The cold black sea water was surging at their feet. Dense and ferocious fish heads were looming in the water, and their eyes flashing with faint light were staring at them, as if they would jump out of the water at any time!
"ah!!"
"Asshole! What do you want to do?!"
“Let us out!!”
The players trapped on the "isolated island" on the ice were completely panicked.
A braver one tried to find a narrower area on the ice and wanted to jump to a safer area.
However, just as he took a step forward, a burly figure blocked his way.
It was Xiong Ren who had just sworn allegiance!
He held a simple ice pick (, stared at all the trapped players with a pair of copper bell-like eyes.
"No one can leave until Master Lu gives the order!"
Xiong Ren spoke in a muffled voice.
"Anyone who dares to disobey Master Lu will have a problem with me, Xiong Ren! First ask me if I have the strength to do it!"
Looking at Xiong Ren's loyal and even overly protective look, Lu Ye, who was standing behind him, twitched the corner of his mouth almost imperceptibly.
This guy...isn't he getting into the role too quickly? Is he really supposed to be so exaggerated?
He cleared his throat and raised his hand to signal.
"Alright, Xiong Ren, be more restrained and pay attention to the impact."
Lu Ye's voice came faintly.
He raised his hand to signal, and the invisible pressure made the players who were about to shout a few more words shut up instantly.
Lu Ye walked forward and swept his eyes over the terrified faces on the "isolated island" on the ice.
The cold wind blew up the corners of his clothes, and the warm light from the brazier in his hand reflected on his face, the brightness and darkness were uncertain, making it even more unpredictable.
A bunch of rabble, you wanted to take advantage of me just now?
Are you scared now?
He stopped at the edge of the ice and looked down at them.
"My request is very simple." Lu Ye stretched out a finger and shook it gently.
"Take out all the supplies you have and place them on the ice."
The crowd was in an uproar. Some people showed resentment on their faces, while others had flickering eyes, obviously thinking of hiding.
Lu Ye added with a sneer on his face.
"Don't try to hide it. My time is limited, and my patience is even more limited. Besides..."
He paused, his eyes sharpening, "I'll only pick the ones I like."
This sentence is like a huge rock thrown into a pond!
Only picking the ones you like? Doesn't that mean that even if you hand over something, it may not necessarily bring you peace?
Before everyone could digest this cruel reality, Lu Ye offered an even more tempting condition.
"Of course," he said casually, as if he were talking about the weather.
"If anyone can provide some... valuable clues, or report something valuable that someone else has hidden, and I can verify it..."
He drawled out his tone, watching with satisfaction as everyone pricked up their ears.
"...you can leave this 'island' first."
Human nature... is sometimes scarier than the monsters in the deep sea.
Lu Ye sneered in his heart. What he wanted was not only supplies, but also a complete destruction of this group of people's mentality of taking chances and their short-term "alliance".
As soon as the words fell, the dead silence lasted less than two seconds!
"He! He hid a green scroll fragment! It's in his left boot!"
A man with a pointed face and monkey cheeks suddenly pointed at a pale-faced companion beside him, his voice sharp and piercing!
"Bullshit! Wang Laosan! You just forced that on me! You were trying to frame me!"
The man who was pointed out instantly became furious and rushed over to fight!
"I saw it with my own eyes! Are you still trying to quibble?"
"Widow Li! You secretly used up a tube of nutrient solution yesterday! Don't think I don't know!"
"You're talking nonsense! It was you who ate the remaining half of the compressed biscuit!"
"He! He has a colorless skill scroll hidden in his inner pocket! I touched it!"
The situation got out of control in an instant!
The "comrades in distress" who had just shared the same hatred or were huddled together for warmth, now completely turned against each other!
For the slim chance of "leaving first", they exposed each other and cried out in unison!
The ugliness of human nature is fully exposed under the dual catalysis of extreme cold and despair!
Various odds and ends of supplies, tools, and even more precious scrolls and fragments were shaken out of their hiding places like garbage and thrown onto the cold ice.
Lu Ye watched the farce expressionlessly, his eyes cold.
Just as expected.
The so-called unity is fragile and vulnerable in the face of absolute interests and survival pressures.
He gestured, and Xiao Yiyi and Shen Hebei immediately stepped forward. Under Xiong Ren's vigilant gaze, they began to quickly screen and collect the materials that had been "reported."
Finally, this chaotic "mutual harm" came to an end.
Lu Ye counted the harvest and was quite satisfied.
Three golden skill scroll fragments.
Three blue skill scrolls.
The green skill scroll has thirteen chapters.
As for the colorless basic scrolls, there were twenty-four of them in total.
Looking at the players who had been looted and were in despair, Lu Ye raised his eyebrows.
It’s almost squeezed out.
At this moment, a young man who looked a little smart raised his hand tremblingly with a flattering smile on his face.
"Master Lu! We really don't have the scroll anymore! But I know something! It might be useful to you!"
Lu Ye's eyes fell on him: "Speak."
The young man swallowed and spoke quickly.
"When we were operating together earlier, someone used detection skills to discover... about a hundred kilometers to the north, there's an area of sea that hasn't completely frozen over! It seems there are still quite a few supply boxes floating there!"
Oh? Unfrozen sea? Supply boxes?
Lu Ye's heart moved.
The fact that there are still unfrozen sea areas in such extreme cold is unusual in itself.
"But!" the young man added quickly, fearing that Lu Ye would not believe him.
"The wind and waves over there are so strong! It's very dangerous! We don't dare to go over there..."
Lu Ye nodded, this information was indeed valuable.
Risks often come with opportunities.
He glanced at the temperature and system prompts displayed on the bracelet. This frozen sea was obviously not a place to stay for long.
"You are of some use." Lu Ye waved his hand, signaling Xiong Ren to make way.
"You can go now."
The young man was as if pardoned. He crawled out of the encirclement and ran towards his small broken boat which might have been frozen without looking back.
Lu Ye no longer paid attention to the remaining people on the ice and turned around to wave to Xiong Ren.
"Let's go back to the ship."
"Yes! Master Lu!" Xiong Ren responded in a muffled voice, following closely behind Lu Ye and striding onto the deck of the Breaking Waves.
As the deep-sea fish around the Wavebreaker dived into the water, the waves gradually subsided, and the players on the "isolated island" on the ice finally escaped the fear of being surrounded by fish.
However, as he watched the Breaker sail away without any reluctance, and then looked at the ice surface beneath his feet that was far away from his vehicle, a deeper despair surged in his heart!
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