Chapter 16 Wind and Thunder

It was half past four in the afternoon, and the sea… was getting windy.

Half an hour later, a huge dark cloud drifted in from the sky… large enough to cast a shadow over the entire Cannabis Island and the surrounding waters.

At fifteen minutes past five, the captain of the Dolphin cruise ship walked out of the bridge and looked at the sky. Then, he decisively gave the order: get to shore and drop anchor.

Although Director Meilong thought this was a bit of an overreaction, the captain was very firm: "I will never let the ship stay in the middle of the sea in this kind of weather."

So, the ship finally made it to shore.

…

If the dark cloud was an old RV, then the lightning, rainstorm, and gale were undoubtedly the family of three living in the car.

By 5:30, thunder rumbled in the sky and a strong wind was blowing, but the rain had not yet fallen.

And Feng Bujue’s withdrawal symptoms also reached another peak at this time.

"Haa... haa..." He leaned against a tree, panting heavily, muttering to himself, "This time... *wheeze*... it doesn't seem like I can just endure it..."

A few hours ago, Feng Bujue had already figured out the pattern of the "withdrawal symptoms" debuff, so he never used the marijuana he had found earlier, but chose to endure it.

However, the symptoms of this wave were particularly violent, not only the stamina value, but even the survival value began to drain on its own...

"This won't do... Although I wanted to wait until the 'mental interference' symptoms appeared before using it, but at this rate... my survival value will be gone..." Thinking of this, Feng Bujue reached into his pocket.

"Hey! Stephen, we meet again."

Just as Jue-Ge was about to use the marijuana, the voice of Clams Earls suddenly rang out beside him.

In that instant, countless thoughts flashed through Jue-Ge's mind. He was like an efficient computer; when you input the problem, the answer was already there.

So…

"Give me TX-500!" This was the first sentence Jue-Ge said after seeing Clams Earls.

Jue-Ge’s move could be regarded as fully utilizing the rules, because the system prompt clearly stated: [Each time you encounter Bear, you can take out an item from your inventory through him], since that's the case, then don't be polite... just ask for it.

Clams Earls was slightly startled when he heard this, but he quickly reacted: "Okay, no problem." As he spoke, he put down his backpack and handed Jue-Ge what he wanted.

Jue-Ge was overjoyed to see that the other party had really taken out the item. Without saying a word, he took the capsule and swallowed it in one gulp.

The next second, he opened the game menu and saw that the [Withdrawal Symptoms] in the status bar had indeed disappeared completely.

"It really deserves to be called a miracle drug that can turn zombies back into living people..." Feng Bujue thought to himself, "...it can even cure drug addiction." But then he thought again, "Alas... but, this is also my last all-purpose medicine, I wonder if I can get a similar divine object in the future."

Jue-Ge did have some plans in this regard… In case he found TX-038 (the All-Things Tree) in a certain scenario, or encountered a chemist who could analyze TX-500, then he could mass-produce this medicine.

If this plan could be realized, everyone would no longer have to worry about Jue-Ge not taking his medicine... oh no, not having medicine to take.

"How do you feel?" Clams Earls looked at Feng Bujue for a few seconds and asked, "You looked terrible just now."

"Hoo... Anyway... I'm fine now." As Jue-Ge spoke, he stood up.

The all-purpose medicine was just that powerful; a person who was on the verge of death a few seconds ago was now radiant.

"Very good, if you were in bad condition, I would also be very troubled." Clams Earls replied, "Now that you are like this, I can tell you about the 'challenge' task with peace of mind."

"Challenge..." When Feng Bujue heard these two words, the second main quest [Complete at least six challenges given by the production team] appeared in his mind.

But at this moment, what he was concerned about was not the task, but another matter...

"Before you say that... there's something I want to clarify first..." Now that things had come to this, Jue-Ge didn't need to pretend anymore, so his attitude was completely different from when he was on the beach, "Presumably, you already know what I did before, so I'll just be frank..." He paused for a moment, "Along the way, I deliberately avoided all the cameras, including the area where we are standing now, which is also a blind spot for the lenses..." He looked directly into Clams Earls' eyes, "...I don't understand, how did you find me?"

"Ha... is that what it is?" Clams Earls smiled heartily, "It's very simple... I started looking from the tree where you tied up Barack Obama, and looked all the way here."

Feng Bujue continued, "But I have already covered up my footprints and other traces."

