Chapter 474: Purgatory in Fire
We spent the night in the cave, and in the early morning no one had any appetite, and when we saw a stone platform covered with black blood, we hurried out of the cave.
Along the path, I tried to climb the hill to the other side to find the last group of people, but I saw a large pit full of rubbish, most of which were bones.
On the other side of the pit are dense graves, overgrown with weeds, and some of them have wooden planks with names carved on them.
The first person who died was lucky, at least he was buried in the ground, but later he became a bone in the garbage heap, and his scalp was numb to watch.
Continuing along the man-made path, you will see many dilapidated wooden houses and tents, and it seems that the survivors initially tried to rebuild civilization, but in the end it fell short.
The waves are getting louder and louder, and when you climb over the mountains, you can see a different scene, there are not so many reefs on this side of the sea, there are white sand beaches, and there are many simple cabins and sheds.
Some people were searching for food on the beach, and three children were building the castle with sand, and when we began to descend the mountain, these people showed a look of horror, but did not dare to run, and gathered together spontaneously.
It seems that they have already been subdued by the people in the cave, which is convenient for us, Li Jiudong led people into their houses and tents to look for them, and took people to interrogate them from afar, they dared not speak out.
I crouched down in front of the three children, their eyes timid, but not as numb and fierce as those in the cave. When we set off, we brought some dried fish and shrimp, and Xiang Lanqiu handed each of them a piece and immediately devoured it.
There was no trace of their cannibalism, which made us breathe a sigh of relief and count the number of people, a total of eighteen.
I had the intention to let them live on the broken ship, but I was afraid that the rescue ship would come from here, so I thought about leaving Li Jiudong and the four bodyguards behind, and tried to treat these people as well as possible, and the rest followed me back the same way.
The survivors on the side of the wreck greeted us warmly when they saw us, and they had already prepared seafood soup for us to eat, which made me feel the kind side of human nature.
When they learned that the people in the cave had been completely destroyed, they did not cheer, but only sighed, and some of them began to tell the first scene.
Originally, most of them were good people, but the contradictions gradually turned into conflicts, hunger, disease, women, power, and even more conflicts were amplified, and the ugly side of human beings was vividly exposed.
This also makes me deeply worried that if I am not rescued for a long time, conflicts will erupt.
However, now that all the people in the cave have been wiped out, and the consumption of food has been greatly reduced, it should not be too much of a problem.
I was a little irritable, I went to the forest with a gun to hunt birds, I couldn't stand eating seafood, and some of the survivors even went to collect wild vegetables, all of them were full of hope for the future.
Three days later, before the rescue arrived, the storm came unexpectedly, the broken ship creaked in the storm, the violent waves crashed against the hull, and I was afraid that the ship would roll over.
This bad weather made it impossible to carry out the rescue, and my mood was even more irritable, hiding in the cabin and tossing with Pan Meili, and I didn't go out all day.
The storm lasted for two days, and the coast was littered with garbage washed ashore from the sea, including drifting bottles and planks that we threw out.
The sky was still overcast, the waves were big, and I was walking along the shore when Li Jiudong ran over from the other side.
"Boss, we've got sick a few times at once, I don't think it's okay to go on like this, let's get a raft, I'll see if I can get out." ”
I smiled wryly, "There are undercurrents all around the island, and the previous survivors have tried and failed many times, so it's too dangerous......"
Before the words fell, he listened in confusion and muttered, "Did you hear anything?"
Li Jiudong also frowned slightly, and the next moment we both looked up at the sky, a plane swooped down from the clouds, and we hurriedly waved and shouted.
It was a helicopter, a little shaky, and I don't know if it didn't see us, so it flew away again, and the angry Li Jiudong pulled out his pistol and fired several shots in the direction of the plane's departure.
I whispered solemnly, "You should have seen us, probably because of the magnetic field, the plane didn't dare to land." ”
"The plane didn't dare to land, is it that serious?"
I could only smile wryly, "I don't understand either, maybe it's not just the magnetic field on this island, but something else that has an effect." ”
After speaking, he bent down and picked up a piece of rusty magnetite ore and threw it into the sea depressedly.
