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

"Ah~"

A heart-wrenching scream was forcefully poured into the cave at the top of the cliff.

Zhang Tao was drawing circles on the ground with a twig in his hand when he heard the sound, and his hand unconsciously loosened its grip.

Zhou Kai stood up from the rock, and the two men looked at each other, their faces turning deathly pale at the same time.

Zhang Tao swallowed hard and, as if by reflex, rushed to the edge of the platform, sticking half his head out to look down.

Everyone on the beach below stood up and pointed in unison towards the jungle.

Zhang Tao quickly pulled his neck back. "That...that's the direction Lin Fan and the others are going, right?"

Zhou Kai gritted his teeth and remained silent.

The screams lasted for about one or two minutes.

Then, it abruptly stopped.

The sudden silence was even more chilling than the screams that had just been heard.

It's like the person making the sound had their neck bitten off by something.

Lin Fan and the others are in trouble. Judging from the sound, people must be dead, and not just one or two.

"No way...it can't be..." Zhang Tao muttered nervously, "Lin Fan is a really weird kid, how could something have happened to him..."

That's what he said, but his legs wouldn't obey him at all; they were shaking so badly that even his trouser legs were trembling.

If Lin Fan really dies, putting aside the supplies, without Lin Fan's protection, the families of those they stoned to death would definitely tear them in two.

They had no knives, no weapons, and the firewood they had would only last a few days at most.

They have to go down and gather firewood, while those people can wait and wait for them to come to them.

Zhang Tao seemed to have thought of this as well.

He moved closer to Zhou Kai, "Zhou Kai, how about we... hide some of the supplies first?"

Zhou Kai looked up at him.

"What if... what if Lin Fan really doesn't come back? We can take half of the supplies and negotiate with those people down there. Maybe we can save our lives!"

Zhou Kai was silent for two seconds, then decisively shook his head.

"Lin Fan told us to guard the house," Zhou Kai said in a deep voice. "Until he comes back, nothing here can be touched."

"He's moved. If he comes back, we'll be crippled or dead."

Zhang Tao slapped his thigh in frustration: "Are you so stubborn! What if Lin Fan gets eaten by a monster? Who are you going to keep watch for? Look at how long those firewood can hold out!"

"Have you ever considered that if Lin Fan hadn't died, he would probably have died even faster if he knew we betrayed him?"

Just as the two were arguing in hushed tones about life and death.

In the deepest part of the cave, in that shady, dark corner, a very faint sound suddenly came.

Zhang Tao and Zhou Kai both shut up and turned to look.

Song Ya stood up.

She has not drunk a drop of water or eaten a bite of food for nearly 24 hours.

My lips were so dry and cracked that a thick layer of white skin had formed, and some cracks even oozed dark red blood.

Her once rosy complexion was now as sallow as a piece of old, worn-out paper, and her eye sockets were sunken.

When she stood up, her body swayed noticeably twice, and she had to press her right hand firmly against the rock wall beside her to barely regain her balance.

She picked up a bottle of water, drank it all in one gulp, then bent down, picked up a thick wooden stick she had used to pok at the embers from the edge of the fire, gripped it tightly in her hand, and walked step by step toward the sunlit exit of the cave.

Zhang Tao was stunned for a full beat, and it wasn't until Song Ya walked up to him that he reacted.

"Song Ya! Where are you going?"

Song Ya did not answer, nor did she stop walking.

Zhou Kai stepped forward, blocking her path: "Are you crazy? Didn't you hear those screams outside? That direction is full of monsters! Going there is just suicide!"

"Also, the people below are watching us like hawks. We've already become traitors. If you go down, they won't let you go."

Song Ya stopped in her tracks.

She looked up at Zhou Kai.

Zhou Kai felt a jolt in his heart when he saw her gaze.

Before yesterday, this woman's eyes held a kind of clarity and naiveté cultivated in the office environment of a large corporation. But now, that clarity has completely vanished.

Instead, something indescribable and inexplicable has taken its place.

It wasn't the courage born of youthful passion, nor was it impulsive; it was more like a resolute acceptance of life and death.

"Lin Fan is in trouble."

"I have to go check it out."

"Go take a look?" Zhang Tao thought this woman had completely lost her mind. Pointing at the jungle outside, he cursed, "There are giant pythons that swallow people whole and giant lizards that can crush bones in that forest! You want to take a broken stick and go take a look? Even Lin Fan can't handle it, what can you do!"

"I don't know what I can do."

She walked around Zhou Kai and continued walking outside, her gaze fixed on the glaring sunlight.

"Even if I die, I want to die with him."

Both of them were stunned when they heard those words.

What is Song Ya doing? Has Lin Fan drugged her?

However, since Song Ya was going to her death, they had no reason to stop her.

After all, if there's one less person, they can get more supplies.

……

Song Ya left the cave less than five minutes ago.

Voices could be heard coming from below the cliff.

It wasn't just one person.

It was the sound of a group of people walking on the pile of rubble.

The afternoon sun shone directly on the cliff face, reflecting a blinding light off the weathered, grayish-white rocks.

On the slope, the dark brown bloodstains left by the Komodo dragons yesterday had completely dried, and several greenbottle flies were buzzing and hovering above the bloodstains.

Chen Jian stood at the bottom of the slope.

He looked up and shouted, "Zhang Tao! Zhou Kai!"

"I know you're up there!"

"I'm Chen Jian! President Su sent me to have a talk with you!"

Zhang Tao and Zhou Kai lay on the edge of the platform, peering down.

At the bottom of the slope, Chen Jian stood at the front, with seven or eight male employees scattered behind him.

Wang Qiang didn't dare stand in front. He huddled behind a large rock at the very back, only half of his head showing. He looked up furtively, afraid that another rock would fall from above and smash his head.

They were not carrying any weapons, or rather, they did not appear to be carrying anything threatening.

This was Chen Jian's suggestion: after the negotiations, it would be too risky to fight back and occupy the cave.

Zhang Tao and Zhou Kai lacked a backbone; as long as he used his words, the two would definitely surrender.

Chen Jian raised his hands, palms up, making a perfectly standard "I have no ill intentions" surrender gesture.

"We're not here to steal anything, I just want to say a few words."

"You heard the screams from the woods earlier better than we did, didn't you?"

Zhang Tao's Adam's apple bobbed involuntarily. He stared intently at Chen Jian, remaining silent, while Chen Jian continued, "Lin Fan is dead."