Chapter 3 Natural Born Killers (1)(1/2)
By the end of the first day, Ran Xiangtian had basically successfully seized power and became the leader of this small group.
Of course, this was also what he expected. He didn't think a guy like Jamal could hold him back for too long.
Not to mention that Ran Xiangtian also concealed that he was a capable person, relying solely on his well-known title of "wild survival expert" and various survival skills, it is enough for him to gain absolute voice in this specific environment.
On the other hand, although Jamal, who relied on his loud voice and big guy to play the role of the dominant player when everyone woke up, temporarily calmed down the scene, in less than half a day, everyone discovered that he, a "fighter", could not even contribute to this group. Not to mention, Yan Wushang, now there is still an open ability person, so Jamal is not irreplaceable in terms of force... Everyone has no reason to continue to tolerate a powerful character like Jamal who is neither popular nor useful.
Therefore, it was natural for Ran Xiangtian, who was interested in the "leader" position to take over the leadership at this time.
Ran Xiangtian was obviously more cunning than Jamal. Although he was not very clever, he played a lot better than Jamal when it comes to the hypocritical and winning people's hearts.
Even though he was always thinking about his own small abacus, on the surface, even if he was just posing, Ran Xiangtian would try his best to keep his actions for the collective benefit.
Objectively speaking, he did do a lot for everyone...
For example, after dinner, Ran Xiangtian personally went around the camp to arrange some simple "alarm devices". This type of device is diverse. It only needs to be made locally, with some plants and heavy objects, and a small amount of thin rope. If there are wild animals or something close at night, these devices will be triggered and some obvious movements will be made.
In addition, he also taught everyone how to make temporary beds using leaves, weeds and vines, and taught them the various risks of sleeping on the ground.
Finally, he also proposed that when everyone went to bed at night, he should arrange for people to take turns to watch the night, and volunteered to say that he could stand on the first shift.
In fact, Yan Wushang just needs to do the matter of guarding the night and standing guard alone.
If necessary, Yan Wushu can ensure three sleep cycles every 72 hours (one and a half hours count as one), and he can make himself energetic for the rest of the time.
However, Yan Wushang did not take the initiative to mention this matter to others, because he did not intend to deliberately please these people, nor did he intend to further expose his abilities to please them. So he quietly accepted Ran Xiangtian's arrangements. Ran Xiangtian, Yan Wushang, Daniel and Quint took turns to guard the first night.
As for the rest, they don’t have to watch the night and can sleep until dawn.
From a certain perspective, Ran Xiangtian had already divided the eight people into classes at this time... He himself was the top "leader", followed by "people who can be used" like Yan Wushang, Daniel and Kunte, followed by two women, Kunny and Mel, that is, he "may use, irreplaceable, and needs to be pleased", and the lowest level is "waste" like He Huai and "oppositions that Jamal can be eliminated quickly."
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Time passed slowly, and after dinner, everyone was basically preparing their own "beds" and didn't have much rest.
The night in the jungle is very long.
People living in the metropolis may think that it is still early at 6:00 a.m., and the spirits are still good. It is the real night after 11:00; but in the jungle, if the sky starts to get dark at 6:00, then until sunrise, the next eleven hours will be considered "night".
Fortunately, the year-round urban life has changed the biological clock of the human race. At least in modern society, most adults have long been accustomed to the pattern of sleeping after 11 o'clock in the evening.
Therefore, despite being tired for a day, it was still almost midnight, and everyone went to bed one after another near the fire, and the "vigilance" work was officially started.
According to Ran Xiangtian's idea, each of the four watchmen was guarding for an hour and a half, and it was almost dawn; however, how to calculate the time is a problem, after all, none of these eight people had watches or something on them.
So, Ran Xiangtian told the other three brothers who were watching the night before going to bed that a way to use the position of the moon to judge time...
There was nothing to say in the middle of the night, and before I knew it, it was early morning.