We could only hope that the people on the helicopter would see us, and Li Jiudong returned to the camp on the other side to share the good news.
I returned to the wrecked ship, and many people also saw the helicopter, and their faces were full of smiles, and I didn't want to disturb their enthusiasm, so I returned to the cabin in silence.
In the evening, I was in a daze when suddenly there was a whistling sound in the sky, which did not sound like an airplane, followed by a violent explosion.
"Boom...... Rumble......"
The whole island trembled as the huge roar sounded continuously, and the seabirds that inhabited the island flew into the sky with noisy chirps.
"Boom!"
Before I could react, with an explosion, the entire hull slammed, the things in the cabin staggered, and the hull made a grinding sound like teeth.
The hatch opened, and Xiang Lanqiu looked frightened, "Bombing...... Bombing ......"
I couldn't tell it anymore, it was someone who wanted me to die, and then bombarded the island with naval guns, and then I heard a different sound that seemed to come from the sky.
"Damn, they're throwing Molotov cocktails with airplanes!"
Pan's beautiful shout came, and as she rushed into the cabin, the heat was already rolling in the passage, and she pulled me to the balcony and jumped down without hesitation.
"Poof...... Puff ......"
People kept jumping into the water, and those who didn't have time to jump off the ship screamed and wailed, and the whole broken boat quickly fell into the fire.
A large number of incendiary bombs fell from the sky, and the entire island was also in flames, and we took refuge in the cracks of the black reef in the sea, and the sight before us made all the remaining people pale.
"Didn't you say you came back to the rescue, how could this be!"
With a crying question, I turned my head to look at the woman not far away, half of her body submerged in the sea, a little speechless.
I knew in my heart that this was Faisal rushing to kill everything, and no other enemy except him had such a great ability to use bombers!
My cheeks twitched, my eyes flashed fiercely, fortunately I wasn't on the island, otherwise there would be no place to hide, and I was also worried about Li Jiudong and the others.
The fire kept burning, I took out the mobile phone I had been carrying and turned it on, and when I saw that there was still a grid of electricity, I hurriedly took pictures to preserve the evidence.
It was slowly getting dark, and the burning islands lit up the sky, and as the flames gradually died out, the guns fired another round of shells, and the hills were cut off by a large margin.
The sky began to rain again, which quickened the cooling of the island, and we shivered ashore from the sea, and when we saw the broken ship that was only empty and blown in two, we had to make our way towards the center of the island.
The road was littered with charred trees, the ground was blown up with potholes, shrapnel everywhere, and even incendiary bombs that didn't explode.
The creek was blown up and redirected, and the cave was half collapsed, barely accessible.
"Who?"
The sound of cold cheers came, and we saw Li Jiudong and a woman, and I quickly asked, "What about the others?"
Li Jiudong's face was gloomy, "She and I came here to find something to escape, and the others ......"
Needless to say, it must be dead, and our side has also suffered heavy losses, in addition to me, Pan Meili, Xiang Lanqiu, and Adu, there are five people who are still alive, and the two bodyguards didn't have time to jump into the sea.
I found some charcoal to light a fire to bake clothes, and there was the hum of an airplane outside, and Li Jiudong reached out to grab a gun.
"Lao Tzu fought with them!"
I waved my hand to stop, "They're in the sky, how do you fight?"
Adu said, "I guess I want to find out if we're dead or not." ”
Xiang Lanqiu expressed a different opinion, "Not necessarily, maybe our people came over at night, I'll take a look." ”
"I'll go too!"
She and Adu ran out of the cave, and I watched the fire in silence, swearing in my heart that whoever was involved in this would have to pay an unbearable price.
"Boom ......"
The sound of thunder suddenly sounded again, this time it was not an island, and the sound was far away.
Pan Meili handed me a piece of dried fish, I bit it hard, and suddenly I heard the sound of gunfire again, and immediately threw away the dried fish and ran out, and the people with weapons hurriedly followed.
Many guns were left on the wrecked ship, and now there are not many of them, most of them are pistols, and strangely enough, there is only one shot and then there is no movement.
Could it be that it went off?