At this moment, Lu Wuyai saw Song Xiaoyou lying on the ground, and his heart sank.
Lu Wuyai quickly walked to the other person's side, checked their breathing, listened to their heartbeat, and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that he was still alive.
As Lu Wuyai picked up Song Xiaoyou and was about to walk back, he noticed the bloodstains on her forehead, which were probably from being hit by the peeping tom.
Reaching the foot of the mountain, Lu Wuyai immediately woke the others. He panicked, unsure if Song Xiaoyou was seriously injured.
Soon, Su Xi and the others began to clean Song Xiaoyou's wounds and discovered that the blood on his forehead was just a scratch, but he had many bruises on his body. It was estimated that he had been entangled with the other party for some time.
“Song Xiaoyou is too fierce,” Dong Bingling said, inexplicably recalling the scene of him holding a harpoon to his throat.
Yu Yuxia felt a pang of sympathy, and Su Xi sighed as well. As for Lu Wuyai, he had already emerged from the foot of the mountain, carefully surveying the nearby forest, his face frighteningly gloomy.
He didn't return to the foot of the mountain until dawn the next day.
By the campfire, Song Xiaoyou was still unconscious, and Qin Feiming's fever had not subsided. Only Ye Meng, Yu Mengru, Gu Yuxin, and Lu Wuyai were able to move.
"Don't worry, Song Xiaoyou will be fine." Yu Yuxia quickly comforted Lu Wuyai when she saw that he looked unwell.
"It's my fault."
Feeling guilty, Lu Wuyai raised his hand and slammed it to the ground with a thud, startling everyone.
"What are you doing?" Yu Yuxin's face turned pale. She quickly grabbed Lu Wuyai's hand to check and found bloodstains on his finger bones.
"Why are you crazy? Doesn't it hurt?" Gu Yuxin cursed.
Lu Wuyai lowered his head in frustration, hating his situation last night.
"Stop blaming yourself." Su Xi stood up and said, "Didn't you find the person from last night?"
When Lu Wuyai mentioned the voyeurs in the forest, he blamed himself more for being a living, breathing human being who had said no and then disappeared.
Seeing Lu Wuyai's expression, Ye Meng frowned. With a spy lurking in the darkness, no one felt safe.
Yu Yuxia carefully cleaned Lu Wuyai's wound. Looking at his red, swollen, and broken hand, she knew how much pain he was in.
"Hissing sound."
Lu Wuyai took a breath and then felt a stinging pain.
"Let's see if you can handle it." Gu Yuxin complained a lot.
The heavy rain had stopped in the morning, but white clouds covered the sky, occasionally revealing a sliver of blue.
Su Xi was left at the foot of the mountain to look after him, while the remaining three, led by Lu Wuyai, began to clear the nearby forest.
"Since we can't find the voyeur, let's leave him nowhere to hide."
These are Su Xi's original words, and they are a very correct approach.
The forest at the foot of the mountain is mostly shrubs, with a few small trees as thick as a hand that can be easily cut down with a saw.
However, there are many poisonous insects in the grass and bushes. Some of them are centipedes, scorpions, and others.
"Don't touch Dong Bingling."
As Lu Wuyai spoke, he reached out and shooed away the little frogs that were climbing on the tree trunk.
"It's just a tree frog, why are you so nervous?" Gu Yuxin pouted, looking unhappy.
Lu Wuyai put on a serious expression: "I called you here to help, not to cause trouble."
“But there are too many bushes. We can’t see them all today.” Gu Yuxin rubbed her stomach. “Besides, I haven’t eaten yet, how can I have the energy to work?”
Upon hearing this, Lu Wuyai realized that all the food in the group had been eaten.
If I can't find anything to eat today, I'm afraid I'll be hungry tomorrow.
"You guys keep busy for a bit, I'll go find something to eat."
Lu Wuyai turned and left, thinking to himself, even if he couldn't find food today, he could still set a few traps.
The wolf fangs left behind from last time were still there, as were the wolf bones. Lu Wuyai began to recall several traps from Ma Fei's notebook, but none of them seemed suitable without knowing the target.
"Forget it, just set more traps. What you catch depends on your luck."