"That's right, I noticed, but you didn't do it thoroughly enough." Clams Earls laughed, "It's more than enough to fool the eyes of ordinary people, but I'm an expert."

"Okay, that's very convincing." Feng Bujue replied.

"Also..." Clams Earls added, "Because you always choose to act in the blind spots of the cameras, your route has been greatly limited, which has instead reduced the difficulty of my tracking."

"That's right..." Feng Bujue continued, "Only acting in 'places that the cameras can't see' is equivalent to narrowing the search scope..."

"Hehe... Of course, this can't be blamed on you." Clams Earls said, "This is not an equal contest in the first place, after all, 90% of this island is covered by camera lenses, it's already amazing that you can avoid the lenses and move long distances." He paused for two seconds, "If you're interested, we can have a real 'hunting game' in the wilderness without cameras in the future."

"Uh... let's talk about it..." For some reason, Feng Bujue instantly recalled his experience of being hunted by Raynes Ford on "Hunter Island", and felt that... if the hunter was replaced by Clams Earls, the situation would become more serious... and the result would most likely be being eaten.

"So, are you ready to hear your challenge now? Stephen." Clams Earls put on the airs of a host again, glancing at the floating camera that was always following him.

"Yeah... tell me." Feng Bujue replied casually.

At this moment, Jue-Ge was involuntarily imagining a scene in his mind - Clams Earls was tracking "Stephen Carbon's" footprints, while explaining to the camera lens: "Look, that's a human footprint, although he has tried to disguise it, he still left clues. I think he just left not long ago, we will soon catch up with him.

There are many ways to capture humans, the most effective is to pounce on them and then hit the back of the head hard. We can also quickly cut their throats with sharp instruments, which will be less painful.

Most of the meat on humans can be eaten, they are rich in protein, fat, minerals and trace elements, one pound of human meat can provide you with the calories you need for the whole day..."

"Listen carefully, your first challenge is..." Clams Earls' words pulled Jue-Ge back from his fantasy, "Hunt an alligator."

[Side quest triggered]

As soon as he finished speaking, the system prompt came, and Jue-Ge opened the game menu and saw a side quest in the quest bar: [Find and kill the Gara Alligator in the swamp.]

"Oh?" Feng Bujue thought to himself, "This is a rhythm where you can do a side quest while doing the main quest..."

"Considering the danger of this challenge, I will personally demonstrate it to you once." On the other side, Clams Earls hadn't finished speaking, "You have to watch my every move carefully, remember every point I say, understand?"

"Yeah... okay." Feng Bujue replied.

"Okay, follow me." Clams Earls said, then turned around and ran, waving his hand to signal Jue-Ge to follow.

Feng Bujue didn't say much, and started running.

After taking the all-purpose medicine, Feng Bujue was in good physical condition, and the weight on his body was only a 0.85 kg military shovel, two packs of marijuana, and a pair of handcuffs. In this state, if he couldn't catch up with Clams Earls carrying a giant backpack, it would be too much to say.

In this way, led by Clams Earls, Feng Bujue ran quickly through the forest.

Five minutes later, they arrived at the edge of a swamp.

"This is it." Clams Earls stopped, put down his backpack, and said, "There are many alligators in this swamp..." He didn't talk to Jue-Ge, but explained to the camera, "In the United States, alligator attacks on humans are increasing dramatically, the number of people killed by alligators in the past decade is more than the previous thirty years combined. Of course, on this island far from human civilization, this shouldn't happen..." As he said this, he stepped into the swamp, walking on the water plants and muddy stones, "...but alligators are alligators, they are dangerous, deadly..."

Feng Bujue didn't want to interrupt Clams Earls, in fact, he quite liked listening to this kind of explanation... so, Jue-Ge just gripped the military shovel and silently followed behind the other party.

"Once you encounter one, how do you deal with it?" Clams Earls looked at the camera and casually picked up a piece of driftwood from the swamp that was more than a meter long and as thick as a human arm, "Now, let me demonstrate." He turned his head and looked to the side front, "Look, there's one over there... it has already seen us too, we have to walk over slowly." As he spoke, he bent down, tiptoed, and moved slowly but surely.

Seeing this scene, Feng Bujue couldn't help but complain in his heart: "Although I don't know if this guy is teaching me or the audience... but I just want to say one thing... Alligator, it's not too late to run now..."