Chapter 116: Preparation
At this time, like many workers competing for supplies, they carry a heavy load, which only increases the burden on the crowd and drags down the physical strength of the individual.
It is unknown what kind of danger the island will encounter, but in order to increase the chances of survival and conserve strength, it is best to travel light.
Seven knew that the trip to the island was not safe, and he was afraid that he would still die in the end, and once someone died, their remaining supplies would be equivalent to bringing for the living, and for everyone, these dead people were equivalent to moving the warehouse, and if they lacked something, they would just pick it up when the time came.
Thinking of this, Seven smiled and stopped talking.
The things piled up on the island were quickly snatched up, and many people carried several bags on their backs, and their backs were bent, and it was clear that these supplies had become a burden, but many still refused to let go.
After tossing this effort, the rain has gradually lightened, the dark clouds have dispersed a little, and the surroundings are green and quiet, but you can barely see the human figures.
In addition to the trialists and Mr. Zhou's party, the other hired boatmen who survived this team were just lucky to survive, and they could not be compared with others in terms of force, psychological quality, etc., and the scene was chaotic, and Mr. Zhou was a little angry.
There are many people, no matter how cautious they are, it will inevitably make a noise, and their previous actions of looting supplies are not small, especially when they told that this area is not safe, they still make such a big movement, so that Mr. Zhou's calm expression is a little unbearable.
He took deep breaths again and again, as if to calm his anger, probably not wanting to cause conflict and cause trouble here, but after he endured it again and again, his expression slowly calmed down.
Song Qingxiao walked in the direction of Mr. Zhou, and the men in suits No. 6 and No. 4 also came back with a large bag of things each, and saw that the other six trialists who did not participate in the snatching of supplies, the two looked at each other and frowned.
"Now that we're ready, we're ready to go."
Mr. Zhou, don't look over, he also saw that Song Qing was small.
Compared with several other trialists, he was most impressed by Song Qingxiao, and there was an unreliable verbal mutual assistance 'covenant' between the two, perhaps remembering this paragraph, he squeezed out a smile and asked Song Qingxiao in a softened tone:
"Miss Song, aren't you going to bring more things?"
Compared to other people with large bags, she seemed too relaxed, carrying a backpack with simple supplies and a gun on her back.
"No, it should be enough."
Song Qingxiao shook his head, and his gaze fell on the silver lockbox he was carrying, intentionally or unintentionally.
When she was on the boat before, she only noticed that Mr. Zhou had been carrying the box, until she was close to Mr. Zhou, and by the faint light, she noticed that Mr. Zhou was not only carrying the box, but he was wearing something like a steel ring on his wrist, which was connected to the box, and it was clear that he and the box were locked together.
No wonder he didn't lose the box after he fell into the sea earlier, and it was still firmly in his hand.
There are dark marks around the steel ring, which should have been caused by the injuries sustained by Mr. Zhou when he fell from the boat into the water during the previous escape.
Once again, she was curious about what was in the box, which made Mr. Zhou take it so seriously that he would rather be injured than let go.
Mr. Zhou was obviously very cautious, even if she had restrained herself extremely and looked away after only turning her eyes on the box, Mr. Zhou was keenly aware of it at the first time, instinctively moved his hand back, and hid the box between the bodies where he and Zhou Xueli were standing.
"Huh."
Mr. Zhou laughed twice and was about to speak, when suddenly a 'rustling' sound rang out twice.
"Who?"
These two sounds are extremely light and thin, mixed with the sound of 'dripping' rain, if you don't listen carefully, I'm afraid you won't pay attention to it at all.
The other workers didn't even hear the difference between the sound and the surrounding sounds, until the man in the suit No. 4 shouted with extreme vigilance, which immediately caused the crowd to panic a little.
Everyone subconsciously huddled together, and everyone's nerves tensed up at this moment.
Song Qingxiao also heard the two subtle movements before, and instinctively turned his head to look in the direction of the source of the sound.
After No. 4 finished drinking, naturally no one would reply to him.
In the seconds after he finished shouting, everyone held their breath and stared, not daring to make any more noise.
The surrounding area was so quiet that you could hear the falling needles, the rain 'ticking' on the sea, the waves surging to the shore in waves, and the sea breeze mixed with light rain blew into the island's forests, blowing the leaves and grass and trees, making a 'rustling' sound.
"Where's who?"
At this time, everyone did not dare to breathe, and the young man No. 6 suddenly made everyone frightened, and many workers who were carrying a large amount of supplies were weak under his sudden speech, and they couldn't stand still, and sat down on the ground with a 'poof'.
It's true that I didn't hear anything other than the sound of the waves, rain, and wind, so I guess No. 4 heard it wrong.
What's more, on this island, as Mr. Zhou said, it was already a research base abandoned by Zhou's biotechnology company more than ten years ago, where are there any living people?
Number Four opened his mouth to make a fuss, which also exposed his nervousness.
The others, not knowing whether it was to vent their emotions or the anger that followed after the tense spirit relaxed, all scolded one after another:
"Don't you know that people are scary and scared to death? Where are the people on this island? ”
"Pretending to be a ghost!"
Everyone scolded and scolded, thinking that it was to calm the fear in their hearts, but Mr. Zhou was annoyed by the noise and reprimanded:
"Want to die, don't you? What is the noise? ”
As soon as he opened his mouth to suppress it, everyone remembered his rescue, and no matter how dissatisfied they were, they didn't dare to anger Mr. Zhou, so of course they didn't dare to speak.
"The direction of the institute is on the west side of the island to the north, and our current location is on the east side to the south."
Mr. Zhou's words made everyone angry because of what No. 4 said, as if someone had poured a basin of cold water on their heads, and their hearts were instantly cold.
In other words, everyone is currently in two extreme positions from the research institute set up by Zhou's Technology Company on the island, and in order to reach the research institute, this island needs to be crossed.
Everyone's hearts were heavy, but this news was a good thing for the trialists.
They had to kill the five remaining creatures on the island, and the distance was so far that they needed to make a satellite phone call to the research institute proved that they had more time to complete their mission.
The hired workers are a little dissatisfied, but in this case, no matter how much they are dissatisfied, no one dares to confront them on the spot.
After a moment of silence, one of the workers asked:
"Which way are we going?"