"Yang Jian, I want this one." Su Xi's eyes lit up as she looked at a mechanical watch with a red strap.
“Take it if you like.” Lu Wuyai stepped forward, thought for a moment, and said, “Throw away all the packaging, take as much as you can, and let Song Xiaoyou and the others pick it out when we get back.”
“Okay.” Tang Xin nodded, then walked out and drove the dune buggy parked next to the container.
At this moment, Lu Wuyai walked to the last shelf. Besides a large number of expensive watches, there were some other unusual items.
For example, the longbow in front of me: wrapped in black animal hide, looks like a writhing snake, majestic and powerful.
Lu Wuyai grabbed the longbow, only to find the entire bow and arrow unusually heavy. He was caught off guard. He couldn't even grip it properly before letting go. The long bow fell to the ground with a dull thud, striking Tang Xin, who was assembling a watch. He was startled.
“This thing weighs at least a hundred kilograms.” Lu Wuyai gasped, even thinking that the crossbow might be heavier than he had imagined.
Even with all his strength, Lu Wuyai could only carry it on his back. Not to mention drawing the bow; it was difficult to lift the bow and arrow with just one hand.
However, Lu Wuyai still put the long bow in the car, judging from his happy expression.
"What's the use of this crossbow?" Su Xi asked.
"As long as you like it." Lu Wuyai ran back, picked up a bundle of arrows from beside the longbow, and hummed along the way. It was obviously too heavy, to his surprise.
Later, due to the heavy snow and wind, they decided to leave ahead of schedule.
"Open another one," Tang Xin said, pointing to a small box.
Lu Wuyai thought about it and agreed. Anyway, there was still a lot of time, and there might be some surprises.
The bullet struck the latch, and Lu Wuyai opened the door. Inside were more cardboard boxes, each measuring two to three meters in length, width, and height.
Tang Xin seized the opportunity to open the box and let out a surprised exclamation.
"What's wrong?" Lu Wuyai walked over, craning his neck to look into the box, and discovered that the contents of the box were actually a bed.
Although they had to assemble the bed themselves, they couldn't hide their surprise and joy.
"Take it, take it!" Yang Jian exclaimed excitedly for a while. Judging from its style, it was a Chinese-style bed.
It took them a lot of effort to get the cardboard box onto the car.
"Find another crib and fill the carriage," Yang Jian said.
Although the space inside the cave was limited, the bed brought them immense satisfaction and peace of mind, something that food and fresh water could not provide.
Soon, they closed the iron gate, mounted their sand dune wagons, and headed towards the cave.
This time, amidst a blizzard, they rode in the wrong direction. It took them more than an hour to get back to the cave entrance.
At this point, the opening, which was originally the size of a water jar, doubled in size. If it were any bigger, a sand dune buggy could drive in.
In a cave far from the main cave, several women peeked out when they saw Lu Wuyai's sand dune vehicle appear, wondering what he had brought back this time.
Yang Jian parked the ATV in the opposite direction and pointed to the cave entrance. When he opened the door, two huge cardboard boxes fell directly into the cave, making a sound like planks hitting each other.
"What's this?" Kim Hee-rok and Anna asked as they unpacked the package.
Needless to say, Lu Wuyai saw the mattress and wood inside, and the women stomped their feet in excitement, especially Yu Mengrou. Having experienced life alone on that deserted island, she still couldn't believe what was happening. It really was.
Seeing Lu Wuyai so busy, Yu Mengrou couldn't help but walk over to him, reach out, and wipe the beads of sweat from his forehead.
Lu Wuyai turned and glanced at her. Her face turned pale, then she pretended to be indifferent.
"Isn't it nice to have someone wipe your sweat?" Tang Xin glanced at him, then looked at Yu Mengru, who lowered her head to move something. Her eyes darkened again, as if she had thought of something.
Lu Wuyai touched his nose, and just as an idea popped into his head, he focused his attention on the work at hand.
