staring at him.
"What are you looking at? Go row your boat!" Lu Wuyai said angrily. He knew that Su Xi was very curious about the things he had just given to Liu Gongming.
But he just wouldn't say it.
The hovercraft continued sailing north. Along the way, there were many small beaches and coconut trees, but not a single coconut. This was clearly the work of Liu Gongming and his group.
As time passed, they got closer and closer to the station.
Around 12:30 PM, they reached the beach where the shelter was located. From this position, they couldn't see anyone else in the forest. They didn't say hello and continued paddling.
But accidents often happen over trivial matters.
Around 1 a.m., the tide began to recede, and the harpoon accidentally punctured the hovercraft, forcing the three of them to awkwardly go ashore.
"What bad luck."
Lu Wuyai said irritably, feeling that he was incredibly unlucky. If he had known earlier, he wouldn't have brought the harpoon.
After checking the time and calculating the distance to the shelter, they realized they had no choice but to walk back, completely soaked.
This plan has failed again.
After that, the days passed one by one. In search of food and water, Lu Wuyai and the others ventured into many forests near the beach, but ultimately found nothing.
The water supply ran out, and the food supply ran out too.
Despair was like a storm cloud, suffocating them.
On this day, Lu Wuyai lay on the ground, looking at the four haggard women around him, and sighed in his heart.
Perhaps they were wrong from the start. This should be a huge desert island, and the most likely place to obtain fresh water and food is in this great forest.
If they take one wrong step, they will only be trapped here and die.
Perhaps there will be another chance, and that is to venture deep into the forest.
On the ground, under the bright sunlight, several corpses lay limp and lifeless on the unfamiliar grassy field in this forest. If it weren't for the rise and fall of their chests, anyone would simply think they were dead.
Gu Yuxin questioned Lu Wuyai's suggestion.
"Didn't you go deep into the forest last time? No, you didn't find any water either."
"Based on my advice, you should continue heading north."
Hearing this, Lu Wuyai shook his head. Perhaps their last trip deep into the forest was still on the outskirts of the deserted island, because initially, they hadn't seen any trace of animals.
As for continuing north, they changed shelters more than a dozen times during this period, but unfortunately they still gained nothing. Not to mention water, they hadn't even had seafood for a long time.
Initially, Lu Wuyai still had his eye on those coconut trees, but unfortunately they were all occupied by Liu Gongming and others, so he had to give up.
This lack of water and food meant they were unable to muster any strength at all, and their daily activities depended entirely on their willpower.
After a while, Su Xi asked, "Do you have any more to drink?"
The so-called beverage is actually urine that was stored in the past.
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Even the willful Dong Bingling licked his tongue, which was cracked from lack of water, clearly longing for some liquid.
But this time, there wasn't even any urine left.
"Where is the morning dew?" Lu Wuyai asked weakly.
“There’s no dew today.” Gu Yuxin shook her head. She and Song Xiaoyou had kept watch last night, but found no dew this morning. This had happened five days ago.
As temperatures continue to rise, the dew on the island is decreasing.
As for the rescue team members' notebooks, they didn't contain many methods for obtaining fresh water. There's currently no time to replenish the daily needs of the five people.
Despair hung over everyone; death seemed imminent.
"Instead of sitting there waiting to die, let's go into the forest."
Lu Wuyai gritted his teeth and said that he understood that the only way to avoid being trapped was to enter this forest.
On the ground, everyone looked at each other, their eyes filled with the desire to survive.
We've reached a dead end; it's time to give it a try.
At eight o'clock in the morning, the group of five, fully prepared, entered the forest with weak steps, ready to search for water one last time.
Before leaving, they left a huge SoS signal on the beach as usual, and moved a large rock, placing a note underneath it that said they had entered the forest to survive.
Even now, they still hope that a rescue team will arrive.
In the forest, insects chirped and birds sang, and the air was fresh, but this freshness was suffocating, as if this primeval forest was a bloody mouth, devouring their lives step by step.
The further you go, the harder it is to turn back.
Lu Wuyai licked his lips, picked a leaf, and put it in his mouth. Although it was bitter, there was still some liquid.
“It seems like it hasn’t rained once since we arrived on this island,” Su Xi suddenly said.
No one answered her, not because they didn't want to pay attention, but because they didn't want to waste any effort.
