"It seems... we've managed to escape from inside." Bai Cai's eyes widened as she looked around.
Xu Ershao had already scrambled up a high slope behind the group. Standing on the highest rock, he rested his hands on his eyes and looked around for a while. Then he looked down at the group of girls and smiled, "Hey, beauties. I have good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear first?"
Bai Cai glared at Xu Ershao with annoyance: "Pah! Don't give me that, just say what you have to say!"
Young Master Xu jumped down from above, clapped his hands, and laughed, "The good news is... I've checked, there isn't a single ghost around. Obviously, we escaped from inside without alerting any guards."
"What's the bad news?" Xiao Qing asked anxiously.
"The bad news is... this is a deserted island, a very small island... you can see the whole island from where you stand. From what I've seen, there isn't a single boat! Moreover, we don't have any electronic devices on us, so naturally we can't call for help from the outside world. In our current condition, there's no way we can leave here."
Xu Ershao bent down, took off his shoes, rolled up his trouser legs, stepped onto the soft sand, and looked at the girls: "What do you think?"
"We have to find a way to escape from here!" Xiao Qing said firmly. "Chen Xiao and the others might not even know we've been captured... They might be looking for us too! And..."
"We have to go back."
"Go back? Go back where?"
“Let’s go back to where we were held! Since this is an island, the people who captured us must have left. They must have some means of transportation. Maybe we can find a boat or an airplane or something.” This was Xu Ershao’s conclusion, and Xiao Qing immediately supported this view.
The Takeuchi sisters exchanged a glance. Takeuchi Yako, with a stern face, said, "We have no objections! We must get back to Master Chen Xiao's side as soon as possible! That is our mission."
"Hey, but it seems like we can't even beat that woman called the waitress."
Zhang Xiaotao was somewhat worried.
Bai Cai took Ya Ya's hand and glanced at Zhang Xiao Tao: "But, do you have a better idea?"
Zhang Xiaotao shut her mouth. Among so many people, she was the only weak woman who couldn't even kill a chicken; the others were either highly skilled in martial arts or possessed supernatural abilities.
"Perhaps we can launch a surprise attack this time. Perhaps we can steal a boat without alerting that woman?"
Xiao Qing squatted down and picked up a few hard pebbles from the beach, holding them in his palm. Since no one had any weapons, the pebbles could be used as darts. Takeuchi Yako saw Xiao Qing's actions and followed suit, grabbing a handful of pebbles.
The young people returned to the cave entrance. This time, Xu Ershao, being the only male in the group, displayed his dignity and walked at the front. He told the girls, "I'll go first. If we encounter danger, I'll rush forward to draw the enemy's attention. Xiao Qing can use darts to ambush the enemy from behind. The rest of you can take the opportunity to escape!"
After saying that, he adopted a fearless and resolute demeanor and strode into the cave. The girls took a few steps back and followed behind Xu Ershao, keeping a slight distance.
A moment later, Xu Ershao, who was walking at the very back, suddenly exclaimed in surprise.
"ah!!!!"
The echo effect in the cave made his shout sound like a ghost's cry. Among the girls, the timid Ya Ya and Tang Ying were so frightened that they huddled together. When Xiao Qing and Takeuchi Ya Zi heard Xu Er Shao's shout, they hurriedly threw more than a dozen pebbles into the cave with different forces and techniques.
Then, a series of painful cries of "Ahhh! Ohhh!" came from inside, followed by a shout: "Don't hit me! It's me!"
The girls stepped back and saw Xu Ershao, his face bruised and swollen, limping out. He spat out a pebble with a "pui" sound, and it seemed that even his front teeth were a little loose. It was unclear whether the pebble came from Xiao Qing or Takeuchi Yako.
"Only you? I thought you'd run into enemies! What are you yelling about!" Xiao Qing was somewhat annoyed.
Xu Ershao wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said with a wry smile, "You're asking me? You guys go in and see for yourselves!"
The girls exchanged glances, ran a few steps inside, and after slightly turning a corner in the cave, the space suddenly opened up... and then the light shone brightly!
Suddenly, there was... a cave entrance!
"This...this is impossible!!"
These next few steps lead to the cave entrance, and beyond that entrance... lies the other side of this small island!
This cave is actually a through-hole, running from one end to the other, connecting both ends of the island!
"Impossible! We just came out from inside! That's where we should be being held!!"
"Could it be underground?" Xiao Qing immediately bent down and touched the ground a few times.
"No, we clearly walked straight out from there and arrived at the beach! How come we can't go back now? Where's the entrance? Where is the entrance?"
"This is terrible! We're trapped on this island! No planes, no boats, we're going to die here!!"
"We have to find a way to get out of here! We're going to die without food and water... God! I wish I had let those guys catch me! At least I wouldn't be stuck on this deserted island."
Several girls were chattering and shouting.
At this moment, Xu Ershao limped over to the girls, his expression strange, his eyes flashing with an odd light.
Suddenly, Young Master Xu shouted and ran to the side.
The island wasn't large; running around the beach around it only took a few minutes. Xu Ershao, shouting and gesturing wildly as he ran, finally reached the girls, panting, and sat down on the ground. "Alright! Looks like it's no use… I suspect we didn't escape on our own; someone let us out on purpose! See, if we had snuck out, my shouting would have alerted those guys long ago. Now it seems…"
Xiao Qing frowned: "What do you mean?"
"What I mean is... from the moment Bai Cai stole that 'button,' it might all have been done on purpose. That woman was so perceptive that she could even detect Bai Cai's invisibility; her reaction couldn't have been that slow! With Bai Cai's third-rate thieving skills, how could she have stolen anything from the other person so easily? I think it might have been intentional. Besides... we walked out of there without any hindrance. If it were such a technologically advanced secret hideout, how could they let us out so easily? Even in our own houses, we would at least have a security door! And what did we do? We just swaggered out. Don't you find that strange?"
"You mean, who will let us out?"
“Shi Gaofei.” Young Master Xu sighed, “Besides him, I really can’t think of anyone else. And… I’ve always felt that he doesn’t seem like a bad guy. Hehe, maybe he’s watching us right now!”
Bai Cai immediately looked around: "Where? Where are the security cameras?"
"You're so stupid." Young Master Xu sighed. "That guy is so capable that he can even bring over American military satellites. There might be a satellite in space right above us right now, monitoring us."
As he spoke, Young Master Xu raised his head and winked at the sky.
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