In the past hour and a half, Ran Xiangtian said that he was watching the night, but in fact he was doing more calculations; he looked at the stars, the moon, and the date... He even used a big leaf to make a funnel to observe whether the vortex generated when the water flowed down was clockwise or counterclockwise, so as to infer the geographical location.
But he only received a series of contradictory feedback that was inconsistent with the astronomy and geography he knew.
This made him very puzzled, but he was not the kind of person who would think of "Are I kidnapped to somewhere outside the earth?" So in the end, he could only use the meaningless conclusion that "the magnetic field and starry sky in this place are unusual" to evade himself.
In this way, Ran Xiangtian woke Yan Wushang up with a lot of questions and a feeling of loss and went to bed by himself.
Yan Wushang did fall asleep for a while just now because he judged that "at least tonight" he should not be in any danger.
After being woken up, Yan Wushang said a few casual words to Ran Xiangtian and began to "take over and stand guard."
Although this jungle is humid and stuffy during the day, it is a bit cold at night. Of course, it is not so cold that it is necessary to cover something, otherwise you will wake up from freezing.
One thing that is strange is that no one encountered mosquitoes during the day or at night. This is absolutely abnormal, but it is a good thing for now.
Yan Wushang sat silently by the fire for more than ten minutes, adding one or two pieces of firewood to the fire from time to time to keep the flames inextinguishable.
He looked absent-minded and didn't know what he was thinking. Unlike when he robbed at Kitchener, Yan Wushang now has a sense of vicissitudes of life, and his whole body also exudes a calmness and freedom that most people of his age would not have.
"Hey, can I sit here?" After a moment, kunny's voice rang from the side.
Yan Wushang didn't even raise his eyelids, but just continued to tease the fire and whispered: "Yes."
Then, kunny sat down next to Yan Wushang.
Yan Wushang knew very well when the other party got up and when he got close to him. He also guessed what Kunny was going to do. However, he didn't want to say anything more, nor did he want to expose anyone, so he let it go.
"I can't sleep a little. Can you chat with me for a while?" Kunny sat down, remained silent for a few seconds, and then spoke.
"I prefer listening, not saying." Yan Wushang thought of an answer that would allow him to spend less time in the following conversation.
"Puff..." Kunny laughed at the sound of this, "This is the best chat opening remark I have ever heard, no one." She shrugged, "You know, when I usually talk to people, the first sentence I hear is usually praise for my beauty or good figure."
"Is that so? Tell me, who do you usually talk to..." Yan Wushang continued weakly.
kunny took the opportunity to open up the conversation: "You know, it's the agent, the photographer, the makeup artist, the investor..."
She began to chatter about her Internet celebrity life, talking about topics that were not nutritious, and most of the content was obviously whitewashed. She portrayed herself as a beautiful, brave, kind and strong goddess who never lost herself and let go of the bottom line, and repeatedly implied that she liked boys like Yan Wushang very much, although she didn't know what kind of person Yan Wushang was.
The more she spoke, she became more and more excited. With the habitual oral sex that popped up from time to time, her body slowly touched up. Her right hand naturally held Yan Wushu's left arm, and she almost leaned her head against the latter's shoulder.
At this moment, Yan Wushang just glanced to the left and could clearly see two white objects rubbing against his arms intentionally or unintentionally. The unscientific shape, after being squeezed, seemed to jump out of the low collar of Kunny's T-shirt at any time, which was thrilling.
But Yan Wushang just didn't look at it, and his response to kunny was quite perfunctory because he knew the essence of the current situation very clearly.
Although Yan Wushang didn't know what happened between Jamal and Kunny during the day, there was no doubt that the two did not develop a relationship of using each other or relying on each other; in addition, Jamal has obviously lost power now, Kunny's strategy is naturally to find another person to rely on, so... who is this person?
At present, Ran Xiangtian and Yan Wushang are both priority targets.
Kunny did hesitate on this issue for a long time, and finally she decided: Let's please Yan Wushang first.