"However, we still need to find some wild fruits to fill our stomachs first."
Having made up his mind, Lu Wuyai took all the wolf bones and tree ropes and headed straight for the back mountain.
An hour later, Lu Wuyai found some soft spikes and wrapped them into circles of different sizes as part of a rope catcher.
Unfortunately, untying the rope was not going smoothly, and Lu Wuyai was unsure if it would even work.
However, this is also the most suitable material for making rope loops at this stage.
“If I do it a few more times, I don’t believe I can’t catch them.”
The back mountain is vast, with boundless forests and ancient green trees stretching far into the distance.
After searching everywhere and confirming that there were no wild fruits, Lu Wuyai finally began to set the trap.
This time, he planned to make some snares based on the instructions in his notebook. This was also the simplest hunting method that Lu Wuyai could choose at the moment.
The first trap is probably the simplest and most primitive rope trap.
Choose a suitable height off the ground, fix the barbed rope loop in advance, and then extend one end of the rope loop and tie it to another fixed place, such as a tree.
Although it was simple, Lu Wuyai thought it was very practical. Of course, the most important thing was to find the animals' paths.
Lu Wuyai walked and walked in the forest. After the rain, the forest was covered with many footprints, which troubled him quite a bit.
After finally finding an animal dropping, Lu Wuyai began looking for a suitable place nearby to set a trap.
In such places, it's best to have a single walking route, so that animals can easily get caught on the ropes, and by the time they are discovered, it's too late.
Soon, Lu Wuyai discovered a narrow mountain path. One side of the path had a steep slope, which most animals could not climb.
Lu Wuyai set up a trap, then took out wolf bones and scattered them evenly around the trap as bait.
After quickly checking it again and confirming that everything was correct, Lu Wuyai moved it to another location.
The second trap is also a rope trap, but it has an additional elastic device compared to the first one.
Lu Wuyai used an axe to make an inverted snare. Once an animal falls into the snare, the hook will be attached to a nearby tree, capturing the prey and suspending it to prevent escape.
In one afternoon, Lu Wuyai made more than a dozen such traps, until his hands were completely devoid of wolf bones and tree ropes.
"I don't believe that tomorrow, with so many traps, will be fruitless."
Lu Wuyai snorted and started walking back, finally reaching the foot of the mountain safely before dark.
At this moment, some of the bushes at the foot of the mountain have disappeared, and it does look cleaner than before, which was a mess.
“I’ll continue to be outside tonight,” Lu Wuyai said.
He was still troubled by what happened yesterday and vowed to catch the other party tonight.
However, today, his words were met with opposition from both Su Xi and Yu Yuxin.
One person feels that what happened last night will definitely frighten the other person, and they won't be able to come back for a while.
Another person felt sorry for Lu Wuyai's health. After all, he was the only man in the team. If he also fell ill, it would inevitably lead to despair.
“There’s really no need to squat outside.” Su Xi shook her head.
Lu Wuyai thought about it and felt that Su Xi's reasons were quite valid, but what he feared was the worst-case scenario.
That night, Lu Wuyai was still squatting in the woods, but since it wasn't raining, the surrounding environment wasn't too uncomfortable.
After staying up late into the night, Lu Wuyai began to feel a little drowsy. Occasionally, he would hear footsteps beside him, and he would suddenly become excited.
When he looked up, he realized that it was Yu Yuxin.
Lu Wuyai quickly waved his hand: "Go and rest, what are you doing here?"
"Then why don't you keep sleeping if you're so sleepy?" Yu Yuxia rolled her eyes at him, her long eyelashes like alluring autumn water.
Lu Wuyai glanced at his watch and realized it was already three in the morning. Insects and birds chirped and chattered in the forest; it seemed the other party wasn't coming.
Urged on by Yu Yuxin, Lu Wuyai returned to the foot of the mountain, leaned against the rock wall, and unknowingly lost consciousness.
The next day, the sky was clear and the sea was azure.
When Lu Wuyai woke up, it was already noon. The weather was extremely hot. The women were sweating profusely as they cleared weeds and bushes from the forest.
