Civilization Paradise

Chapter 157 Arrival (First Update)
Hearing this, Long Ming felt a little helpless and lowered his voice to ask Chen Wei.

"Chen Wei, what about you?"

"I?"

"Yeah, are you and Lin Xiaozhao alright?"

“We’re fine. We’re both from the lower district, and Xiao Zhao’s family isn’t well-off either. I just need to help her out from time to time.”

Chen Wei said with some relief.

"That's good."

Long Ming nodded upon hearing Chen Wei's words. If his side also exploded, then there was no need to continue playing this game.

At this moment, Gu Yi pleaded with Tao Sisi.

"Don't say that, my brothers are all here."

Upon hearing Gu Yi's plea, Tao Sisi forced herself to control her emotions and didn't continue speaking. Then, with red eyes, she walked to the side and squatted down.

Seeing Tao Sisi squatting there alone, Gu Yi also walked to the back of the boat and sat down dejectedly.

Upon seeing this, Gu Yi and Lin Xiaozhao walked over to Tao Sisi and gently advised her to calm down.

Long Ming also stood up, walked to Gu Yi's side, patted him on the shoulder and said.

Don't be discouraged, things will get better!

"Thank you."

Gu Yi replied dejectedly.

Long Ming extended his hand to Gu Yi and said calmly.

"Show me the map."

"it is good."

Gu Yi quickly handed the map in his hand to Long Ming.

Long Ming took the map and walked to the bow of the ship. He studied the map carefully, then looked up at the sun overhead and felt the sea breeze.

Upon seeing this, Chen Wei quickly came over and asked.

"Brother Long, how is it?"

Long Ming pondered for a moment before speaking.

"We've veered off course; we're going the wrong way!"

"Ah, isn't it?"

Chen Wei was dumbfounded.

"Help me adjust the boat's direction and turn off the propulsion system to save fuel for a critical moment. Let's see if we can row with the oars on the fishing boat, since we don't know how far we've veered off course."

Long Ming rationally made arrangements for Chen Wei.

"it is good!"

Chen Wei immediately obeyed Long Ming's instructions and ran to the back of the ship to turn off the propulsion system.

Immediately afterwards, Long Ming and Chen Wei picked up oars and began to row.

Early morning on the third day.

Gu Yi gazed at the vast sea and asked Long Ming with great anxiety.

"Brother, how much longer until we see the island?"

He was really afraid that the map was fake, and then he would be doomed.

"Don't worry, I'm watching."

Long Ming kept checking the map displayed on the bracelet.

In his opinion, Gu Yi was too trusting of others. He dared to spend so much money to set up this scheme without verifying the authenticity of the information.

Keep in mind that for those six people, not counting the equipment, the cost of the game pods and invitation tickets alone would be at least 70,000 to 80,000 Mountain Coins, which is equivalent to Yunyu and the others' basic salary for a year.

And what's more, he happened to choose the sea-based instance, which is the one he's least good at.

These types of dungeons offer high rewards, but require a professional team to complete them.

At that moment, he suddenly noticed that the map on the unlit wristband showed an evacuation point marker, and then said to Gu Yi.

"I can see the evacuation point. There must be islands nearby. This map should be fairly accurate."

"Really!"

Gu Yi breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Long Ming's words.

Tao Sisi and the others also relaxed considerably.

"Activate the propulsion system; we need to speed things up."

Long Ming spoke to Gu Yi and the others.

"it is good!"

Gu Yi and Chen Wei quickly activated the propulsion device.

More than an hour later, the silhouette of an island appeared on the distant horizon.

"Look, it's an island!"

Chen Wei shouted excitedly, "Finally found it, haha!"

Gu Yi was overjoyed.

As Long Ming gazed at the island drawing ever closer, he felt a little uncertain, but he didn't say anything.

A moment later, Long Ming and his group approached the island in their small fishing boat.

The entire island is only about ten square kilometers in size, and dozens of boats of different types are moored along the shore.

"Strange, why are there so many ships docked here?"

Lin Xiaozhao was slightly taken aback, and said with some concern.

Tao Sisi looked at Gu Yi with a dark expression after hearing Lin Xiaozhao's words.

At this moment, Gu Yi was also startled and quickly explained.

“These ships may have originally been docked here, after all, this used to be a prison, and people had to come and go.”

"Gu Yi is right."

Chen Wei echoed this sentiment.

Upon hearing this, Tao Sisi's expression softened considerably.

"Let's go to the island and take a look!"

Long Ming didn't say anything.

But I also have a bad feeling about this. However, there's no use saying anything now. I'll just search it up and find out.

"Yes, let's go up and search!"

Gu Yi agreed.

Long Ming and the others then disembarked from the ship and successfully landed on the prison island.

The entire island was very quiet, with no seabirds in sight, and little vegetation, just bare rocks everywhere.

Following the map, Long Ming led Gu Yi and the others deeper into the area.

Soon they arrived at the center of the island and saw a prison building made of reinforced concrete, with an exterior resembling a fortress.

The prison was surrounded by a wire fence, with shriveled corpses hanging from it.

"found it!"

Gu Yi saw the enormous prison before him and shouted excitedly, his spirits, which had plummeted to rock bottom, lifted again.

Long Ming looked at the enormous prison and nodded slightly.

If the prison hadn't been searched, Gu Yi and his group might have actually made a fortune.

"Quick, let's go there quickly."

Chen Wei excitedly said to Gu Yi.

"go!"

Gu Yi gripped his submachine gun and rushed toward the prison gate without hesitation.

Long Ming then followed.

They soon arrived at the prison gates, only to find them wide open.

"Brother, the door is open."

Gu Yi reminded him somewhat uneasily.

"It's normal to leave it open. When the apocalypse comes, of course the people inside will run out."

Gu Yi forced a calm explanation.

"Let's not talk about that anymore. Let's go in and search. You guys follow me!"

Long Ming raised the Shadow Automatic Rifle in his hand and walked towards the prison gate.

"it is good!"

Gu Yi and the others immediately followed.

Long Ming led them through the prison gates into a dimly lit hall. The place was in complete disarray, with broken facilities everywhere, bullet holes in the walls, and blackened bloodstains on the floor.

The air was thick with the stench of blood.

Tao Sisi, Lin Xiaozhao, and Gu Yi immediately tensed up, their eyes filled with unease.

Long Ming led them inside, into a long, narrow corridor.

The corridor was very dimly lit, with the main lights off and only some emergency lights still on.

They quickly found a duty room.

The door to the room was open. Long Ming glanced inside and saw that the room had been ransacked. He then spoke.

"It's been turned over."

"No way? Could this place have always been like this?"

Gu Yi asked Long Ming with a bitter face, still clinging to a sliver of hope.

(End of this chapter)