Soon, Su Xi took out a small cardboard box filled with watches worth millions. Its glamorous appearance immediately attracted the attention of every woman present.
Even Anna and Kim Hee-rok widened their eyes.
Thus, a partitioning operation began.
However, on a deserted island, the greatest value of a watch is for telling time; all other fancy features are meaningless.
Later, after unloading all the supplies, Yang Jian parked the sand dune truck nearby and then covered it with a layer of oil paper to ensure that the equipment inside would not freeze.
Then, he watched as the blizzard completely obscured the dune buggy before walking back into the cave.
By this time, the brand-new cave was already filled with a large amount of supplies. Although there was still space for the time being, it was destined to be insufficient as more blind boxes were opened.
“We have a bed.” Anna’s green eyes looked particularly bright.
Molloy was also surprised by this, while the others began to sort through the two harvests.
"What is this black thing? It's too heavy." Jin Xilu was about to move the crossbow when he almost fell.
Lu Wuyai said, "Give me this thing, but you can't use it."
He used all his strength to grip the black longbow. Lu Wuyai took a breath, slung the crossbow over his back, and temporarily placed it in a corner.
He feared he wouldn't need the bow and arrow for a while.
"Cover the entrance first, the wind and snow outside are getting stronger." Jin Xilu saw snowflakes drifting in through the entrance and quickly covered it with something.
It took them ten minutes to bury the cave again. In this snowstorm, no one should be able to find it.
Soon, everyone began moving supplies here and distributing useful items into the cave.
There is a 20-meter-long passage between the cave and the underground cavern. The roof is supported by cement and wood. Although it doesn't look pretty, the structure is absolutely sturdy.
It took everyone quite a while to put the bed into the compartment of the cave.
From then on, everyone started trying to put the two beds together in the order shown on the installation diagram.
He was busy until just before dark. Because the fresh water was running low, Lu Wuyai had to go out and fetch two buckets of water from the pool. When he returned to the cave, it was just getting dark.
“The water is too dirty,” Molloy said with disgust.
In fact, Yang Jian also felt it was dirty. In this kind of weather, the water was full of pebbles and bubbles, and at first glance it didn't look clean.
"Physical filtration first, then distillation, should not be a big problem."
Song Xiaoyou moved the bucket to the side, squatted down, and began to draw fresh water by herself.
Yu Mengrou, who was standing nearby, saw this and offered to help, creating a harmonious atmosphere.
As night deepened, Yang Jian tidied up a small bed and moved it directly into his own cubicle.
As for the other large bed, Su Xi and the others had already slept on it two hours ago, but due to the limited size of the bed, it could only accommodate a maximum of three people.
"It's very comfortable." Lu Wuyai lay down facing the sky and sighed. He felt very content.
So, before he could even react, he fell asleep.
The next morning, Yang Jian dug the ATV out of the snow and, ignoring the thick snow, headed straight for the container where he had found the large bed the day before.
As for the other women, they worked inside the cave, digging and expanding the space.
At this moment, inside the container, Lu Wuyai picked out two small beds and placed them on the vehicle. Then, he drove the ATV towards the new container again.
The blizzard is still raging on the deserted island, but the radiation in the strong winds is worrying.
What Lu Wuyai saw last night when he left the cave to fetch water made his heart pound.
In a blizzard, radiation moves with the wind, as if the strong wind has suddenly taken on color. It has a striking visual impact at twilight.
"What happened in the world beyond the deserted island, or was this just an accident?" Lu Wuyai shook his head, feeling confused about everything that had happened recently.
Soon, he focused all his energy on shipping containers.
"This box looks like a freezer. I wonder what's inside." Lu Wuyai glanced at the fan embedded in the box, then opened the container door with a shot.
Inside the box, there were two rows of shelves on the left and right, with a large number of blue plastic boxes on them.
Yang Jian casually opened one and found packets of beef inside. The marbled pattern on them indicated that it was Wagyu beef.
