"No signal?" Xiao Qing's expression was also very unpleasant.
"No signal." Chen Xiao gritted his teeth and looked up at the damaged signal tower: "There's only this one signal tower on the island, I'm afraid..."
"In other words, all communication with the outside world has been cut off." Xiao Qing took a deep breath. "We need to leave here immediately... Chen Xiao, I have a very bad feeling. The surroundings..." She shrank back, cautiously scanning her surroundings. Despite her skill and courage, Xiao Qing was still a girl after all. In such a strange situation, especially in the middle of the night in the wilderness, she couldn't help but lean closer to Chen Xiao. "I feel like something is watching us from the darkness around us!"
Chen Xiao didn't doubt Xiao Qing's intuition—Xiao Qing's martial arts skills far surpassed his own, and her hearing and eyesight were exceptionally sharp, her senses far more acute than the average person. Moreover, women's intuition is naturally stronger than men's. The two quickly abandoned their search and headed down the mountain. While traversing the wooded area, Xiao Qing noticeably quickened her pace.
"What's wrong?" Chen Xiao asked, holding Xiao Qing's hand.
"Behind us... and on both sides..." Xiao Qing lowered her voice, "I feel like something is getting closer and closer to us..."
But when Chen Xiao shone the flashlight, he only saw swaying branches in the woods...
Fortunately, the two did not encounter any further attacks until they left the woods. The enormous raptor that had attacked them on the hilltop did not reappear.
Back at the villa, after reuniting with everyone, Chen Xiao and Xiao Qing informed them that they hadn't found the missing person and had also encountered an attack by an unidentified, enormous bird of prey...
Such a statement seemed like a complete fantasy, but none of the people present thought Chen Xiao was joking.
Because Chen Xiao showed everyone the bloodstains on his hands and the feathers he had collected. The bloodstains on his hands were remnants from the signal tower on the mountaintop…
"I don't believe this is any animal's blood." That was Xu Ershao's judgment.
After a moment of silence, Chen Xiao suddenly frowned and said, "Huh? Where's that manager? Wasn't he supposed to go back to his office to find the map?"
His reminder made everyone suddenly realize that the manager seemed to have left quite a while ago!
"Everyone back inside immediately! We can't stay in the open any longer." Chen Xiao, unwittingly, became the leader, yet he remained calm. Xu Ershao nodded, "Good! See if there's anything useful in the villa!"
Everyone rushed into the villa in a chaotic manner, with Chen Xiao and Xu Ershao deliberately walking at the back.
"Communications have been cut off." Chen Xiao lowered his voice. "I think things are probably not that simple. If it were just an attack by a large wild beast, wild animals don't have intelligence... I don't believe the destruction of the signal tower is a coincidence!"
Young Master Xu frowned: "I noticed it just now. After you and Xiao Qing left, the phone could no longer be dialed. There's no signal coverage here!"
“There’s something strange about the island.” Chen Xiao glanced at Xiao Qing walking beside him. “Xiao Qing, I suddenly remembered something. I haven’t mentioned it before because I didn’t realize it at first… but now…”
"What?"
“It’s almost summer now.” Chen Xiao pointed around: “This is an island. A beautiful place known for its natural beauty! And there’s a forest on the island. Although there’s a developed villa area here, but… since we arrived this afternoon, and even now, have you noticed something strange?”
"What phenomenon?"
“Bird calls.” Chen Xiao said with a gloomy face, “I had overlooked this detail before. But after picking up this feather just now, and thinking about the possibility of large birds of prey... it suddenly occurred to me that since we arrived on this island this afternoon, we haven’t heard a single bird call in this vast forest!”
He took a deep breath: "Such a large island, such a large forest, is there not even a single bird that lives here?"
Upon hearing this, both Xiao Qing and Xu Ershao's expressions changed!
Bai Cai, holding Ya Ya's hand, walked ahead of Chen Xiao. The group had already firmly gathered together. Hearing Chen Xiao's words, Bai Cai couldn't help but turn around: "You..."
Chen Xiao glanced at his companions and thought for a moment: "Xiao Qing just told me that she increasingly felt something dangerous was watching us on this island. Now I have that feeling too..."
He glanced at Young Master Xu: "Are there weapons in the resort?"
"If you're talking about firearms, then definitely not." Young Master Xu shook his head. "If it's something like a stun gun, then maybe we have some."
Chen Xiao frowned... an electric baton?
With Ya Ya around, there's no need for the stun gun. Their side has several companions: Xiao Qing is highly skilled, they themselves are no pushovers, Ya Ya can generate electricity, and Bai Cai can become invisible—they're all formidable opponents. The only one who's a bit weak is Xu Ershao.
"Communications have been cut off, so we can't call the police or ask for help. I think we should leave here and leave this island as soon as possible."
He immediately said, "Isn't there a yacht at the dock behind the villa? Perhaps we can take a yacht and leave here tonight. Also, there are other islands on the lake; there should be people on them, right?"
“Of course, from where we are now, there are three other islands that have already been developed, and they're not far by boat.” Young Master Xu frowned. “But I know that the cell tower here covers the three surrounding islands. In other words, if we lose communication here, the other islands will also lose it…”
Should we take a boat and leave overnight?
Chen Xiao hesitated in his heart—leaving this place by boat seemed like a very tempting idea, but when he thought about this dark night, if a group of people were to leave the land by boat on the vast lake, they would not even be able to escape if they encountered any danger!
As they spoke, everyone entered the villa, and a staff member led the way to the manager's office on the first floor...
Just as the first person entered the office, a piercing and extremely sharp scream suddenly came from inside!
"ah!!!!!!!"
Chapter 80 of the main text [Terror Island]
Upon hearing the sound, Chen Xiao immediately pushed aside the person in front of him and rushed into the office. As soon as he entered, he was stunned by the scene in front of him!
His first reaction was to turn away, brace himself against the wall, and vomit violently. One of the room's windows was wide open, and the evening breeze was blowing incessantly, causing the curtains to flutter. Someone had probably forgotten to close the window.
But inside the room, it had turned into a scene like a nightmare!
Blood! Blood everywhere!
Crimson blood seemed to have been sprayed on every corner of the room—the walls, the windows, the curtains, the desk, the chair, the floor…
Chen Xiao finally saw the manager, the resort manager who had run back to look for the map—he had become a corpse.
Or rather, it was an incomplete corpse.
He lay there miserably on the windowsill, his torso bent at an unbelievable angle—Chen Xiao immediately deduced that his spine was broken; otherwise, apart from gymnasts, dancers, or acrobats, it would be impossible for a normal person's body to bend backward at more than ninety degrees.
The most horrifying thing is that his body was completely unrecognizable, not even a single part of it was intact...
His abdominal cavity had been torn apart by something sharp; his tender internal organs—liver, spleen, and intestines—were completely ripped out, as if gnawed on by something! He had become a nauseating pile of rotten flesh!