Desert Island Survival: A Hundredfold Improvement After Having a Baby?

Lin Fan rushed to the edge of the slope in three quick steps, and his view suddenly opened up.

The entire beach stretched out at my feet, and the last trace of the setting sun pressed down on the horizon, turning the tide into a large expanse of dark red.

Two figures were running desperately on the beach.

Xu Zhixia supported Su Qingxue, and the two of them could barely walk.

Even though Su Qingxue's pregnancy was not obvious, she was still pampered and leaned forward, making her stagger with every step.

Xu Zhixia dragged her along, stumbling and staggering, towards the cave.

But what sent chills down Lin Fan's spine was the thing behind them.

At the edge of the beach, where the tree line meets the sand, a dark gray outline is approaching.

They are much thinner than people.

With all four limbs on the ground, the forelimbs are significantly longer than the hind limbs, and the back is arched high, forming an extremely unnatural curve.

The short, downy shoulder blades protrude, like the silhouette of some primate magnified three times.

Within Lin Fan's knowledge, there was no animal that could be matched with it.

Yang Ningcong described this thing.

At the time, Lin Fan thought the rich kid was exaggerating because he was scared out of his wits.

Now that he has seen it with his own eyes, he suddenly feels that Yang Ningcong was being conservative.

The creature alternately slapped the sand with its limbs, and the range of its long arms supporting it on the ground far exceeded that of a human.

It leaps every few steps, its back arching sharply upon landing before springing back up, displaying incredible range of motion in its joints.

The speed wasn't extremely fast, but the rhythm was controlled, advancing slowly and deliberately like a cat playing with a mouse.

"Lin Fan!"

Xu Zhixia's voice came from below, and it cracked.

Lin Fan turned around abruptly.

Song Ya squatted on the grass, her shirt buttoned haphazardly with three buttons undone, her hands still trembling.

"Are you dressed?"

"I'm...I'm dressed."

The two of them didn't have time to worry about whether the buttons were aligned or not.

Lin Fan took a step forward, bent down, and scooped the person up.

One hand supports the knee, the other clasps the back, and the arms are held horizontally in front of the chest.

A gust of wind rushed into Song Ya's unbuttoned clothes, startling her so much that she grabbed her collar with one hand and his shoulder with the other.

"Lin... Lin Fan."

"Don't speak, just hold me tight."

Lin Fan pushed off with his feet and charged down the gentle slope toward the cave.

The body's functions, enhanced threefold, were manifested at this moment.

Even with an extra forty kilograms in his arms, his speed was still several times that of Song Ya running at full speed.

Less than ten seconds.

The two appeared on the cave platform.

Liu Feifei stood at the cave entrance, her face deathly pale, her hands covering her mouth.

Zhou Kai stood in front of her, holding a dagger, the tip pointing towards the beach.

Lin Fan put Song Ya on the platform.

"Go back into the cave first."

"Lin Fan..."

"Be good, listen to me!"

"Zhou Kai, give me the dagger and protect Song Ya."

Zhou Kai handed over the dagger, and Lin Fan took it and turned to look at the beach.

Blood rushed to his forehead.

Too late.

That thing has already caught up with them.

Xu Zhixia was left lying on the side, her whole body pressed against the sand, half her face buried in the sand.

Su Qingxue screamed.

The thing's five gray-black knuckles tightly gripped Su Qingxue's waist. The fingers were longer than human fingers, with an extra bend at the joints, and the fingertips were curved like hooks, resembling an extreme mutation of some primate grasping structure.

Su Qingxue was lifted off the ground.

He kicked wildly with his legs dangling in the air, and tried to pry open the fingers with his hands, but couldn't budge them an inch.

Lin Fan rushed down the slope.

With the soles of his feet firmly planted on the sand, he was launched into the air.

He twirled the dagger in his hand, the blade slicing through the sea breeze, aiming straight for the back of the creature's neck.

As it approached, the thing reacted incredibly fast, its entire body suddenly shrinking back, its long arm swinging backward to shield Su Qingxue behind it.

Human shield.