“This Wagyu beef is grade A5.” Lu Wuyai took a breath. Each box had a detailed label.
A5 grade Wagyu beef is definitely the highest grade Wagyu beef on the market.
Lu Wuyai licked his lips, not having time to think too much, and directly moved five boxes of Wagyu beef into the car. He also noticed some cooking seasonings, which seemed quite expensive, and loaded them into the car as well.
This trip was very rewarding.
These Wagyu beef alone, a whole box of Wagyu beef, are enough to give Yang Jian and his team the confidence to get through the entire winter.
"With all this stuff, food is no problem at all." Looking at the five boxes of Wagyu beef and various cooking seasonings in the carriage, Lu Wuyai felt like he could laugh in his dreams.
However, he did not return to the cave immediately. It was still early, and the dune wagon moved smoothly through the snow. He decided to go to the more distant beach to see if there were any other finds.
And so, heavy snow began to fall, and Lu Wuyai gradually moved away.
He didn't know how long he had been driving, but Yang Jian saw many containers buried under the heavy snow along the way.
Because it's buried too deep, it's impossible to open it in a short time.
"There's a box here."
Lu Wuyai saw a large container far from the beach and fell into the forest, plowing up a lot of sand along the way.
The car was parked in the snow. Lu Wuyai picked up a shovel, cleared some of the snow from the vicinity, and unearthed the buckle buried in the snow.
After firing two shots, Lu Wuyai saw the lock on the iron gate fall off, and took the opportunity to open the iron gate and take out what was inside.
The box was large, and the main items inside were two wooden crates tied together. Many white plastic bags were scattered nearby, making the place look a bit messy.
Lu Wuyai first tried to move the box by hand and found that it was tied very well and wouldn't move. So he picked up a shovel and started chopping along the nails.
Perhaps due to excessive force, Lu Wuyai soon heard the sound of something breaking inside the box.
“This is terrible.” Lu Wuyai took a breath, looked at the box, turned and walked towards the dune buggy. When he returned, he was holding a claw hammer.
Not knowing what was inside the box, Yang Jian began to move it with extreme caution.
Ten minutes later, Lu Wuyai successfully removed the wooden planks. Only then did he see a shelf inside the wooden crate. He must have chopped too hard with the shovel; the shelf had collapsed, and the contents inside were probably all broken.
Out of curiosity, Lu Wuyai removed the wooden board from one side.
Just then, the shelf inside the wooden box was completely exposed to Lu Wuyai's view.
On the overturned shelf were rows and rows of countless test tubes, but the top few rows were broken, probably because of Lu Wuyai's accident earlier.
"The contents of the test tube, it looks..." Lu Wuyai took a breath. Using the outside light, he could clearly see black seeds in the test tube closest to him.
"It looks like rapeseed," Yang Jian sighed. The material in this container seemed a hundred or a thousand times more precious to them than their bed.
The test tube was labeled "Bird Country." Lu Wuyai could only understand some of the terms, but that was more than enough.
Because what's in these test tubes is indeed seeds.
There were 100 test tubes in a box, but some of them contained the same seeds. Lu Wuyai impatiently sorted and counted them, finally determining that there were 16 plant seeds in the box.
He also saw many potato and sweet potato roots.
“Once winter is over, our life on this deserted island will definitely be much easier.” Lu Wuyai swallowed hard, quickly walked outside, and drove his ATV into the container.
Yang Jian discovered five special boxes behind the box. They were about the size of suitcases, with many grooves on them, just big enough to hold test tubes.
So, over the next half hour, Yang Jian carefully placed the test tubes into his suitcase. The contents inside would determine how they would survive on the deserted island.
Yang Jian felt that even if he continued to open the blind boxes in the future, those things might not be as valuable as these seeds.
An hour later, Yang Jian opened the second wooden box and continued to move the test tubes into the suitcase.
