I don't know how to comfort Xiao Qiang because I myself am not confident.
On such a strange, deserted island, in a place where the seasons can be so polarized, I had never seen or even imagined such a thing, yet it actually happened.
I patted Xiao Qiang on the shoulder and pulled her into my arms: "No matter how dangerous this deserted island is, you must always remember that as long as I'm here, I won't let you get hurt in any way. That's enough."
After hearing my words, Xiao Qiang gently leaned into my arms and nodded.
"With you here, of course I'm not afraid, but something's definitely up. This place is too strange. Let's stay in this camp and wait until it gets warmer before we go out."
I nodded, drank the soup Xiao Qiang brought, and felt completely refreshed. Not long after, I heard shouts coming from downstairs in the wooden house; it was Xu Wei and the others calling us down to eat.
When they went down, they saw that everyone was there. Chen Jian's expression relaxed a lot, and it was clear that the situation had improved.
Yang Rui kept glancing at me, seemingly casually, and his gaze made me feel a little uncomfortable.
After we finished eating, Yang Rui called me again. Wang Ping was standing next to me at the time. When he heard Yang Rui's words, he immediately frowned.
Yang Rui didn't shy away from the conversation and walked directly in front of me, looking at me very seriously.
"Brother Sihai, have you thought this through? I think we should take advantage of this momentum to thoroughly investigate what's going on over there. Besides, you looked at the map yesterday. If I remember our location correctly, then that gold mine should be in that direction!"
After hearing Yang Rui's series of words, Wang Ping was first stunned, and then a look of longing couldn't help but appear in his eyes.
However, Wang Ping still didn't say anything, but turned to look at me, as if waiting for my reply.
Of course I know that Wang Ping actually wanted to go and take a look, after all, gold is real money.
"Even if we find that gold mine, how will we get out? There's no transportation right now. Even if you find a gold mine here, it's useless to us. In a fight, it's less useful than a rock. If we really risk going there and something goes wrong, who can take responsibility?"
"But what good will it do if we never go and look? These dangers won't just disappear like that. What if those insects manage to crawl over here? Do you think we can stop them?"
Wang Ping looked at Yang Rui and spoke in a somewhat impolite tone.
"So what? Even if there's danger, it's not like you're going to throw your life away, is it? If you're upset, you can do it yourself instead of dragging us along."
Wang Ping's words really hit the nail on the head. After hearing Wang Ping's words, Yang Rui gritted his teeth.
"If I could really go by myself, I would have gone long ago. But as far as I know, this ancient country is actually very terrifying. I can't do it alone. If we all go together, we can all benefit together."
Wang Ping stopped Yang Rui from continuing, but my heart began to soften.
I'm not looking for gold; I'm more interested in finding out the origins of this so-called ancient kingdom.
There's also the question of what else exists on this deserted island that we don't know, or even that is completely unknown.
If we really can't go back for the time being, then at the very least we need to know our enemy and ourselves in order to win every battle.
Aside from knowing that there were troublesome indigenous people on this deserted island and that these indigenous people could tame lynxes, I knew virtually nothing else.
The events that happened yesterday while I was out collecting herbs are quite perplexing, and they still feel unreal to me now.
If it's really possible, perhaps it wouldn't be bad to investigate the situation, but then not everyone can go out together, and the camp's security must be tight.
That means only a few people are left who can go.
Since Yang Rui wants to go, we must take him with us. Wang Ping and I will also take two other foreigners. This combination should be evenly matched.
After quickly thinking it over in my mind, I looked at Yang Rui and nodded.
"If you really think it's necessary to go and take a look, then I'll go with you. But I have to ask you something honestly: can you contact Xiao He and the others? Also, is the boat you used to get to this deserted island still usable?"
Upon hearing my question, Yang Rui shook his head almost without hesitation. Judging from his expression, he was absolutely certain that he really couldn't contact him.
But when I was in the team, one of my best buddies who lived above me once said something like this to me.
When someone shakes their head to refute or refuse something without hesitation, it means they have practiced that thing in their mind a thousand times and will not make any mistakes.
The more he tries to distance himself from that matter, the closer he is to it, and the more careful one must be.
I understood and nodded again. Then I asked Wang Ping and the others to pack their things. Wang Ping seemed a little excited when he heard that I was going.
Yang Rui seemed relieved at this moment, and quickly said that he would go and talk to those foreigners. Then he turned around and went up the mountain.
We packed our things and then headed in the same direction we had gone that day.
Throughout the journey, Yang Rui kept the sheepskin map in his hand, constantly observing his surroundings with great caution.
His parchment map was actually quite simplified, but it contained many strange symbols that we didn't understand.
For example, there's even a drawing of something that looks like a rocket launcher standing upright in some trees.
Wang Ping speculated that there might actually be many rocket launchers buried in the ground in this forest, for the purpose of defending against external enemies.
I couldn't help but laugh when I heard Wang Ping's words: "There's not even a person on this deserted island. Who is he going to defend against by planting rocket launchers here? Do you really think the people of ancient times would have invented rocket launchers? How advanced would they have been?"
Wang Ping remained silent, clearly realizing that his earlier guess was somewhat absurd.
We continued our journey, and once we arrived at this place, the weather indeed began to warm up again.
We looked around but didn't find any of the huge centipedes. But for some reason, every time I come here, I can't calm down.
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