As he wrestled with the walrus with his old bones, Ning Wei appeared.
She held an iron shovel and ran over, hitting the walrus on the head.
She had originally intended to stab the shovel into the walrus's body, but the shovel was a bit rusty, and the walrus's skin was thick. She figured it would crack before she could even insert it.
One strike later, the walrus was indeed stunned for a moment. Mei Nan, seizing the opportunity, picked up a wooden stick again, trying to imitate Li Ye and stab it into the walrus's head, but it seemed... he failed.
Enraged, the walrus thrashed, and Ning Wei charged again with her shovel.
"You run!" Mei Nan was already exhausted, and Ning Wei intended to hold her ground, creating a chance for Mei Nan to escape.
Mei Nan, of course, wouldn't run. Everyone was scattered in different directions now.
If he ran, Ning Wei alone wouldn't be able to handle this walrus.
He mustered all his remaining strength and cooperated with Ning Wei. Even if they couldn't kill the walrus, they could at least ensure their own safety for the time being.
Just then, Li Ye arrived.
He saw the walrus swinging its body towards Ning Wei, and Ning Wei's iron shovel had already been reduced to just a wooden handle.
She was struggling to hold on. Li Ye suddenly felt furious!
Though he didn't know why he was angry, he knew what he had to do.
He grabbed a tusk and pulled Mei Nan aside, "Fall back!"
Seeing the taciturn Li Ye appear, Mei Nan knew they were saved.
His old limbs could finally rest. He leaned against the wall with one hand, then sped up, though it looked like a snail's pace.
Fortunately, Song Zhi and Yuan Yuan quickly arrived. They each took an arm of Mei Nan and led him to a safe place, near a corner.
"You guys rest here, I'll go help!" Song Zhi held a tusk, which could pierce the walrus's body, his most precious weapon.
With this tusk, Song Zhi was filled with confidence.
Those who needed to act should act. They couldn't let Li Ye go alone.
Thinking this, Song Zhi quickened his pace.
However, he had only been there for less than half a minute before Li Ye dealt with the walrus using the tusk.
The heavy walrus crashed to the ground with a thud, its dark eyes slowly losing their spark.
Li Ye walked over directly, grabbed a tusk in each hand, and with a faint glow from the beads, he pulled them out.
"Li Ye's strength is truly impressive. I've witnessed him pull out tusks twice now. Seeing him, I almost want to try it myself to see if it's really that easy."
With the crisis averted, Song Zhi began chatting with Yuan Yuan again.
Yuan Yuan didn't want to bother with him and turned to check on Ning Wei.
Before she could even walk over, Li Ye had already reached Ning Wei's side.
Seeing them whispering together, Yuan Yuan didn't want to disturb them and turned back to Mei Nan, reluctantly listening to Song Zhi's rambling.
Song Zhi winked at Mei Nan, "Look at them. Teacher Mei, you've been a teacher for so many years, you must have caught a lot of students dating secretly. Don't they look like that?"
Mei Nan glanced over and replied cleverly to Song Zhi, "All I remember is that both of them came to save me. Whether they are friends, lovers, or teammates, to me, Mei Nan, they are both my saviors!"
Song Zhi made a "tsk tsk tsk" sound, "Teacher Mei is getting more eloquent."
After confirming Ning Wei was unharmed, Li Ye prepared to leave with her.
The crisis was just a minor hiccup. Their mission today was to draw a map.
Before leaving, Ning Wei glanced at the walrus and then said to Yuan Yuan, "Remember to mark the place where the walrus was released."
Unexpectedly, Yuan Yuan replied, "We didn't release them. We were walking normally, and they just ran out from around the corner on their own."
Hearing this, Ning Wei paused. After a moment of thought, she continued, "The room where the others were kept had surveillance cameras, and perhaps these places do too."
"You mean, all our actions are under Zhang Haiyang's control, so he deliberately released these walruses to disrupt our plan?" Yuan Yuan, with her intelligence online, quickly understood what Ning Wei hadn't fully articulated.
Ning Wei nodded, "Even if he sees it, we're not afraid. We're going to take him down anyway!"
Her words were bold and confident, and Li Ye smiled at her from the side.
Song Zhi, not wanting to be chased by walruses and then have to endure a display of affection, quickly stated that they would also make special markings for the areas where the walruses appeared.
The location where the walruses appeared was not far from them, which was why they could reach them so quickly.
Song Zhi deduced that there must be some mechanism or something else nearby, and it was highly likely that walruses would appear there again.
Only by preparing in advance and drawing the map perfectly could they increase the chances of success.
It wasn't just Ning Wei who wanted to "take down" Zhang Haiyang; everyone did!
"If you encounter anyone else, remember to mention this matter and ask everyone to be vigilant," Ning Wei instructed Yuan Yuan.
Yuan Yuan nodded.
After killing two walruses, there were now four tusks. One of them was definitely Ning Wei's. Song Zhi and Yuan Yuan each got one, and the last one remained. It would depend on who Mei Nan and the others were willing to give it to.
Such trivial matters didn't require Ning Wei and Li Ye to arrange. Teacher Mei could certainly make the fairest decision.
All day long, everyone worked hard on the map, and similarly, they encountered walruses.
With everyone's cooperation, the walruses were killed, and their tusks were removed.
When they reconvened in the mess hall, their gains were not only a clearly marked map but also tusks covered in stinky, fresh blood.
"You can distribute the tusks among yourselves. The rest of you, go cook. Teacher Mei will be responsible for collating the map, okay?" Ning Wei said, standing up while everyone else was seated.
No one had any objections to her distribution. Cooking was much easier than collating maps.
"Make it a feast, today was a real struggle," Li Ziang slouched over the table.
He was teamed with Bai Xue and Bai Yang today. Bai Xue was somewhat reliable, but Bai Yang was a bit...
In any case, Li Ziang had a tough day, so he didn't get up when everyone else went to cook, and no one urged him to.
As Song Zhi went to help in the kitchen, he secretly whispered in Li Ziang's ear, "You worked hard, brother."
Bai Xue looked apologetic, and everyone, used to it, quietly comforted her, "It's okay, it's okay."
Although there were many people, it didn't matter because there were also many people cooking, so they were able to eat soon.
Consolidating the maps was not an easy task. Fortunately, Li Ye was also there, occasionally helping to look, which significantly sped up Mei Nan's progress.