The temperature here is actually warm and comfortable; the warm breeze blowing on us dispels the chill we had been carrying.
Yang Rui was the most proactive, walking at the front with a kitchen knife in his hand, looking very wary.
We followed behind, but we also had to be careful of any unexpected situations that might occur around us at any time.
According to the leather map in Yang Rui's hand, there should be a gold mine in this area.
However, we have no way of knowing where we are right now, so we can only move forward like blind men touching an elephant.
Yang Rui led the way, but I didn't have much faith in him.
Firstly, we haven't fully explored this deserted island yet.
Secondly, there are very few of us on this trip, so if we encounter any unexpected situations, we definitely won't be able to handle them.
But since we're already here, we must get some useful clues.
They had no choice but to follow Yang Rui and walk forward little by little. They walked from morning until noon, and had been walking for a long time.
The further you go, the hotter the air gets.
Wang Ping and the others couldn't help but wipe their sweat, and the two foreigners were so thirsty that their lips were chapped.
"I think we should find a place to get some water before we keep going. We're going to die of thirst soon."
Wang Ping looked at Yang Rui and muttered, "Since you have a map, you should know if there's any fresh water in this area, right? If you can find some, you should drink some water to replenish your energy, otherwise, you're really going to be exhausted."
I nodded in agreement and looked at Yang Rui, echoing Wang Ping's words.
But Yang Rui seemed very anxious. He wiped his sweat and shook his head: "This place is not suitable for us to stay for long. If we can find a stream of water, we can drink some. If we can't find any, we should head back first. Otherwise, I'm afraid there might be other unexpected changes."
After listening to Yang Rui's words, I felt even more strongly that this kid might have something else going on that he hadn't told us directly, but it didn't matter anymore.
I nodded: "Alright then. If we still can't find water after walking a little longer, we'll head back and come back tomorrow with all our provisions. Otherwise, people might not be able to keep up with this kind of journey."
We rested for a while, regained some of our strength, and then continued walking forward.
Not long after I started walking, I suddenly saw a huge dark shadow appear ahead, and I could also faintly hear the sound of flowing water.
Wang Ping immediately became excited, quickly grabbing me and licking his lips: "Is there water ahead?"
I noticed Wang Ping's lips were starting to peel. He was probably thirsty too, so I quickly nodded, "Let's go check on him!"
Yang Rui followed ahead, but when we got to the small stream, we found that the stream wasn't very big and it even had a foul smell.
The two foreigners frowned, looked around, then shook their heads and said something, seemingly communicating.
After looking at the flowing water, Yang Rui reached out and scooped up a little bit, and frowned.
"This water is strange; it probably doesn't taste safe to drink."
Wang Ping frowned as well: "Why does the water here taste bad? The freshwater stream on that mountain we used to have was drinkable."
I examined the water closely and discovered that it was still emitting faint steam, as if it were warm. I reached out and touched it, and sure enough, it was still warm.
He turned to look at Wang Ping, about to say something, when he saw that the huge black shadow in front of him had actually moved.
I was startled and quickly grabbed Wang Ping and pulled him back a few steps, while Yang Rui was still squatting there observing the water flow, lost in thought.
I tried to call out to him, but then the dark figure twisted again, and I realized that it wasn't a dark figure at all, but a monster covered in white hair.
That monster was exceptionally large, much, much larger than the polar bear we saw that day.
At that moment, it was wriggling its clumsy body, half-lying on the ground. It seemed to have heard the noise and turned its head to look at me. I was immediately startled by its pair of blood-red eyes and felt a chill run down my spine.
Wang Ping, who was next to me, also saw this scene, and his expression turned rather unpleasant.
"What the hell is this thing?"
At this moment, Yang Rui, who had been squatting by the flowing water, staggered over to our side. He looked at the white-haired monster writhing and turned pale.
"Is that fucking a rabbit? Look at its long ears!"
rabbit?
I've seen many rabbits since I was a child, but I've never seen one this big.
Seeing this now is truly terrifying.
This place is really strange. First there was a centipede that was over a meter long, and now there's even a rabbit the size of a building...
There's a saying that describes rabbits quite interestingly: even a rabbit will bite when cornered.
This "freshwater flow" isn't some kind of water flow at all; it's probably just this rabbit pooping.
We've stumbled upon this place by sheer accident; it's certainly not a good start.
I turned around, and Wang Ping carefully moved to the side of a tree trunk. The two foreigners were also very alert, hiding to the side and not daring to breathe.
Yang Rui's expression was unpredictable, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking. Seeing that we didn't move, the rabbit simply pricked up its ears, its red eyes darted around twice, and then disappeared from our sight with its huge legs.
Dust rose from the ground, choking us and making us cough repeatedly, as if a small sandstorm had occurred.
We breathed a sigh of relief after the rabbit had completely disappeared, but Wang Ping had no interest in searching for any so-called gold mine at this point.
Yang Rui seemed to be stunned by the scene before him, and stopped trying to continue. I breathed a sigh of relief.
“I think we should go back first. The situation at the camp is still very worrying. This place is unpredictable. I think we should wait until spring arrives and then come back to check.”
Wang Ping nodded in agreement: "I think we shouldn't waste our energy looking for gold mines. Instead, we should go to the seaside and see if there are any passing ships. I really don't want to stay in this godforsaken place for even a day longer."
Yang Rui nodded without saying a word, then looked enigmatically into the depths of the woods: "In that case, let's go back first. We have plenty of time anyway."
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