According to Zhang Xiaotao's terrified recollection, she witnessed many lifeboats capsizing and sinking in the waves! It's likely... not many people survived!
Chen Xiao's lifeboat could only drift with the tide in the ocean, struggling through storms and following the direction of the waves. It nearly sank several times, but luckily survived each time.
Finally, after two days and two nights, we drifted to this island.
The island wasn't large. After landing, the people on land initially thought they were saved. However, after a group of starving people had explored the entire island, they were devastated to discover that it was a dead end!
The island is less than one square kilometer in size, with only a sparse grove of trees and a low, earthen hillside, mostly rocky with very little soil. The vegetation is also low, consisting mostly of low shrubs, and there aren't even any large trees.
As for food... that goes without saying, there are only tree leaves!
Fortunately, thanks to the storm, the group found a puddle in the woods. The puddle contained a lot of rainwater, which was drinkable. However, the puddle was not large, and the water was limited. Considering the number of people and the rate of evaporation from the puddle, it would probably only last for a few days at most.
"If my calculations are correct, I've calculated the direction we're drifting in and the time..." Fireworks said calmly, "The island we're on now is an uninhabited island far from shipping lanes, of course, in international waters. And... our only hope is that rescuers will find us when they search the surrounding waters, otherwise... there won't be any passing ships here. Such an uninhabited island, without food or fresh water, even pirates wouldn't come to a place like this."
"So, we're doomed?"
Chen Xiao gave a wry smile.
"No." Fireworks suddenly smiled, pointing to Zhang Xiaotao who was busy in the distance: "I can see her future... She won't die here, nor will she die now!"
This is a very simple logic.
Since Zhang Xiaotao won't die here, she won't die on the island and must leave... which means there's a possibility she can be rescued.
However, Chen Xiao sensed something strange in Yan Hua's tone that was hard to describe.
The fireworks symbolize that Zhang Xiaotao will not die here.
So, what about the others?
What about the other survivors? What about Chen Xiao?
Even... what about Fireworks herself?!
Fireworks didn't say anything. Chen Xiao originally wanted to ask, but suddenly shut his mouth.
If it's bad news, if it's something that's destined to be unchangeable, then... it's better not to know.
Zhang Xiaotao carefully walked over, holding a leather shoe in both hands.
These leather shoes were taken off Chen Xiao's own feet.
The female translator helped Chen Xiao sit up and then brought her leather shoe to Chen Xiao's mouth—the shoe was filled with water, which Zhang Xiaotao had scooped up from a puddle in the woods.
Chen Xiao took a sip and then smiled casually, "I never imagined that one day I would be drinking water that tastes like my own feet."
After saying that, he started coughing violently, and bright red saliva came out of the corners of his mouth as he coughed.
Chapter 155 [The Coldness and Warmth of Human Relationships]
Although there wasn't much fresh water on the island, Zhang Xiaotao still insisted on fetching some to wipe Chen Xiao's wounds.
Even without medical supplies, cleaning the wound like this can at least reduce the possibility of infection.
Given the freshwater shortage, her actions were met with strong opposition from other survivors.
Of the other survivors, two of the four women were white, two were Asian (one Korean), and the last was Singaporean. The two elderly people were from Shanghai and had come on a trip. The last little girl was Chinese; her clothes suggested she was from a wealthy family, as evidenced by the Cartier watch on her wrist. However, she seemed extremely traumatized and remained somewhat dazed.
Zhang Xiaotao's act of using fresh water to clean Chen Xiao's wounds was met with strong opposition from the Korean woman. The two Caucasian women also remained silent, but it was clear that they were very dissatisfied with Zhang Xiaotao's "wasteful" act—this little bit of water might not even be enough for a person to drink, so how could it be used for washing?
Faced with these accusations, Zhang Xiaotao simply sneered: "You've all forgotten what happened on the lifeboat! If it weren't for his efforts in holding off those thugs, we would have fallen into the sea long ago!"
Faced with Zhang Xiaotao's cold smile, these people finally fell silent, but their eyes held a hint of dissatisfaction as they looked at her.
Fireworks remained indifferent to all of this, offering only a calm smile without uttering a word.
Although it was just a group of elderly people, children, and women, in dire straits, people always seem to muster a fighting spirit. The women searched the island for a while and surprisingly found a cave under that low, dilapidated hill…
Calling this place a "cave" is a bit of a stretch. It's more like a landslide caused by some geological change, resulting in a depression in the surface. Although the cave is seven or eight meters deep, a large portion of it is exposed, with no mountain overhead to provide shelter. The covering above has collapsed, making it look like a leaky ladle.
However, this is still much better than a bunch of people sitting on the beach getting roasted in the sun. Besides, the temperature at sea gets quite low at night.
The group immediately moved to the cave.
However, some disputes arose when allocating the space.
The shelter was so small that only the innermost part offered some shelter from the wind and rain, barely enough for five or six people. The others had to sit near the entrance. This part of the shelter had already collapsed. If it rained at night, they would be soaked.
The two white women were the ones who went to scout ahead. They sat at the very back without hesitation, even though Europeans and Americans value so-called "human rights." But faced with this desperate situation, they seemed to disregard all that.
As I said before, once the cloak of civilization is torn away, humans are really just animals.
Then the Korean woman and the Singaporean woman squeezed in as well. The elderly couple could only sigh, but the old man was kind enough to pull the young girl, who was already half-stunned from fright, to sit with him on the left side of the opening.
The right side was left to Chen Xiao and the other two.
Chen Xiao was supported by Yan Hua and Zhang Xiaotao. His steps were unsteady and weak, because after a fever, he had absolutely no strength left in his body.
What frustrated Chen Xiao even more was that... he couldn't even use his telekinesis anymore.
The foundation of telekinesis is a person's mental strength, but Chen Xiao was severely injured and his spirit was weak. Where would he find enough mental strength to condense into telekinesis to hurt people?
At this moment, let alone gathering his mental power to injure someone, he probably wouldn't even be able to move a tree branch with his mental power.
The first day on the island passed quickly. Dinner consisted of a few sand crabs that everyone had dug out of the beach. After peeling them open, we washed them clean in the seawater, then grilled them over a fire and ate them raw.
Unfortunately, the beach was not very big, and the number of sand crabs that could be dug up was very limited. Several women worked all evening and only found a little over twenty.