Lin Fan abruptly stopped his blade strike, the blade ending less than three inches from the back of Su Qingxue's head.

A series of rapid gurgling sounds squeezed out from deep in its throat, like the alarm cries of a troop of monkeys, or perhaps a mocking sound.

The next instant, it curled its hind legs to the limit and suddenly pushed off the ground.

Sand splattered all over Lin Fan's face.

His entire body shot towards the tree line.

Fast, fucking fast.

Lin Fan rubbed the sand off his face and took off after him.

The creature's hind limbs coiled up to gather power, then it leaped and released it, each landing kicking up a cloud of dust.

In terms of pure speed, this thing is almost on par with Lin Fan's body after it has been enhanced three times.

But it always had people with it.

Su Qingxue was trapped between its ribs; the dozens of kilograms of living person struggling incessantly was a real burden.

Lin Fan and it gradually closed the distance between themselves.

He saw the thing's back, covered with a layer of grayish-black short down, with its vertebrae protruding one by one, forming jagged bumps under the skin.

With each jump, you can see the joints rolling and shifting under the skin.

They took a few more steps closer.

Lin Fan thrust his dagger forward.

That thing flung Su Qingxue away in an instant.

It flew towards the bushes on the side with a spinning arc.

Without thinking, Lin Fan braced himself on the ground with his toes, sprang to the side, tucked the dagger in his right hand to his waist, and spread his arms.

Su Qingxue's body crashed into his arms.

The impact was too great; Lin Fan had to take several steps back to dissipate the force before his back slammed into a tree trunk as thick as a bowl, sending numbness through his entire spine.

Su Qingxue in his arms was trembling all over, her two hands clutching his clothes tightly.

"Qingxue, how are you?"

Su Qingxue opened her mouth, making a gasping sound in her throat, unable to utter a complete word.

The whites of his eyes were bloodshot, and his pupils were dilated to their maximum.

stunned.

Lin Fan looked up, staring at the direction where the thing had disappeared.

After removing Su Qingxue, that thing instantly reached maximum speed.

Its long arms alternately slapped the tree trunks, its entire body swinging and weaving between the trees. Its gray silhouette flashed twice before disappearing into the depths of the dense forest.

Can't catch up.

It discarded Su Qingxue and used a living person as bait to force the pursuers to stop.

This thing possesses tactical thinking.

Using a human shield, controlling the pace, and precisely calculating the timing of escape—this is a skill only a true expert can pull off.

Lin Fan clenched his teeth so tightly they made a grinding sound.

Su Qingxue finally let out a gasp, her voice trembling with tears: "My child... my child..."

"It's alright." Lin Fan pulled her closer to him. "Your stomach isn't hurt."

Su Qingxue touched her abdomen, rubbing it in circles.

Complete.

Then she went limp, all her weight hanging on Lin Fan, her shoulders trembling.

Lin Fan picked up Su Qingxue and carried her towards the cave.

Su Qingxue curled up into a ball, her fingers gripping the fabric of his chest tightly, her whole body trembling uncontrollably.

His lips were pale, his jaw was chattering, and even his breathing was fragmented.

On the beach, Xu Zhixia got up from the sand by herself.

Half of his face was covered in sand, and his knees and forearms were scraped and bleeding, with beads of blood mixed with fine sand sticking together.

She patted the sand off her clothes and followed Lin Fan back.

Lin Fan carried Su Qingxue up the platform and headed straight for the inner chamber inside the cave.

He put the person down.

Su Qingxue did not let go.

Her fingers gripped his clothes tightly, so white they were almost transparent.

"Qingxue, you're safe now."

Su Qingxue did not react.

Her pupils were unfocused, unable to meet Lin Fan's face. Her lips parted, emitting a weak, breathy sound: "It...it grabbed my...child..."

It's just these two sentences over and over again, going in circles.

Xu Zhixia followed from behind.

She squatted down next to Su Qingxue and placed two fingers on Su Qingxue's wrist to check her pulse.

Three seconds later, he withdrew his hand and touched Su Qingxue's abdomen again, his technique gentle and professional.

"How is it?" Lin Fan asked.