Wang Ping and I shared a cigar. Although I had never smoked one before, I have to say, it tasted really good.
No wonder these foreigners like this stuff.
Wang Ping leaned against the side of the boat, looking quite content. He shook his head and sighed, saying, "If this pack of wolves doesn't come today, will we still come to help Lin Xubo next time?"
I took my last drag and leaned against Wang Ping, frowning as I looked at the quiet woods.
"If Lin Xubo and his group are willing to exchange things with us, of course they can come. But let's see what happens tonight. As far as I know, wolves usually attack animals when they are most tired and relaxed. Perhaps the wolves think we are waiting for them, which is why they are not coming out. Otherwise, there will always be casualties in the handover. Wolves are also smart and will not attack unprepared. So let's wait a little longer. Perhaps there will be some movement after a while."
I had barely finished speaking when I heard Lin Xubo on the deck suddenly scream.
Wang Ping and I immediately became alert, and then quickly climbed onto the boat by grabbing onto the ladder beside it.
Lin Xubo was huddled on the deck of the bed, looking at us and then at the woods, his face filled with panic.
"I just saw a shadow flash by! It must be a pack of wolves! The wolves are coming!"
Several foreigners came over when they heard the commotion, and one of them even brought out a pair of binoculars.
Seeing this binoculars stirred a feeling within me: if they're unwilling to give me a gun this time, exchanging two guns for this pair of binoculars wouldn't be a bad deal!
Moreover, binoculars are more important to us than robbery these days.
The foreigner looked around, then put the binoculars in his pocket, and then spoke a string of words to Lin Xubo.
Lin Xubo frowned: "He said he didn't see anything."
The foreigner glanced at his watch, and I peeked at it by the firelight. It was already past one in the morning, but the wolves still hadn't made a move.
I think they must have sensed that we were waiting for him here, which is why they haven't come out yet.
Then I looked at Lin Xubo and the others.
"Take your men into the cabin. If you really can't sleep, don't make a sound. Let's wait quietly. If the wolves don't come today, we'll see what happens tomorrow."
Lin Xubo translated my words to the foreigners. The foreigners had probably never experienced hardship before, and after staying up so late, they were both nervous and scared. Hearing what I said, they all relaxed, nodded, and went into the cabin one after another.
I called my male colleague to come into the cabin with me.
However, I didn't dare to sleep and sat by the deck entrance the whole time.
That telescope is making me really want it, but if I just ask those foreigners for it, they definitely won't give it to me. So if those wolves don't come tonight, I'll have to find a way to make some noise.
About an hour later, there was finally some noise in the woods. I immediately became alert, but everyone in the cabin was already fast asleep. Only Wang Pingtou was still nodding off, clearly very tired, but he kept trying to stay awake.
I didn't have binoculars, and in such darkness, I couldn't see anything clearly in front of me.
He could only squint and stare intently at the dark figures as he moved around the woods.
After a long while, I saw a wolf with white fur begin to rapidly approach our cabin.
I immediately turned around and kicked Wang Ping. Fortunately, Wang Ping was alert and opened his eyes immediately upon hearing the noise.
I gestured for him to be quiet, then pointed outside and whispered to him that there were wolves outside.
"Let's all wake up and be on guard!"
Wang Ping nodded and immediately stood up. He started calling out to everyone one by one, while I cocked my gun and carefully watched the white wolf running towards us.
The wolf cautiously probed, stopping almost every few steps, seemingly observing the movements in our cabin.
I don't know exactly how many people Wang Ping woke up, but our cabins are still quiet.
I stopped concentrating and carefully observed the wolf. It seemed to pause from time to time and turn its head back, probably exchanging ideas with the wolves hiding in the woods.
Just then, I suddenly saw many more figures flash through the woods. Those figures were standing, clearly not wolves, but two-legged creatures... They were people!
I was startled and immediately turned to Wang Ping: "Go and have Lin Xubo bring over that foreigner's binoculars. I need to check out the situation in that grove!"
Wang Ping nodded and quickly went to find Lin Xubo.
I don't know exactly what Wang Ping said, but it took about four or five minutes before he brought the binoculars over.
The telescope was very small and exquisite, with intricate patterns engraved on it.
I grabbed the binoculars, but before I could even admire them, they were already in my hands. I held the binoculars and looked into the woods.
This time, the view was much clearer. There were many wolves standing densely in the woods, and it seemed that there were human figures moving back and forth in the woods.
I was startled; there was something wrong with this pack of wolves!
Clearly, these wolves did not want to attack us on their own initiative, but rather received some kind of order; in other words, this pack of wolves was being raised by humans.
I can't imagine how powerful the person behind it must be if someone can raise so many wolves.
So, the wolf attacks we were attacked by before must have been purposeful. Could they have been the native inhabitants of this deserted island?
I was trying to see if the figures standing behind the trees were the indigenous people we had seen before when someone suddenly reached out and patted me on the shoulder. I turned around and saw Chen Jian looking a little pale. He pointed to the back of our cabin and whispered something.
"There's some movement on Brother Sihai's side. I suspect that this pack of wolves might be trying to surround this ship?"
I was taken aback, picked up my binoculars and looked behind me, but there was nothing there. But I knew Chen Jian would never make a fuss over nothing. If he said there was movement behind me, then something must have happened.
But now, although we have quite a few people on this ship, and we also have cold weapons and guns, if these wolves attack us from both sides, how much chance do we have of winning?
Just then, I suddenly heard a sound coming from deep in the woods, which seemed to be the howl of a wolf, but if you listened carefully, you could tell that the sound was not actually coming from a wolf.
Hearing this, I became even more certain that this pack of wolves was being raised by someone else.
So the people hiding behind the scenes who want these wolves to attack us must also want to get their hands on the foreigner's ship and the supplies in the foreigner's hands.
From this perspective, our current situation is even more dangerous!
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