Song Xiaoyou had also woken up and was squatting by the mountainside with her head wrapped in a white cloth. She looked a little strange, but she was beautiful, and no matter how strange she looked, she looked fine.
Lu Wuyai walked over and found Song Xiaoyou kneading clay. He remembered that before the rainstorm, they had followed Qin Feiming to find clay, but because of the rain, they never made any more pottery jars.
Now that the weather has cleared up, water heater equipment is being put on the agenda.
Upon arriving here, Lu Wuyai noticed that there was very little fresh water left, and he had to go to Shiqiu today.
“When we get back from the rocky hill, we’ll go check out yesterday’s trap.”
So, Lu Wuyai said goodbye to the others and left alone with the plastic bottle.
"Is it alright for him to go to Shiqiu alone?" Su Xirou asked anxiously.
"Be careful, it should be fine. You're an adult, you know how to avoid harm and seek benefit."
"Let's hurry up and clear the weeds, get all the bushes out before dark." Su Xi was sweating profusely. Who had ever done this kind of work in the city before?
Now living on a deserted island, I have to do everything myself and start from scratch.
Two hours passed in the blink of an eye. At the foot of the rocky hill, Lu Wuyai stealthily appeared downstream. He quickly filled all the plastic bottles he had brought with water, then stuffed them into a life bag, and jogged back, carrying the life bag. Forest
Shi Qiu remained quiet, and Lu Wuyai did not see anyone else at noon.
Going upstream, one could vaguely see white smoke, but Lu Wuyai dared not walk alone, for fear of bumping into Liu Gongming and the others.
"Go find yesterday's trap."
Carrying his life-saving kit, Lu Wuyai rushed towards the forest at the foot of the mountain.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Lu Wuyai finally found the first trap. Unfortunately, there was nothing there. The wolf bones were still in the same spot, and there were no traces of any animals around.
Lu Wuyai was not discouraged; he had already prepared for the worst.
Before leaving, he did not dismantle the trap, but continued to wait for it to work.
Half an hour later, in the second trap, Lu Wuyai was surprised to find two wild rabbits hanging in the air, each with half a wolf bone in its mouth.
"The rabbits on this deserted island are actually carnivores."
Lu Wuyai was stunned. He had never heard of carnivorous rabbits before.
It was getting late, so Lu Wuyai hurried to the other traps.
Perhaps it was because he had used up all his usefulness, or perhaps it was because of the trap, but Lu Wuyai never gained anything again after that.
Before dark, he returned to the foot of the mountain and handed the wild rabbit to Yu Yuxin, asking her to wash it clean with rainwater and prepare dinner.
After a busy day, when everyone saw the rabbit, they all heard the cries of hunger.
At the foot of the mountain, a clearing appeared. Even now, in the dim light, the changes within a radius of several dozen meters were clearly visible.
Lu Wuyai nodded, feeling that if the voyeur reappeared, he would definitely be able to spot him immediately and chase after him.
"Did you notice how many mosquitoes there are after the rain?" Ye Meng reached out and swatted, occasionally killing a few blood-sucking mosquitoes.
After the typhoon, the air became humid, which led to the breeding of many mosquitoes and flies.
The rabbit was quickly cleaned, and Lu Wuyai stored its internal organs separately, as they were far more tempting to the animal than wolf bones.
Soon, it was completely dark. Su Xi placed the cleaned rabbit on the fire to roast, quietly waiting for the skin to become crispy.
During this process, the atmosphere at the foot of the mountain was very quiet, and occasionally one could hear people swallowing.
Soon, a sudden voice rang out.
"How long did I sleep?"
"Oh shit."
Occasionally, they heard a voice that startled everyone. When they came to their senses, they realized it was Qin Feiming.
"You've saved us a lot of food in the past two days," Gu Yuxin smiled.
Qin Feiming's sudden awakening brought them no joy. On the contrary, with one more person, they felt they still hadn't eaten enough.
"Thanks." Qin Feiming took a rabbit leg from Su Xi, took a few bites, and then started coughing incessantly.
Lu Wuyai glanced at him, then focused his gaze on Qin Feiming's legs.
"Your leg is injured..."
