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

"System?" Zhang Tao's face clearly said, "Are you kidding me?"

"Brother Fan, if you say you're lucky or have a strong life, I'll believe you. But you say you have a system..." Zhang Tao grinned, "Aren't systems only for transmigrators in novels? If you had a system, would you be stuck at Sheng Tang Group earning a base salary of three thousand and being treated like a servant?"

Lin Fan glanced at him but didn't reply.

Some things are meant to be said as a joke.

Believe it or not, it doesn't matter. Anyway, I've looked for every single crab I was looking for.

Explaining the "golden finger" to these two lowly mortals is a complete waste of breath.

"Enough talk, tighten the lid, lift it up, and go back."

"Okay, Fan-ge."

……

As the sun gradually rises, the coolness brought by the sea breeze is quickly evaporated by the high temperature.

Chen Jian squatted down next to the sandpit.

A few tiny water droplets had just condensed on the transparent plastic sheet.

The water droplets slid very slowly down the curve of the inverted cone into the plastic bottle at the bottom.

Distance can quench thirst, but it's still a long way off.

A group of male employees, their eyes green with hunger, surrounded him, staring intently at the few drops of water, their Adam's apples bobbing wildly.

Ma Liang was carrying two sea fish that had been dead for who knows how long.

"Brother Liang, is this edible?" An employee covered his nose and backed away.

"As long as it doesn't kill you!" Ma Liang said with red eyes. He removed the fish's internal organs, then skewered the dead fish on a tree branch and roasted it next to the fire pit.

The intense heat created a putrid stench, a mixture of rottenness and the smell of burning protein, which permeated the area around the rock crevices.

It smells disgusting, but for someone who has been starving for days and nights, the smell seeps right into their bones.

Ma Liang couldn't wait for it to be fully cooked. As soon as the fish skin was slightly charred, he tore it off and stuffed it into his mouth to chew.

Just then, a male employee who was on lookout duty at the edge of the rock came running back, stumbling and crawling.

"Engineer Chen! Engineer Chen!" the lookout cried urgently. "Lin Fan has gone down!"

Chen Jian suddenly looked up and pushed up his glasses.

"Lin Fan took Zhang Tao and Xiao Zhou to the rocky area in the southeast! It was a long walk, at least half an hour!"

The people grilling the dead fish around them immediately stopped what they were doing.

Chen Jian stood up and brushed the sand off his hands.

He turned his head and looked at the steep slope with a drop of more than ten meters.

This is the moment he's been waiting for.

"Everyone," Chen Jian said, looking around at the group of male employees who were starving and green with hunger, "Lin Fan's stronghold is currently poorly defended."

"There are only a few women upstairs right now, and two male employees who can't even lift heavy objects normally."

"There are dozens of boxes of Nongfu Spring water, self-heating hot pot, biscuits, and a windproof cave on it."

"If we rush up there now and take over the platform on the cliff top, all of that stuff will be ours."

"Moreover, once we occupy the platform at the top of the cliff, we will have absolute control of the high ground. No matter how good Lin Fan is at fighting, he only has a knife. Faced with a steep slope with a drop of more than ten meters, he will be a sitting duck."

Chen Jian bent down, picked up a stone, and weighed it in his hand.

"If he dares to climb up, we'll stone him to death. What he did to us last night, we'll repay him for today."

A dozen or so male employees grabbed the thick wooden sticks and stones on the ground, their eyes flashing with malice.

Starving to death is death anyway, being crushed to death is death too. Might as well take a gamble, seize the supplies, and take over the high ground.

Wang Qiang had been huddled in a corner, but upon hearing Chen Jian's plan, he felt it was a good opportunity to turn the tide.

As long as he leads the team to rush up and seize the supplies, he remains the highest leader of the team.

"Alright!" Wang Qiang jumped out, waving a wooden stick. "Chen Jian is right! Let's charge in now! Let's wash away last night's shame! Everyone, follow me! I'll take responsibility if anything goes wrong!"

