I didn't sleep all night; I just couldn't shake off the feeling of unease.
When Xu Wei got hungry at night, she developed a fever and kept talking nonsense.
I poured a lot of hot water into Xu Wei's body and covered her tightly with a wolf skin to keep her warm.
Xiao Qiang and the others couldn't sleep either, so they sat by the campfire, hugging their knees.
There wasn't much herbal powder left, and Xiao Qiang was thinking of going to the woods with me first thing tomorrow morning to find some more.
But to everyone's surprise, it started raining heavily in the middle of the night.
The rain was pouring down outside, and the cold wind blew in through the hedge at the entrance of the cave.
Several women, covered with a bearskin, huddled together.
I suddenly remembered that there were two short-legged birds and dried fish on the mountaintop.
With such heavy rain and nowhere to shelter from the rain, it would be such a waste if the camera were to die.
We dried the fish bit by bit, and now it's all ruined.
"I'm going out to catch those two birds. Don't move!"
After saying that, I took off my shirt and pants and rushed out of the cave.
The icy raindrops lashed against my skin instantly, making me shiver.
The rain was fine when it hit the rocks, but it made the rock face we were climbing a bit slippery.
I gritted my teeth and carefully stepped on the stones, slowly climbing towards the top of the mountain.
When I reached the top of the mountain, I saw the two short-legged chickens shivering against the rocks.
Actually, these animals are quite pitiful. If we hadn't appeared here, they would still be living happily, occasionally catching a few small insects in the woods, living a carefree life.
But not only do we have to eat their flesh, we also force them to lay eggs for us. It is indeed somewhat cruel.
But now we don't know how much longer we have to live, so we can no longer show them kindness indiscriminately.
I caught the two short-legged birds and then ran up to the tree branch to pull out the dried fish we had dried.
After hanging everything around his neck, just as he was about to descend the mountain and return to the cave, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a blurry figure on the beach below.
It was very dark, but the raindrops reflecting light off the ground made me certain that it was a person.
But why would anyone be here in such heavy rain?
My first thought was that it was Bai Wei and his gang, but then I realized that didn't make sense.
Yesterday, during the group fight with them, almost everyone in their group was injured, except for a few women.
With such heavy rain, their injuries, and no food or water, it would be suicidal for them to come out in the rain without finding a good place to rest!
But after watching for a while, I felt that the figure was very strange.
He was very tall and walked with a slight sway, holding something in his hand, and seemed to be walking step by step from the seaside into the woods.
I was somewhat surprised and dared not make a sound. I shielded the two short-legged chickens under my body and quietly watched the shadow.
The shadow slowly approached the woods from the seaside and finally disappeared.
My heart was pounding in my chest. I watched until he disappeared from sight before carefully descending the mountain and returning to the cave.
After settling the two short-legged birds in the cave, I sat down by the campfire, completely soaked. I couldn't help but shiver.
Xiao Qiang quickly ran down from the straw bed covered with a bearskin, frowned, and took the tattered clothes she had used to tie the dagger yesterday to wipe my body.
"Why did you go out in such heavy rain and cold weather? It's okay if we lose these fish, we can always catch more."
Wang Xiaoxiao quickly added more dry branches to the fire and set up a mud pot over the fire to stew soup for me.
"Quickly drink something hot to warm yourself up."
I looked at the three women besides Xu Wei, hesitated for a moment, and then told them about the black figure I had just seen.
After all, we need to be aware of these things so that we won't be caught off guard when problems arise.
"You mean there's a dark shadow down the mountain? You're not mistaken, are you? Could it be a brown bear or a wolf or something?"
Wang Xiaoxiao looked at me with disbelief.
I shook my head firmly: "No, brown bears are very big, but that person was tall and thin. Wolves don't stand up to walk, do they? So I suspect it was a person!"
Xiao Qiang leaned closer to me and said in a soft voice, "Don't scare people like this in the middle of the night. It's raining so hard outside, why would anyone be out? Could it be that Bai Wei and his gang are planning to take advantage of the rain to attack us?"
"Having suffered such a huge loss, how could they possibly come back for revenge so quickly?"
Wang Xiaoxiao has already refuted Xiao Qiang's speculation on my behalf.
Liu Jiaojiao bit her lip and hesitated for a moment: "Brother Sihai, do you think it might be a merman that crawled up from the sea? I once heard my grandma say that there are monsters in the sea, deep-sea monsters!"
I couldn't help but chuckle.
That's not very realistic. After all, I might believe in savages, but mermaids are simply a fantasy.
But whoever that person is, they are definitely not a good person to us.
After drying myself off and drinking a cup of hot soup, I felt much better.
“This is not a good thing for us. I think it’s more important for us to leave here as soon as possible. You should all get some sleep. We’ll gather some more food when it’s light tomorrow. Once we have all our supplies ready, the ship should be almost ready, and then we’ll leave.”
Wang Xiaoxiao nodded, but there was a hint of hesitation on her face.
"We have no idea how far this place is from the other side of the sea. Going out like this is really not very safe."
I was well aware of her worries, but besides wild beasts, strange human figures had now appeared in this place. I couldn't just stay here and wait to be rescued.
This morning I saw the mysterious pile of stones, and they unearthed so many human bones. Now I've even seen a mysterious shadow in the rainy night...
In short, the sooner you leave, the better, otherwise who knows what other things might appear in this place.
If there really are cannibals here, are we going to be eaten alive by them?
Xu Wei was still shivering, and the cold wind kept blowing in from outside, making the faces of the other women pale with cold.
Although there were several bonfires burning inside the cave, it was still extremely cold and damp. In the end, Xiao Qiang suggested that we sleep together tonight.
At first, I felt a little uncomfortable, but then I thought that I wouldn't be the one to suffer a loss, so I nodded in agreement.
Xu Wei had a high fever and was shivering from the cold. I held Xu Wei in my arms to warm her up, while Xiao Qiang pouted and quickly lay down on my other arm.
Wang Xiaoxiao snorted coldly but didn't say anything, and pulled Liu Jiaojiao to lie down.
A bearskin, which fit us perfectly even when we were turned to the side.
The women quickly regained their composure, but I couldn't sleep. I stared wide-eyed at the cave ceiling until dawn the next day.
After getting up, I went down the mountain and walked towards the sea, wanting to see where that dark figure had come from.
But the rain was too heavy and washed away the footprints.
Just as I was about to return to the cave in despair, I suddenly discovered that all the piles of stones we had built to signal for help had disappeared...
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