“Don’t worry about my leg injury, I’ll just apply some Chinese medicine.” Qin Feiming rolled up his pants, then touched his clothes, his expression changing: “You took my things.”
Hearing this, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, and finally Su Xi stood up and spoke.
"Did you say that?" Su Xi pulled out a dagger and a black rope, saying casually, "We lack tools, so let's use whatever we have."
"What about other things?" Qin Feiming's expression wasn't good. Lu Wuyai guessed that if it weren't for his leg injury, this guy might have already grabbed him tightly.
Su Xi's expression changed, but he still threw the bottles and jars away. However, Lu Wuyai noticed that the contents of these bottles and jars had shrunk significantly.
Just as I expected, Su Xi and her group were no pushovers. They already knew that the contents of those bottles and jars were not simple, so they casually took a few pictures and cut off quite a few pieces.
Qin Feiming glanced at it and finally hid his personal belongings close to his body.
At this moment, Dong Bingling said, "You said the rescue team would come, but it's been a long time and I haven't even seen a shadow of them."
Everyone was looking at Qin Feiming, who was looking down, seemingly lost in thought.
The two rabbits weren't very big, and the six of them quickly finished them. Even without any seasoning, the food was delicious.
Lu Wuyai put the rabbit bones away. They were also a good trap bait.
Qin Feiming scoffed and frowned, saying, "You took all the rabbit's internal organs."
"Yes, is there a problem?" Lu Wuyai asked.
"Animals have a very keen sense of smell. Aren't you afraid of attracting wolves?"
Lu Wuyai's expression froze instantly. He had really forgotten about it, but were wolves' noses really that sensitive?
With this in mind, Lu Wuyai prepared to make another move. Since bones couldn't attract animals to hunt, fresh internal organs were the best option.
"Let's find a place to try."
Lu Wuyai took the internal organs, along with the bark rope and axe, and walked to the forest behind the foot of the mountain, where he created a trap in the darkness.
Wolves are terrifying, natural hunters, but humans are the ancestors who made traps.
To ensure the traps' efficiency, Lu Wuyai made over a dozen, turning the back mountain into a hunting ground. However, due to the relatively crude materials, it's currently unclear whether they will be successful.
After doing all this, Lu Wuyai returned to the foot of the mountain, anxiously waiting for the night to arrive.
"You're setting a trap," Qin Feiming asked.
Upon receiving an affirmative answer, a hint of surprise flashed in Qin Feiming's eyes.
It's worth noting that even the willful Gu Yuxin had never mentioned Ma Fei's notebook to Qin Feiming.
Soon, the mezzanine at the foot of the mountain fell silent. Lu Wuyai and Yu Yuxia chose to keep watch, while the others slept peacefully.
As for Qin Feiming, he was in very poor mental condition. After finishing the rabbit meat, he took out a bottle, poured the powder inside into his wound, and then slowly fell into a coma.
Seeing this, Su Xi quietly took out a cloth bag. When she opened it, the powder inside was exactly the same as the one in the bottle earlier.
She wrote the words "healing wounds" on the cloth bag with charcoal, and then hid the bag near her body.
Beside the campfire, the bright flames flickered. Yu Yuxia hugged her knees, her cheeks flushed, looking extremely alluring.
Lu Wuyai coughed a few times and reached out to light a fire. The temperature difference between day and night on the deserted island was huge. During the day, you could bake off a layer of skin, but at night, frost would form.
After midnight, a long wolf howl rang out.
"They're here!" Lu Wuyai was excited for a while. He turned around to look at Yu Mengru and found that she was already asleep, with her pillow on her lap.
Lu Wuyai walked out from the foot of the mountain and listened quietly with his head tilted to the side.
The howls of wolves rose and fell, and it seemed that several wolves were approaching his location, but judging from his senses, they should have already reached the back of the mountain.
At this moment, Lu Wuyai suddenly became very worried. If a wild wolf appeared from the back mountain, would it discover them?
What was puzzling was that he recalled the night Xu Feifei and her seven companions were killed by wolves. Even a campfire couldn't drive the wolves away.
"Make a campfire."
Lu Wuyai ran outside, picked up some stones, piled them up in a corner at the foot of the mountain, and then started a fire with wood.
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