Chapter 230 Island (XII)
Although Yu Guo's words were a bit harsh, everyone present knew that what she said was true.
Song Yanchi went to the kitchen to take a look and confirmed that Uncle Zhong's body was really gone.
After daybreak, everyone went out together. This time they walked for a long time before they finally saw the bodies of Uncle Zhong and Aunt Zhong in the woods. Only half of each of their bodies was left, and when they were put together, they looked like a person with a somewhat strange appearance.
Although it was not the first time they had seen a corpse, this bizarre way of death still challenged the bottom line of Cheng Mengting and others. Even if they looked away quickly after taking a look, the appearance of the corpse still involuntarily recurred in their minds.
The subsequent search yielded no results, which made the atmosphere even worse.
At the same time, other people were also lured by the ghost one after another.
Song Yanchi encountered a ghost, but was not lured away by it.
When it was Qiao Yuan and Fei's turn to keep watch at night, Fei was almost lured away by the ghost. It was Qiao Yuan who realized something was wrong and stopped her in time.
It turned out that Fei saw her deceased family members in a trance. At this moment, she could not distinguish between reality and dreams, so she subconsciously stepped forward.
Yu Guo listened with great interest: "So that's how it is."
In the blink of an eye, it was already the fourth day on the island.
After searching the woods for a while and finding nothing, the few of them quickly headed towards other places on the island.
Because they were close to the shore, Qiao Yuan couldn't help but be stunned when his eyes fell on the sea. There was no boat on the empty beach.
You know, according to the system, the corpse came here by boat, and Qin Ning also came to the shore by boat...
She realized something, turned to look at Qin Ning, and asked quickly: "Where did the boat go after you came to the shore?"
Qin Ningzheng, Xin Min and others looked towards the shore in disappointment. Although they had learned from Song Yanchi that it would be impossible for the program crew to come before the mission was completed, their hope had not completely disappeared until this moment.
After hearing Qiao Yuan's question, Qin Ning answered without hesitation: "I didn't have time to take care of it at that time."
At that time, her attention was all on Qin Yu, and her mind was full of how to find him. Then she hurried over to find the guests, and then she was involved in the game. This series of events made her forget about the boat for a while.
Now that Qiao Yuan mentioned it, she finally remembered about her boat: "Hey, where is my boat? Could it have been swept away by the waves..."
It is indeed possible.
Qiao Yuan thought to himself, after all, it did rain heavily two days ago.
But there is another possibility -
Hidden by a ghost.
The fact that the ghost hid both boats suggests that there must be something on the boats that affected it.
Qiao Yuan's brain was working fast. She looked at Qin Ning and asked if there was anything else on the boat. After Qin Ning shook his head, Qiao Yuan quickly continued to ask: "Then do you know where on the island the boat might be hidden?"
Qin Ning shook his head: "I...I didn't pay attention."
After hearing Qin Ning's words, Qiao Yuan was not disappointed and decided to continue searching on the island.
Because he had already searched the woods before, this time Qiao Yuan gave up on the woods and walked towards other directions of the island.
Originally, Song Yanchi and Fei occupied Qiao Yuan's position on the left and right, but Yu Guo was obviously also very interested in Qiao Yuan, and he squeezed Song Yanchi away and chatted with Fei from time to time.
Fei didn't want to pay attention to Yu Guo at first, but when he heard Yu Guo talking about his first meeting with Qiao Yuan, he couldn't help but prick up his ears.
Song Yanchi: "..."
He recalled what Qiao Yuan had said before: don't take action. Only then did he calm down.
But what they didn’t expect was that just as they were walking on the beach, a few hoarse cries suddenly came from the sky above their heads.
Qiao Yuan and the others looked up in the direction where the sound came from, only to see a group of dark shadows approaching them.
As the group of black shadows approached, several people finally saw what they were.
Song Yanchi: "...Seabird?"
The reason for his hesitation was very simple. Although the flying black shadow looked like a bird, it was much scarier than a bird.
Most of their feathers had fallen off, revealing their festering skin. Their eyes were red, and they were attacking the people with a foul smell.
One of the seabirds swooped down and attacked Xin Min directly. Xin Min screamed, and a large piece of flesh had been bitten off from her exposed arm.
After realizing the danger of seabirds, several people subconsciously turned around and ran away without anyone else calling their attention.
But these seabirds were obviously very fast. Even without turning their heads, everyone could hear the sound of them breaking through the air right behind them.
Moreover, the seabirds were like flowing dark clouds. After circling over their heads, they swooped down and surrounded everyone.
For a while, screams and curses were heard everywhere.
Seabirds circled among the crowd, like an invisible barrier, blocking everyone from looking at each other.
It was not until a ball of fire appeared that the seabirds began to flee in all directions as if they had seen something terrifying.
After making sure that the seabird had left, Qiao Yuan threw the burnt coat in his hand to the ground.
She glanced at him, and Sheng Guiye, who had been protecting her with his arms, quickly let go and apologized subconsciously: "Sorry, the situation was urgent..."
No, judging from the tone, it sounds more like Sheng Ye has returned.
Facts proved that this was indeed the case. When the seabirds attacked, Sheng Guiye, who had been paying attention to Qiao Yuan's direction, ran towards Qiao Yuan subconsciously without hesitation and protected her.
However, the Buddhist beads in his hand were bitten by the seabird and fell to the ground.