He was trying to restore his authority as a manager.

Chen Jian turned his head and looked at him coldly.

"Manager Wang, are you going to take the blame?" Chen Jian bluntly exposed him. "You said the same thing last night. In the end, you ran faster than anyone else, trampled Old Chen to death, and broke Liu Hui's leg."

Wang Qiang's face flushed red, and he pointed at Chen Jian's nose: "Shut the fuck up! I'm the supervisor, this isn't your place to give orders!"

Chen Jian wasn't buying it at all. He took a step forward and directly approached Wang Qiang.

"Wang Qiang, if you dare to shout again and lure the woman upstairs down to report, I guarantee you won't live past noon today."

Chen Jian's tone was extremely calm, yet it exuded a chilling ruthlessness.

Wang Qiang was stunned by this aura and subconsciously took half a step back. He turned to look at the others.

No one spoke up for him. Ma Liang even spat a mouthful of bloody saliva on the ground, his eyes filled with disdain.

They are now completely convinced by Chen Jian.

"Ma Liang, you take the lead and pick twelve of the most agile and physically strongest men."

"The rest of you, stay down there and guard the water pit, and take care of the wounded."

Twelve male employees quickly stepped forward.

They held their most handy weapons, their eyes burning with fervor.

Once they get up there, they can have a hearty meal.

"Everyone, be quiet and don't make a sound. Once you're up there, knock the men unconscious and tie them up, and restrain the women. Be quick."

……

As the sun rose higher, the temperature began to soar.

Zhang Tao and Xiao Zhou each carried one side of a plastic box as they walked on the rocky beach.

The two were panting heavily, their tattered shirts soaked with sweat.

But they just couldn't stop.

The rustling sound of the blue crabs crawling in the box is the most potent stimulant.

"Brother Fan," Zhang Tao swallowed hard, his voice trembling, "how are we going to eat all these dozens of big, fat crabs for lunch?"

Xiao Zhou eagerly chimed in, "Steamed! Absolutely steamed! Steaming is the best way to preserve the freshness of wild seafood! That crab roe, one bite and your mouth is bursting with oil!"

Zhang Tao shook his head: "You don't know anything! Steaming is too bland! We have self-heating hot pot base! Let's make spicy crab! Just melt that beef tallow hot pot base, cut the crab in half and stir-fry it! The taste would be so good even a god would be drooling!"

The two argued endlessly about how to eat it, becoming increasingly excited as they talked. Their hunger was temporarily suppressed by their fantasies about the delicious food.

Lin Fan walked at the very front.

He didn't care whether it was steamed or stir-fried; he only cared about how horribly those dozens of people would die.

The three of them walked around a dense mangrove forest and came to a thicket of bushes about 200 meters away from the slope at the top of the cliff.

The terrain here is slightly higher, offering a perfect view of the entire platform atop the cliff.

Zhang Tao habitually looked up and glanced in the direction of the cave.

next second.

The smile on Zhang Tao's face froze instantly, and the strength in his hand vanished in an instant.

"Bang!"

The heavy plastic storage box slammed to the ground. Several large blue crabs were startled and scurried wildly inside the box.

"What the hell are you doing! Did your hand slip?" Xiao Zhou was so shocked that his hand went numb, and he cursed loudly.

Zhang Tao ignored him, raised his right hand, and pointed in the direction of the slope.

His voice was shrill, tinged with a distorted sob.

"Fan...Fan-ge! We're doomed!"

Xiao Zhou followed the gaze and his legs instantly went weak.

"My house has been burgled! They've broken in!"

"It's over! It's all over! That bastard Chen Jian led his men to cut off our retreat!"

Zhang Tao was so anxious that he spun around on the spot, tears welling up in his eyes.

If he had known it would end like this, he should have killed Lin Fan last night and joined Wang Qiang and his group.