After working for two full hours, Yang Jian returned to the sand dune vehicle and headed back in the direction he had come from. He couldn't wait to get back into the cave and share his catch with the others.
But on his way back, he never expected that the blizzard, which had begun to stabilize, would suddenly rage again at some point.
But this time, he noticed a distinct firelight in the eastern sky, and he didn't know what was going on.
It's crunchy.
The dune buggy vibrated incessantly in the wind and snow. Several times, Yang Jian felt the buggy was about to crash, and everyone would die. At the critical moment, he could hear the howling of the wind.
"We need to find somewhere to hide first," Yang Jian sighed. The wind was incredibly strong. The sounds around him constantly reminded him that the fierce blizzard wouldn't stop for a long time.
Yang Jian looked around and spotted a shipping container far from the sea. After opening the iron gate, he drove straight inside.
You can reach the cave entrance in ten minutes by driving forward from here.
Unfortunately, things did not go as planned, and Lu Wuyai felt he would have to wait here for a while longer.
After getting off the truck, Yang Jian discovered that the back half of the container was filled with all sorts of things.
The deflated balloons, the faded flowers, and the many brightly colored signs all looked like something a man would use to celebrate a woman's birthday.
Using the space of a container to create romantic surprises seems to be a common feature in TV dramas.
At that moment, Lu Wuyai picked up a photograph from the ground. It must have been taken by a camera during a birthday celebration.
The photo is taken outdoors; a man is kneeling on the ground, and a woman is holding flowers. It looks quite beautiful from the side.
But Lu Wuyai's attention was focused on the photograph.
January 24, 2025
“This time, it’s only been a few days, hasn’t it?” Lu Wuyai was stunned for a moment, and at the same time he saw other photos scattered on the ground.
It was very windy and snowing heavily outside, but it was very quiet inside the container.
Lu Wuyai had already closed the container door and turned on the headlights of the dune buggy. The bright light filled the container, making it even more dazzling than during the day.
Bending down to pick up all the photos from the ground, Lu Wuyai sat in front of the car, carefully watching the lives that were gradually fading away from them.
These photos have a clear timeline. It seems that, to celebrate the woman's birthday, the men pasted stories from their journeys onto the wooden board.
From their initial acquaintance to falling in love, getting married, and finally forming a family and having children, they are undoubtedly a couple that others envy.
What intrigued Lu Wuyai was that these photos were undoubtedly precious, and the relationship between the two was undoubtedly beautiful, but why didn't they recall these memories and instead let them be sealed away in this container?
"The city lights are still so bright." Looking at some photos taken in the bustling city, Lu Wuyai couldn't help but feel a surge of emotions.
Without realizing it, he focused his attention on the last few photos.
Many photos were taken on January 25th, solely to capture the beauty of this woman on her thirtieth birthday.
However, some of these photos appear particularly blurry, either as black halos or red crosses, as if they were overexposed.
“I’m afraid the person holding this license plate is suspicious.” Lu Wuyai complained for a while, and was about to stand up to see if there were any other objects when his gaze suddenly focused on the photo of someone kneeling on one knee.
Originally, Lu Wuyai only saw the man kneeling on one knee and walking towards the woman, but now he saw that against the backdrop of the dim sunset, there seemed to be half a mushroom cloud on the far left horizon.
Lu Wuyai picked up the photo from the ground again, looking at the mushroom cloud that was faintly visible on the left. At first, he thought it was just a reflection of some kind of cloud.
But as he continued looking at other photos, he noticed that whenever the mushroom cloud photo appeared, many things on the screen would change noticeably.
For example, the clouds in two photos are only a few seconds apart, but the clouds in the two photos do not match at all, and there is not even a trace of similarity.
“Even if the clouds move very fast, they can’t exceed the speed of light.” Lu Wuyai suddenly felt that the two photos in his hands were a little hot.
"January 24th..." Lu Wuyai thought about the date silently in his mind, and suddenly realized that this was the night he was blown down in the snow by the strong wind.
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