Chapter 46

The two looked at each other and decided to climb a tree first. Each of them chose a big and sturdy tree and started to climb up.

This was the first time that Qiao Sheng had climbed so high since graduating from elementary school. At first, her hands and feet were a little uncoordinated. She searched the tree for a long time before she finally climbed up.

When she found a sturdy branch to sit on, she looked back and saw that Li Mu was stuck in the middle of the tree trunk like a koala, unable to go up or down.

"You have never climbed a tree? When I was a kid, my male classmates taught me how to climb trees. I think they all learned it by themselves. Your posture is wrong. You are holding on to something to climb up." Qiao Sheng reminded him.

Sitting on a high place and looking in the direction where the screams came from, Li Mu listened to her instructions and immediately changed his way of climbing. It was indeed much easier to climb, and he climbed up in a short while.

Qiao Sheng pointed to the direction where the sound came from and asked him to look. It turned out that there were two people being chased. The screams came one after another. She thought that this person had a good lung capacity and screamed one after another. It seemed that she had misunderstood.

The two people were running wildly in front, and a big black bear was following behind. Qiao Sheng and his friends stood high and the distance was a bit far. It seemed that the black bear did not chase them with all its strength, but followed the two people as if it was teasing them.

When the people and the bear ran closer, Qiao Sheng and his friends saw clearly that it was not that the bear did not want to chase, but that there were four people following behind the bear, who had been attacking the big black bear with various weapons.

"Something is not right. The bear is being attacked from behind, but why is it still chasing us? If it wants to eat people, shouldn't it turn around and kill the one behind it first?" Qiao Sheng aimed with a crossbow.

"Look at what the person in front who is shouting the loudest has in his hand, and you will know why the bear is chasing them." Li Mu, who had already pulled the bowstring to the full and was ready to shoot, relaxed the arrow in his hand.

"Is it a bear cub? It's hard to judge how this happened. Should we save it or not?" Qiao Sheng put down the crossbow and looked at Li Mu, waiting for him to make a decision.

"Let's see what the situation is first, and hide first. The other party looks very comfortable with it, and it seems that they are used to doing this kind of thing. Look at the movement and screams of the two people in front." Li Mu reminded her.

Those people continued to run towards this side. They hadn't arrived yet, but the couple they met before arrived first.

"Fang Yueyi, quickly climb up the tree and hide. Don't show yourself." Seeing the two people, Qiao Sheng looked at Li Mu. After receiving his signal, he immediately reminded him. Fang

Yueyi heard the voice, looked up and saw Qiao Sheng sitting on the tree branch. Not far away from the direction of the scream, a figure could already be seen.

The two people also reacted quickly. Although Qiao Sheng's expression could not be seen, her voice was full of anxiety. In addition, she had just seen him before, and judging from his face, she was willing to believe him.

Pulling Xu Ziyan, they chose a tree and climbed up. Fang Yueyi also did not know how to climb a tree. She did not climb very far even with her hands and feet. Xu Ziyan saw that it was too late, so he pulled her down, carried her on his back, and climbed up.

As soon as the two of them sat down on the tree branch, the six people and the bear ran near them. As they walked closer, they could see more clearly. Fang Yueyi and the others were not stupid. When they saw the bear cub in the hands of the man in front and the four people attacking the black bear, they roughly understood what was going on.

The four people stayed on the tree without moving until the people ran away, then they spoke.

"Fortunately, you two reacted quickly and climbed up directly." Qiao Sheng sighed. He was a little nervous just now, afraid that these people would find them.

"We were attracted by the screams. We thought it was not easy for the players, so we should save as many as possible. If you hadn't reminded us, we might have been in trouble this time. Thank you." Fang Yueyi thanked sincerely. Looking at the situation just now, if Qiao Sheng hadn't called them to climb the tree, they might have been killed.

"It's not a big deal. They have gone far away. You should collect supplies first. Maybe this group of people will come back at any time. We have loaded up and will go back to the boat first." Qiao Sheng climbed down with his hands and feet.

Li Mu perfectly demonstrated what it means to climb a tree easily but difficult to get down. Not to mention Fang Yueyi, who finally asked her boyfriend to carry her down. After putting Fang Yueyi down, Xu Ziyan went to help someone who was still hanging on the tree.

They walked back together on the way back. Fang Yueyi and the others also said that their bags were full and they needed to go back to empty the bags.

The four of them were in a hurry and walked very fast. After a while, they returned to the place where the boats were docked. Originally there were two lonely wooden boats, but now this place was very lively. The row at the back was full of various wooden boats. The one closest to Qiao Sheng and the others was the best, tall and big, and it looked very impressive.

Before they got close to their boat, the people standing on the deck greeted them: "Brother Li Mu, I didn't expect to see you again so soon. How did you come back so soon?"

"Brother Pei, we have full bags and are back to empty our bags. By the way, can I have a word with you?" Li Mu counted the nearby boats, and the number matched the ten that Pei Hong had mentioned before. In addition, there were no bears or bloodstains nearby. He observed his team members and didn't see any familiar faces, so he reminded them.

Qiao Sheng noticed Fang Yueyi's wary face, so he went to her side and explained in a low voice, telling her how he met Pei Hong, and then explained that Li Mu must want to tell him what happened in the forest just now.

