“My goodness, so that’s what it is......”
“What’s up?”
“These are Gymnopilus mushrooms, a poisonous hallucinogenic mushroom! In medicine, it can be used as an antidepressant, but eating too much is life-threatening! Criminals have turned it into drugs!”
Jiang Yao said in horror: “Could it be......she ate poisonous mushrooms?”
Lu Zhe nodded: “Yes, it’s very likely......”
“Then isn’t she in danger?!”
“Given the current situation, she must have eaten some, but we don’t know how much!”
“What should we do then?”
“Right now, we can only find her as soon as possible and then consider helping her induce vomiting to get the toxins out of her system.”
Lu Zhe knew this was just a makeshift solution. If she had eaten them a long time ago, most of the toxins would have already been absorbed, greatly diminishing the effectiveness of vomiting.
But there was another possibility Lu Zhe didn’t mention - that the flight attendant had hallucinations after eating the poisonous mushrooms and thought a rescue team had arrived in the ocean, so she ran into the sea and was eaten by sharks!
Or she ran into the jungle, got lost, and died there!
But Lu Zhe also told himself he had to be mentally prepared.
To put it bluntly!
While the flight attendant was nice, they didn’t know her that well after all!
They didn’t come to the volcanic island for her sake, but for the sake of a better living environment and more useful resources!
As for her!
It would be great if they could save her of course!
But if they couldn’t save her, they’d just have to be at peace with it and say she wasn’t fated to survive.
To put it even more bluntly, if it was a man, Lu Zhe wouldn’t even want him to survive!
It sounded cruel!
But there was no other way.
Resources were limited, and there were still four gorgeous beauties!
With no legal or moral constraints, how could one not have ideas!
On a deserted island, the first priority was one’s own and companions’ safety!
But now, Lu Zhe really wanted to know where she was!
Even if she was already dead!
He also wanted to figure out how she died!
This would help him comprehensively understand the island!
Since they couldn’t search the ocean now, Lu Zhe decided to go into the woods to look for clues to see if he could find any traces of her.
“This is a good spot for a temporary camp. You guys stay here, I’m going into the woods to take a look and see if she went in there.”
“Let’s go together!”
Lu Zhe thought for a moment:
“The tropical jungle is too dangerous, with poisonous insects, snakes and ants. I’m afraid I can’t look after everyone if we all go.
How about this - just one person come with me. If I need help carrying her out, you can help me carry stuff!”
Jiang Yao said, “I’m the girlfriend on duty today, I’ll go with you!”
Lu Zhe shook his head:
“This isn’t an expedition, it’s survival and rescue. Besides, your and Guo Er's wounds haven't fully healed yet, and your shoes aren't suitable for exploring the jungle either. Will you be able to run if needed?”
Jiang Yao nodded regretfully. “Alright then, I’ll stay here too and try starting a fire with the condom you gave me.”
Lu Zhe gave Jiang Yao the condom.
Tang Xiaoguo said, “So I can’t go either, right?”
“That’s right!”
Lin Qianqian said, “Little Zhe, I’ll go with you!”
Ning Shu also said, “In case we come across the passed out flight attendant, Lu Zhe, you can carry her while Qianqian holds stuff. Someone's gotta look after you guys, so I’ll come along too!”
Lu Zhe thought for a moment: “You two can come, but no flip flops or slippers when going into the jungle, in case you step on poisonous bugs. Wear your own shoes.”
“Got it!”
“Also, once we’re in the woods, stay right on my heels. Everything goes according to me once we’re in the jungle!”
“Understood!”
“Yao Yao, Guo Er, if you see a snake, you can beat the ground with a wooden stick to scare it away. Don't provoke it lightly, or it might crawl up the stick and bite you! Anyway, be very careful!”
Jiang Yao nodded. “Don’t worry!”
Lu Zhe brought two coconuts of water, then entered the woods with Ning Shu and Qianqian!
Then they discovered that the vegetation on the volcanic island had far more variety compared to Egg Yolk Island!
Things they had found on Egg Yolk Island like dayflower, fishmint, wild strawberries, Indian spinach, blackberries, and false agave were also spotted here!
There were also bananas!
Real bananas!
Ripe fruit could be eaten!
Even if the fruit wasn't ripe yet, banana cores, flowers, and roots could also be eaten.
If someone familiar with these wild vegetables was stranded here, they would never risk eating mushrooms out of lack of carbohydrate sources!
Now Lu Zhe didn't have the leisure to gather these wild fruits and vegetables. Holding a harpoon in one hand and a stone axe in the other, he carefully headed deeper into the woods!
Qianqian had never seen such a lush rainforest before. Clutching Lu Zhe’s clothes, she couldn’t help feeling a little scared. “Hey, little Zhe, are there tigers, lions or wolves or anything like that in here?”
Lu Zhe shook his head. “You can rest assured about that. The food chain on an island generally does not allow for large pure carnivorous animals!”
Qianqian breathed a sigh of relief. “Oh......”
“But while there may not be lions, tigers or wolves, I can't guarantee there aren't smaller felines like cats and leopards, as well as omnivorous wild boars and bears. They may be even more dangerous than tigers!”
Ning Shu shivered. “Hehe, not a simple level of difficulty it seems!”
Qianqian asked again, “Is there anything more dangerous than them?”
“There is! In tropical jungles, poisonous snakes, parasites, spiders, centipedes, mosquitoes and flies - those kinds of poisonous bugs are much more dangerous than carnivorous mammals!”
But there was one thing Lu Zhe didn't mention!
He was afraid of scaring the two girls.
That was pythons!
Giant pythons often appear on Southeast Asian islands. Their tremendous constricting force can easily crush a human chest cavity, swallowing fainted people alive!
But at the same time, things have two sides!
The presence of pythons on an island generally indicates available freshwater resources!
The three walked carefully for over a hundred meters and discovered a bamboo forest. After that, they could see small patches of bamboo forest at intervals.
This was worth celebrating!
Bamboo was an extremely important survival material. Not only could various tools be made from it, but it could also store fresh water. Bamboo leaves could substitute for toilet paper, and bamboo shoots were also a very nutritious wild vegetable!
"Looks like we really came to the right place!"
"Is bamboo very useful?"
"The uses are tremendous. If we had made bamboo rafts on Egg Yolk Island, the hollow bamboo would have provided more buoyancy, and we could have come here two days earlier!"
"Learned something new again!" Qianqian whipped out her notebook for another bout of note-taking!
Ning Shu smiled. "I thought you were a panda, seeing the bamboo like seeing your family!"
Just then, they heard a strange sound!
"Daddy, Mommy, save me......"
A girlish voice with a sob came from deep within the bamboo forest. Lu Zhe, Qianqian and Ning Shu were shocked, then said in unison, "The flight attendant!"
"Something's not right!"
Ning Shu frowned. "Why is she calling for Daddy and Mommy at this time?"
Qianqian shuddered. "And her tone is like a little girl's."
Lu Zhe tightened his grip on the stone axe. "Anyway, let's go take a look first!"
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!
