Chapter 112.1
The village shrouded in the darkness of night was completely silent. There was not even chirping of insects and birds, as if there were no living creatures other than them within a hundred miles.
Xiao Tangqiu rummaged through the room again, but only found some miscellaneous daily items, not important plot items and clues. Of course, he also did not find any food in stock. The middle-aged man hadnât lied to them. There was no sustainable food on the island.
âThere should be no shortage of water resources on this island,â Xiao Tangqiu turned his head and looked at the enamel cup which still had water in it, âMaybe there is a river or groundwater.â
âBut we didnât see a river when we came. If there is a river, it might be deep in the island,â Xiao Tangqiu hesitated before continuing to say, ââ¦but itâs too strange. Since the sea here has no buoyancy, how did the outsiders come? I initially thought that they drifted to this island after a s.h.i.+pwreck.â
Tang Mianmian thought about it for a while and said, âMaybe it was an airplane crash? They landed on this island after the crash?â
âUnless the plane crashed exactly onto this island, it would have sunk in the waters nearby,â Xiao Tangqiu shook his head. âThis island is not big. If a plane crashed here from a high alt.i.tude, the island would be gone.â
âd.a.m.n, I should have continued interrogating that guy just now! Actually let him get away!â Duan Hongzhen was a little rueful, âWe should have left someone to watch that guy.â They havenât suffered from this kind of thing for a long time.
âForget it, hindsight is useless,â Xue Junli frowned, âThey canât really disappear into thin air. Just look again.â
âClearly, that guy said that he canât go out after dark, why is he gone then?â Duan Hongzhen curled his lips, âIncluding the whole village too!â
At this moment, Xiao Tangqiu suddenly turned over a photo on the bed. Of course, it was said to be a âbedâ, but it was actually just a simple wooden plank made with a few bamboos. Even the âquiltâ was just a heavy, worn-out cotton coat.
He just picked up the big cotton-padded coat when a photo fell out.
He picked it up and saw that it was an old yellowed photo. The photo was a picture of a young couple. A young man and a woman smiled happily at the camera. The wifeâs abdomen was slightly raised, obviously pregnant.
âWhat photo?â Tang Mianmian leaned over to look and suddenly discovered something, âWho is this man? Why is it so like that middle-aged man? Is it a photo of him when he was young?â
âNo, this photo is not very old. It should have only been taken a few years ago. Even if the middle-aged man was once this young, it was at least twenty years ago.â Xiao Tangqiu shook his head, âA photo from twenty years ago would not be so new.â
âThen thatâs his son? His son and daughter-in-law?â Tang Mianmian touched his chin, âNo, no matter how similar a father and son look, they wonât look exactly the same. Even the mole under his mouth is in the exact same place.â
Other than the large age difference, the young man in the photo looked exactly the same as the middle-aged man, even down to the mole.
Xiao Tangqiu squinted and said, ââ¦I think it should be the same person.â
âBut the age is wrong! The man in the photo is only in his twenties, the middle-aged man is at least in his forties,â Tang Mianmian said, touching his chin. âThe photo shouldnât look so new no matter how well protected it is.â
Xue Junli suddenly said, âIt shouldnât have been twenty years. Although the electric kettle has broken down, if it is really used for twenty years, the level of wear and tear will definitely not be like this.â
The handful of newbies were befuddled, and finally, one newbie couldnât help but ask, âWhat do you mean? What the heck are you guys talking about?â
Xiao Tangqiu took a look at the newbie and said lightly, âa.s.suming that these outsiders really landed on this island because of a s.h.i.+pwreck or a plane crash, we are speculating how long they have been here. Based on the photo and the things he brought, He should have only lived on this island for a few years. But his current age does not match the age in the photo.â Even if a few years pa.s.sed, the person in the photo should be in between twenty and thirty, but he was actually forty to fifty.
âSo what?â the newbie said casually, âmaybe he aged very fast on the island. He canât eat or sleep enough and had a rough time surviving.â
Another newbie couldnât help but interject, âNo matter how aged, he canât age to forty or fifty years old, right? A guy in his twenties looks older than my dad!â
Tang Mianmian couldnât help but think down a rabbit hole, âIs the time flow rate on the island different from the normal time flow rate of our body?â
Xiao Tangqiu frowned, âIf this woman is his wife, what happened to his wife?â
Tang Mianmian guessed, âMaybe already dead? Died in that plane crash or s.h.i.+pwreck?â
âNo,â Yu Fuling suddenly said, âThere are some used feminine products in this room. I think his wife should not be dead⦠at least not from some crash.â
âMaybe we just havenât seen her yet?â Tang Mianmian continued to guess.
âBy the way, what about that piece of meat?â Xiao Tangqiu suddenly remembered something, âWhere is the piece of meat he brought back?â
âItâs gone. Did he eat it?â Tang Mianmian casually said, âItâs such a big piece of meat, props if he actually finished it in a few minutes⦠or he took it with him.â
Xiao Tangqiu collected the photo, âLetâs search another house.â
So they divided the work and searched all the houses in the village, but they still found nothing.
âForget it, it seems that there is really no clue. Letâs go to the Sacred Tree.â Xue Junli said lightly.
Xiao Tangqiu nodded. They really couldnât waste too much time here. They only had one day, after all.
Seeing that they were about to leave the village, a newbie couldnât help but ask, âCan you really not bring us with you?â
Duan Hongzhen raised an eyebrow, âWe wonât stop you if you want to follow us, but if you encounter danger, we wonât care.â
The newbies looked at each other, and in the end most of them chose to stay. Only one newbie silently followed Xiao Tangqiuâs group.
Xiao Tangqiu looked back and saw that it was the young man who wanted to save the drowner earlier. He raised his eyebrows and said nothing.
At this time, the sky was dark, and the woods under the night sky was gloomy and mysterious. From a distance, the densely growing trees with dark bark looked like black beasts with teeth and claws.
After everyone went deep into the jungle, Xiao Tangqiu realized that the surrounding area was getting colder and colder, and the trees were getting denser. The thorns also seemed to be getting more and more dangerous. His back felt cold, and he even felt the illusion of countless eyes staring at him in the woods.
At this moment, a scream suddenly sounded.
âThereâs someone!â
Xiao Tangqiu blurted out subconsciously. .
âItâs impossible!â Yu Fuling frowned, âI didnât detect any signs of living people!â
Tang Mianmian paused, ââ¦Maybe itâs not a living person.â
Duan Hongzhen sneered, âGo and see first!â
Everyone immediately rushed towards the place where the screams came from.
Soon, they saw a shocking scene. A tree was eating people!
A black bark tree covered with thorns was eating someone. A huge cracked bud-like mouth protruded from the big hole in the center of its trunk. The mouth was covered with jagged teeth, which had almost swallowed half of the man!
Xiao Tangqiu r hit the weird tree with an arrow without hesitation. The magical arrow was extremely lethal and it pierced three parts into the trunk of the tree at once!
But then, the strange tree suddenly screamed!