Pei Hong and his team have a lot of people, and if they want to collect more supplies on this island, sometimes they have to take advantage of the situation. He must have observed that these people are not the same group as those just now, which reassures Fang Yueyi and the others that Li Mu is not stupid.

After listening to Qiao Sheng's explanation, Fang Yueyi nodded to show that she understood. She already believed that they were not bad people, but she still didn't know about the people in that fleet. For the sake of safety, she whispered something and went back to her own ship first. Qiao Sheng

understood this choice very well. If she hadn't been with Li Mu for a long time, she would definitely have made the same choice as Fang Yueyi.

Pei Hong got off the boat and stood aside to talk with Li Mu. Qiao Sheng took Li Mu's waist bag back to the storage room on the boat and put all the supplies in their bags into the unclassified lockers. When they were free, they would slowly put each item into the classified lockers.

When she came out, Li Mu also came back. Qiao Sheng stood at the bow and saw Pei Hong calling the brothers to a meeting.

"I've talked to Pei Hong. His suggestion is to go to the island together to search for supplies. Since we have already determined the situation of that gang, if they dare to make trouble, we will just fight them head-on. We are not afraid of anything when there are more people. By the way, do you want to say something to that couple?" Li Mu took out fresh water from his wrist bag and replenished the value bar.

"Okay, I'll go tell them. By the way, how should the supplies be distributed? After all, there are so many of them, so don't fight over them." Qiao Sheng felt that some things should be made clear in advance.

"We've discussed it. The trees that are in large quantities will be collected by each person, and the crops will be divided according to the number of people. It is certain that they will take the largest share. In fact, we don't need them. We only need a few seeds and plant them slowly. For small animals, whoever catches them will keep them. For large animals like the big black bear just now, they will also be divided equally according to the number of people." Li Mu explained the results of the discussion just now.

Qiao Sheng did not get off the boat either. He climbed up to the second floor and opened the window to call Fang Yueyi on the boat next to him. Their boat had only one floor, and some food and meat were dried on the second deck, all neatly laid out.

Hearing the sound, Fang Yueyi and Xu Ziyan climbed onto the second-floor deck. The two ships were not far from each other, so they could stand up and talk in a normal volume.

He simply told them what Li Mu and Pei Hong had discussed, focusing on the issue of spoils distribution, and then asked them if they wanted to join.

The two discussed it and decided to join. Fortune and wealth are sought in danger, and if they can't fight, they can run away. Anyway, they are familiar with running away. This

was settled, and Pei Hong also agreed. Five brothers were left to watch their own boats, and the remaining fifteen people plus the four of them formed a temporary team.

Without much talk, the nineteen people walked into the woods. Qiao Sheng and his friends walked in the front, and Fang Yueyi and the other two chose to walk at the end of the team. They didn't consider that it would be difficult to collect supplies at the back, but because this position was convenient for running away.

The work of collecting with many people is smooth. At each collection point, Pei Hong arranged two people to stand guard on the trees, and the rest of the people cut down trees and collected what they should. Basically, they left no trace of the places they passed by, and they did not let go of any small animals passing by.

Qiao Sheng and his team had a lot of supplies, so they didn't care much about them, so they cut down trees and collected seriously. Fang Yueyi and her partner didn't fight or compete, and just picked up things near them.

The most surprising thing was that there was a person from Yunshi in Pei Hong's team. They didn't dare to touch the fungi before, but this person picked them very skillfully. While picking, he also gave them scientific knowledge, such as which one is edible and which one is poisonous. Qiao Sheng listened carefully and identified them by himself, but found that he was not very good. Many fungi looked very similar and he couldn't tell them apart.

Fang Yueyi, on the other hand, had some talent, and she could learn everything after a little practice.

"Little girl, I advise you not to learn. If you can avoid eating these mushrooms, don't eat them. We have been cheated by Lin Feng. He always says they are edible, but his cooking skills are not good, and he always fails to cook them well. After eating them, I feel like I am too stupid." Pei Hong looked at the basket of mushrooms that Lin Feng had put in his back, and wanted to throw it away.

"Brother Pei, that was a mistake. Afterwards, they were cooked, and you said they were delicious." Lin Feng protested. This was a questioning of his region. How could a person from Yun City not be able to tell whether the mushrooms were poisonous or not.

"Yes, it was delicious. I was stupid. The second time they told me it was cooked, I ate it again. This time I didn't see Tai Nai. I saw a boat full of stickmen jumping around. I was dizzy. There was no hospital. I was able to survive the attack of these mushrooms. It was all because of my luck." Pei Hong shook his head as he thought about it. It was so bad.

Lin Feng did make excuses, but he didn't make any excuses. He just squatted beside them and picked the mushrooms silently. He patted them twice before picking them. Qiao Sheng thought that he was afraid that the mushrooms were not awake yet, so he patted them twice to make them easier to pick. After asking, he found out that it was to let the spores in the mushrooms spread. They were their seeds, so they could continue to grow.

There were so many people that Qiao Sheng and his team didn't need to attack the wild boar. Pei Hong's team members chopped the wild boar into pieces with just a few knives. Pei Hong kept reminding them not to damage the skin when beheading, as there were still several brothers who didn't have pig skin bags.

Qiao Sheng whispered that Pei Hong looked really pitiful. Managing a team of so many people was like being a general manager, taking care of everything.

They were collecting supplies quickly, and screams rang out again in the distance. Pei Hong looked in that direction, and happily cheered up his brothers. The couriers were coming.