Three hours later, it was almost noon. The sun was shining brightly and the temperature in the air was as high as 40 degrees Celsius in summer, but Lu Wuyai and the others were only pale-faced and not even a trace of sweat could be seen.
This extreme dehydration makes it difficult for them to sweat.
Forced to stop and rest, the five men found several large trees, leaned against the trunks, and prepared to take action again at noon.
The temperature was still rising, and Lu Wuyai was already feeling drowsy, not wanting to move a single finger.
Suddenly, he felt his face burning and realized someone was hitting him. He opened his eyes and saw Su Xi withdrawing his hand.
"You must be sick, why did you hit me?" Lu Wuyai said angrily. After receiving a slap for no reason, everyone was in a bad mood, and they were already in a bad mood.
Su Xi said with trembling, pale lips, "You can't sleep, get up."
"I just can't get up there."
“You are the only man, everyone is watching you,” Su Xi said softly, but his body went limp and he almost pressed himself into Lu Wuyai’s arms.
Several days of dehydration caused Su Xi's eyes to turn black.
By this point, Lu Wuyai was exhausted, but feeling Su Xi's soft body and her rapidly beating heart gave him the motivation to stand up again.
Su Xi blushed and tried to stand up, but she didn't have the strength and bumped into Lu Wuyai again.
This time, Lu Wuyai almost suffocated; his face was distorted by the cotton-like softness.
Su Xi was almost in tears; it was just too embarrassing.
She really did run into a man like that. Under normal circumstances, Su Xi would definitely be very angry.
Finally, Song Xiaoyou and Yu Yuxia came over and pulled Su Xi up, their faces showing strange expressions.
After this experience, Lu Wuyai had no desire to rest; his mind was filled with the tactile sensation he had just experienced.
Over there, Su Xi sat on the ground, trying to calm herself down. Although she had "tested" Lu Wuyai, what had just happened was entirely an accident.
"Are you feeling alright?" Lu Wuyai asked, scratching his head awkwardly after hearing Yu Mengru's question.
Tell me, who's bigger between the two of us?
Yu Yuxin's fierce arrival made Lu Wuyai blush and almost choke.
However, he still subconsciously glanced at Yu Yuxin's puffed-out chest and silently compared them. For a moment, he really couldn't tell the difference...
"Close your eyes." Yu Yuxia glared at Lu Wuyai, then turned her head away, her face instantly turning red.
Lu Wuyai stuck out his tongue, only then realizing the responsibility he had taken on.
“Su Xi is right. I am the only man, and I must set an example for them.”
Lu Wuyai stood up, used a wooden stick as a crutch, and called to the others to continue on their way.
They can't rest now; every second is extremely important.
They didn't know how long they had walked that day. They only remembered that it was a long journey. They didn't stop until Dong Bingling collapsed to the ground, completely exhausted.
"She's fainted," Yu Mengru said helplessly after checking Gu Yuxin's body.
Lu Wuyai looked around and found that it was a fairly clean lawn, so he told everyone to rest there and spend the night there.
“It’s still early, let’s go take a look ahead,” Lu Wuyai said.
At three o'clock, with four hours left before dark, Lu Wuyai took Song Xiaoyou and left. They drifted further and further away until they finally found a small hill covered with rocks.
On this rocky mountain, the stones vary in size, from small pebbles to large shipping containers.
This rocky mountain is like a small ridge that stretches across the forest, with many trees quickly and neatly emerging from the rocks.
Perhaps it was just his imagination, but Lu Wuyai felt as if he heard the sound of flowing water, and he felt much more relaxed.
"Song Xiaoyou, let's go take a look."
Whether it was an illusion or not, the two people felt the air become very humid as they walked along the ridge.
Lu Wuyai climbed up the ridge and stood in the woods. He saw a babbling brook appear on the west side of the rocky mountain.
At this moment, Lu Wuyai and Song Xiaoyou's hearts pounded.
There is actually a stream to the west of the rocky mountain.
This discovery caused Lu Wuyai to tremble. He rubbed his eyes, trying to determine if it was a hallucination.
"Song Xiaoyou, are we dreaming?"
Lu Wuyai smiled foolishly and said that when he turned around, he saw Song Xiaoyou walking as fast as the wind, rushing directly towards the stream at the foot of the rocky hill.
After passing through a grove of trees, the clear stream came into full view.
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