Others try to survive on an island, I try to survive on a raft?

Chapter 154 The Team Suffered Heavy Casualties

No one expected that the monster would be so resilient, surviving the attack.

It suddenly raised its head, and although its head was cracked, its body's conditioned reflex caused it to swing its claws out fiercely, directly piercing Li Qiang's lung.

"cough----"

A large amount of blood gushed from Li Qiang's mouth, and he collapsed.

"Qiangzi!"

Before anyone could rush to their aid, several strange croaking sounds suddenly came from the surrounding bushes.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Two more long tongues shot out from the shadows, and the two team members who were about to cheer were blown off their heads on the spot without even uttering a sound.

It’s over.

We've stirred up a hornet's nest!

This isn't just one, it's a whole group!

"Run! Run!"

Zhao Dezhu was truly terrified this time. He completely forgot about his prestige and leadership demeanor.

He turned and ran, not even glancing at the henchman who was clutching his broken leg and wailing.

A heart-wrenching scream came from behind; it was the final despair of the person being dragged away.

Zhao Dezhu, covered in mud, scrambled and crawled, leading the remaining remnants of his army back to the edge of the cliff.

As soon as he rushed out of the woods, he saw the exploration team responsible for cutting down trees returning excitedly with the steel-wood trunk they had just found.

They all had excited smiles on their faces, and they were even happier to see Zhao Dezhu and his men return, thinking that their Captain Zhao had hunted some good prey again.

In order to have a better meal tonight, the expedition team leader immediately stepped forward to take credit: "Team Leader Zhao! Look what we found—"

"Throw it all away! Throw them all away, you fucking bastards!"

As Zhao Dezhu climbed the rope ladder, he roared at the top of his lungs, "Climb up quickly! A monster is coming!"

Zhao Dezhu's voice was so loud that even Mu Qing, who was at the cliffside stronghold, could hear it.

She rushed to the edge of the cliff and looked down, her breath catching in her throat for a moment.

In the woods below, one after another, frogs and sea monsters with four limbs leaped out of the shadows.

Their skin was purplish-black, which was quite unsettling to look at, and judging from their movements, they were clearly heading towards Zhao Dezhu and his group.

"Quick, get up here! Once you're up, everything will be alright!"

Someone shouted in terror from above the cliff.

But the shout seemed to be setting a flag for the people below. Just after he shouted, a young team member had just stepped onto the third rung of the rope ladder when a pink lightning bolt pierced through his chest.

Blood gushed out immediately, and before he could even scream, he was pulled off the rope ladder by a tremendous force and dragged back into the sea monster horde like a rag doll.

The most terrifying thing was that he didn't let go until he died, his hands gripping the wooden railings of the rope ladder tightly.

The entire rope ladder began to sway wildly from side to side due to the force of the fall, causing the grasshoppers on the ladder to panic.

"Damn it! Let go already! If you're going to die, just die. Don't drag others down with you!"

A burly man who was climbing the rope ladder suddenly became furious. He looked down at the corpse below and cursed it furiously, even trying to stomp on the unseeing hands.

Zhao Dezhu crawled at the very front, using both hands and feet, moving as fast as a monkey.

His eyes were bloodshot, and he dared not look down. He believed that as long as he climbed fast enough, disaster would always be one step behind him.

Mu Qing lay prone on the edge of the cliff, forcing herself to calm down.

She soon discovered that before those sea monsters shot out their tongues, their eyes would freeze for an extremely short time; that was them making a physical, pre-aiming motion.

She then immediately warned, "Don't just rush upwards. They're anticipating your movements. Sway left or right, or pause for a moment, to confuse them!"

But nobody paid any attention to her.

In this life-or-death moment, adrenaline has taken over everyone's brain.

Everyone thinks they are the lucky one favored by God, and that as long as they are 10 centimeters taller than others, their survival rate will be higher.

Only Chen Yao hesitated for a moment.

She was originally the captain of the exploration team, but she was marginalized after Zhao Dezhu seized power.

She was hanging in the lower part of the rope ladder, surrounded by people pushing and shoving, trying to get over her and climb up.

She looked up at Mu Jing, the person in the team who cared about her the most, and decided to take a gamble.

Just as Chen Yao was about to jump upwards with both hands, she abruptly stopped, and even slid down a body length due to inertia.

"Bang!"

In that very second, a long tongue, as thick as a bowl, grazed her scalp and plunged deep into the crevice in the rock above her.

A pile of stone chips landed on her hair, which is difficult for a girl to wash off, but she wasn't annoyed; instead, she felt a surge of excitement.

If she hadn't listened to Mu Qing, it might have been her head or her back that had been pierced through.

"Climb! Now!" Mu Qing's scream rang out again.

Chen Yao didn't dare to delay. Taking advantage of the moment when the monster retracted its tongue, she gritted her teeth and frantically jumped upwards.

When the last pair of mud-covered hands reached the edge of the cliff and were pulled up by Mu Qing, Chen Yao collapsed onto the rocky ground, vomiting large amounts of bile.

Zhao Dezhu also came up, of course. He slumped on the ground, panting heavily, staring blankly at the rope ladder that was still shaking violently.

The rest of the people weren't so lucky. To these frog-sea monsters, they were like clumsy little flies, becoming snacks for the sea monsters.

It seemed that because there were too many snacks, screams could still be heard incessantly in the rain, but they gradually subsided over time.

Mu Qing stood in the rain and looked down to count the number of people.

The team, which originally consisted of 18 people, now has only 9 people left, including herself.

In just half an hour, half of the staff were lost.

Meanwhile, the sea beasts below did not disperse; instead, they gathered together in twos and threes.

They tilted their flat heads back, their dark yellow vertical pupils fixed on the few trembling flies on the cliff top.

Suddenly, one of them jumped onto a tree and miraculously steadied itself there.

Taking advantage of their height, they actually dared to launch an attack on the high cliff stronghold.

At that moment, its tongue struck the rock face at the edge of the cliff, but the impact was quite large, and it was some distance away from the group.

But this was enough to startle Zhao Dezhu.

"My god, are these guys all gods? Their tongues can stick out ten meters long! Go catch wild boars yourselves, why are you trying to catch us? You can't even catch them!"

Although he said that, he still walked quite a distance into the cave, at least he didn't want to stay on the edge of the cliff.

Looking at Zhao Dezhu, who was almost completely useless, Mu Qing's eyes flashed with disdain.

Holding Chen Yao, who was trembling in her arms, she used her position as leader to give the order: "Listen up, everyone, don't go near the edge of the cliff, or no one can save you."

Although no one would do such a foolish thing even if she didn't say it, her words at that moment gave people a sense of reassurance.

This is the responsibility of a leader: to step forward and give command in the face of important matters. As long as team members hear the command, they will obey and will not act like headless flies.

Then she added, "The food we've stored up these past few days is enough to last us for a while. Of course, if it weren't for your extravagant spending these past few days, it could last even longer, hmph."

She snorted coldly, then softly comforted Chen Yao, "Yao Yao, you're great. You listened to me, so everything's alright now, isn't it? Don't cry—"

Chen Yao sobbed twice, then looked up and asked in a trembling voice, "Sister Mu, what do we do now? If we can't get out, we'll eventually die from exhaustion. Maybe one day they'll be able to jump up."

Mu Qing pursed her lips; this was also something she was worried about.

She sighed and said, "To be honest, there's nothing I can do. My only hope is that Captain Su will arrive—"

She looked out at the sea shrouded in mist; at this point, they had no choice but to wait.