Qiao Yuan thanked him. After all, Sheng Guiye had bought her time and space, allowing her to take out the lighter she had used to light the firewood, and then burn her coat and drive away the seabirds.
Sheng Yegui said "It's okay", and then looked at Qiao Yuan lovingly.
He had forgotten when was the last time he saw him. Even when Sheng Guiye controlled his body, he could still look at him, but for Sheng Guiye, it was still not as good as contacting him in person.
At this moment, Yu Guo's eyes fell on Qiao Yuan's hand, and he recognized the lighter. He raised his lips slightly and said, "Sister, I didn't expect you to carry this with you."
Qiao Yuan put away the lighter and glanced at the people present.
Many people had wounds of varying sizes on their bodies, but Qiao Yuan was fine because he was protected by Sheng Guiye.
She counted the number of people with her eyes, but found that two figures were missing——
Xin Min and Huo Ling.
Xin Min and Huo Ling were both quite far away from her at the time, and the situation was very chaotic, so Qiao Yuan couldn't take care of them both at once.
Others also gradually realized that the two had disappeared.
The moment the seabird attacked, Xin Min's brain went blank.
However, at this moment, her wrist was grabbed and she ran in one direction.
Xin Min followed the other party and soon left the encirclement of seabirds.
At this moment, she finally looked up and saw the person holding her wrist——
It turned out to be Sheng Guiye.
Why did Sheng Guiye suddenly save me? Was it because he made a mistake?
After all, she was dressed like Qiao Yuan, and in that environment, it was normal for Sheng Guiye to admit his mistake. And now the other party kept leading her forward, as if he hadn't realized that he was holding the wrong person.
Although this thought came to her mind, Xin Min did not say anything.
The wounds on her body left by the seabirds were still aching, and coupled with the subtle thoughts in her mind, Xin Min did not say anything, but just followed Sheng Guiye silently.
Because she was wearing a skirt, Xin Min couldn't move her legs to run, so her speed was much slower. Sheng Guiye, who was running in front of seemed to be aware of this and deliberately slowed down his pace.
After running for an unknown amount of time, Sheng Guiye in front of her finally stopped and turned to look at her.
Xin Min glanced around from time to time and found that they had run to a rather unfamiliar place, which seemed to be an area that had not been visited before on the island. However, because Sheng Guiye was by her side, Xin Min was not afraid.
She turned her head and saw that the seabird was not following her, which made Xin Min feel relieved.
And the moment Sheng Guiye looked over, Xin Min blurted out the words she had prepared in her heart: "Thank you for saving me just now..."
However, the disappointment she expected from Sheng Guiye when he saw her did not happen. Sheng Guiye nodded slightly, as if to say that it was okay. Xin Min also felt a little strange about his calm attitude, after all, he looked as if he had known it for a long time.
Could it be that Sheng Guiye originally wanted to save her, not Qiao Yuan?
Maybe Sheng Guiye had been paying attention to her before?
Looking at the handsome face of Sheng Guiye in front of her, Xin Min's heart subconsciously began to beat wildly. When she came to her senses, Sheng Guiye had already lowered his head and was getting closer and closer to her.
Xin Min's face turned slightly red, but she did not push away Sheng Guiye.
After all, her original target was Sheng Guiye, but there were many twists and turns along the way, which made her almost forget about this matter.
She saw clearly the scene where Sheng Guiye spent money on Qiao Yuan just now. Xin Min could already imagine how many envious looks she would receive if she could defeat Sheng Guiye and complete the mission and leave the island.
Although it was not her first time to fall in love, Xin Min still pretended to be innocent and closed her eyes, waiting for the kiss to fall.
But she didn't wait for the soft touch of lips, but waited for a drop of liquid to fall on her face.
It's raining?
Xin Min lamented that the weather ruined the atmosphere, and wondered why Sheng Guiye's kiss had not yet come.
With this thought in mind, Xin Min opened her eyes.
When she saw the scene clearly, her pupils shrank.
The face standing in front of her was no longer that handsome face, but a rotten face with red flesh turned inside out, and faintly visible white bugs crawling around.
This is not Sheng Guiye!
Xin Min's brain exploded with a bang, and she turned around and tried to run, but it was too late.
The moment she turned around, she was grabbed by the shoulders.
The other person's hand seemed to become sharp in an instant, piercing into her flesh firmly, making it impossible for her to shake it off, and blood soaked her skirt.
The pain made Xin Min cry, but this was just the beginning.
She could clearly feel her flesh being bitten off piece by piece, but apart from making miserable cries, she could do nothing else. In the end, she could not make any sound and completely lost consciousness.
In the grass not far away, Huo Ling was bending over, trying to keep his body close to the ground, covering his mouth with his hands, trying not to make any sound.
His body was still shaking with fear.
After eating Xin Min, the ghost will leave, right?
He just had to hold on until then.
Huo Ling thought to himself.
Feeling that Song Yanchi's sharp gaze had fallen directly on him after learning that Xin Min and Huo Ling were missing, Yu Guo said in a relaxed tone: "It's not me this time."
She paused for a moment, then continued, "But it's strange. Xin Min and Huo Ling don't seem like they would easily leave the team. Could it be that the ghost took advantage of the seabirds' chaos and led them away?"
This is also Qiao Yuan’s guess.
After all, the seabird looked abnormal at first glance, and it was most likely sent by a ghost.
