After hearing what I said, Wang Ping fell silent, because we all knew that waiting like this on the mountaintop wasn't going to work.
If we can't find Xiao He and his group to learn how to leave this place, then we have to create other methods ourselves.
Although we have now obtained iron ore, ironmaking is very difficult. We have been making these tools for a long time, and even now, these tools are not very perfect.
If we truly want to survive further here, then we must work even harder.
Chen Jian remained silent and nodded: "Since Brother Sihai said so, then let's go and take a look. Anyway, didn't Yang Rui and the others say that there is a gold mine in this place? If we can really find that gold mine, we won't lose out. Taking out more gold is also a form of capital."
Wang Ping was amused by Chen Jian's words and chuckled twice, easing the tension.
After we finished eating, we each went back to working on the iron ore.
During this period, the iron smelting technology has become more and more proficient, but we still haven't been able to refine the iron to a more perfect level.
Bai Wei and his group, along with the foreigners, have gradually developed their own methods for doing things in the past two days, knowing how to collect dry materials and find food.
The foreigners have been behaving very well lately, and it seems like they've really integrated into our group.
However, there's been a problem these past few days: one of the three foreign women who were arrested seems to be pregnant.
This is definitely not good news for us.
The thought of how the indigenous people attacked and retreated upon hearing Miracle's cries for help always leaves a knot in my heart.
If these indigenous people were so eager for the arrival of new life, how could they possibly let these foreign women they had once abducted become pregnant?
They will surely use every means and trick in the world to try to take the child back.
This would lead to another war.
But life is always innocent, and besides, those foreign women haven't been in good condition. If we were to get rid of the child now, it wouldn't be a good solution for anyone.
Hsiao-Chiang said that such things can only be left to nature. If the child is born safely, then it will be a blessing.
If not, then it's simply fate.
After three more days of fuss, the day I promised Yang Rui to go to the cave arrived. Yang Rui got up early and waited at the door of my wooden house.
Xiao Qiang woke me up looking unhappy, then pouted and said, "He's been waiting here for a long time. It looks like he has to go today. It's still snowing outside, so be careful when you go."
I knew Xiao Qiang was worried, so I quickly nodded to her.
"Don't worry, I have a plan."
Xiao Qiang didn't say anything, but turned around angrily and left the wooden house.
After I went out, I summoned Chen Jian and Wang Ping. They finally decided that this time Wang Ping and his men would stay in the camp and lead Bai Wei's group.
Yang Rui, Chen Jian, and I, along with the foreigners, went to search for the location shown on Yang Rui's sheepskin map.
We brought enough dry food and a small iron pot, and set off from the camp after we had everything prepared.
Before leaving, I told Wang Ping that no matter what commotion occurred around them, they didn't need to go out. They just needed to keep their hands on the mountaintop, since mountains are generally easy to defend but difficult to attack...
The route is actually quite vague, making it very difficult to follow.
Yang Rui walked at the front, looking at the sheepskin map, sometimes frowning and sometimes overjoyed.
We walked until noon, when the sun had risen and the snow had stopped, before we finally rested for a while in an open space.
I took out the food I had brought and ate some to relieve my fatigue.
Yang Rui sighed, "I think it should be less than half an hour's walk from the location on this map, but that place is unpredictable and dangerous, so we still need to be careful."
Chen Jian looked at Yang Rui and sneered, "So what if it's dangerous? You still managed to entice everyone to come, didn't you? Stop talking nonsense, finish your food, pack up, and hurry up and leave. If you wait until dark, the danger will only increase."
Yang Rui remained silent, clearly not wanting to pay any attention to Chen Jian.
After packing our things, we set off again according to the location on that parchment map.
This time, Yang Rui was right. After walking for less than half an hour, they indeed saw the mountain.
The mountain occupies a very small area on the parchment map, but when I actually saw it, I realized that it was so big that I had to look up at it.
It's likely that everything drawn on this parchment map was scaled down many times over.
Thinking about it this way, then this deserted island must be much larger than we imagined.
Yang Rui stood in front of the cave entrance, holding the knife in his hand, and turned to look at me.
"Brother Sihai, shall we go in and take a look?"
When I think back to when Yang Rui and I went into that strange cave and encountered so many mutated centipedes, I realize that this kid isn't a reliable person.
However, I couldn't take Chen Jian into danger. After thinking it over, I looked at Yang Rui and nodded.
"Then you need to understand that once we're inside, we'll be a team. No matter what dangers we encounter, you can't run away first."
Yang Rui looked a little embarrassed, but quickly nodded solemnly: "Of course, I was just too scared last time."
Then we entered the cave one after the other.
Holding a torch, I slowly gained light in the cave, but after only a few steps, I suddenly stepped into a slightly sunken pit.
I was startled and immediately took the torch and shone it down. When I did, my heart jumped out of my chest.
Because I realized that what I was stepping on wasn't a hollow, but a depression that looked like a human footprint.
I took a few more steps forward and even saw the shape of five toes.
Yang Rui stopped, turned to look at me, and whispered, "What's wrong? Did you find something?"
I immediately looked at Yang Rui and waved: "Come and take a look at this!"
Yang Rui walked over to me, glanced at it, and his expression immediately changed: "This, this is a human footprint?"
I don't know whether to nod or shake my head.
Because if you shake your head, it does indeed fit the shape of a human foot, but if you nod, are there really people in this world with such big feet?
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