There are two reasons for her choice: First, she also heard that Yan Wushang is a capable person during dinner. Although Ran Xiangtian, a survival expert, is also very valuable, compared with those of capable person, the strength of ordinary people is indeed not reliable; secondly... in terms of personality and appearance, she does prefer Yan Wushang. On the other hand, Ran Xiangtian showed a hypocritical aura that she was very familiar with... Ironically, this kind of smell made her very disgusted.
Of course, kunny didn't leave any way out; while she pleased Yan Wushang, she did not completely cut off the possibility of taking advantage of others in the future. Therefore, she waited until Ran Xiangtian fell asleep before getting up to chat with Yan Wushang.
"Wuhan, I suddenly want to go to the bathroom." After posing and talking in a deliberate sweet voice for half an hour, kunny finally took further action when he saw that Yan Wuhan was still indifferent.
"Oh." Yan Wushang tilted his head and replied, "Then be careful, don't trigger the alarm devices set by Brother Ran."
"Hey? Don't you go with me?" kunny said suspiciously.
"Do you need it?" Yan Wushang asked back without thinking, and added a second after asking, "Is it convenient?"
"Of course, it's not convenient for me to go alone." Kunny's answer was already thought about it, "Please, just bring a lit firewood to help me hold it. Of course, you have to turn around and not peek, and help me to prevent others from peeking."
"Okay..." Yan Wushang nodded, picked up a branch in the fire with an impatient look on his face and followed her.
Kunny took him for dozens of meters away before finding a grass to squat in. After Yan Wushang turned around, she repeatedly reminded him to "don't peek" several times in a tone that she wanted to refuse and welcome. She was completely tempting to lure the other party to do something, which made Yan Wushang roll his eyes when he turned his back to her and shook his head helplessly.
A few minutes later, kunny waited for a long time, but he didn't see Yan Wushang rushing towards him, which made her very disappointed. She was already secretly scolding the boy if he was incompetent in some aspects. However, at this moment, a strange noise suddenly occurred in the darkness.
A sound of gasping sound came, which was not just a normal gasping sound, but heavy and turbid, and it felt like the despicable movement when you listened to it.
"Who is there?" Yan Wushang was very alert. He must have heard the sound that even kunny heard.
As the saying goes, a skilled man is brave. Yan Wushang asked while holding the lit branch and walking towards the source of the sound.
Unexpectedly, the next second, a "squeak" sound came from the darkness. Then a shadow rushed out under the cover of the bushes. The speed was faster than that of the rabbit. In a flash, it "squeak" to a very far place and disappeared quickly. Even Yan Wushang couldn't see what it was.
"What's wrong?" A few seconds later, kunny came over. In fact, she had already lifted her pants up and just pretended to squat there, so she came quickly when she was really moved.
Yan Wushang turned to look at her and replied, "It seems that something is there over there just now. Now he runs away. Maybe... it's a small animal."
"Little animal?" kunny frowned, "No! I clearly heard a breathing sound just now, and it must be human... and it must be... and it's not bad..." When she said this, she suddenly stepped forward, hugged Yan Wushang's arm, and then began to pretend to cry, "Hate, someone must be peeking at me."
Yan Wushang didn't say anything, just watched her perform silently.
Kunny pretended to cry for a while, then suddenly looked up again, as if he had remembered something: "I understand! It must be his surname He!" She pointed the finger at He Huai and said with confidence, "When I was sleeping before, he deliberately slept very close to me, and he got closer and closer. After I fell asleep, I felt someone touching my legs. Then I looked back and found that he just turned over and took his hand back... Now thinking about it, he must have pretended to be sleeping and took advantage of it!" She said this and stomped her feet in anger, and cursed, "This old pervert! It must be him. He looked at me honestly and lustfully during the day. It must be him who was peeping just now!"
Yan Wushang was 90% unbelievable about what she said. Even if she was not talking nonsense, this statement alone was not enough to be evidence.
While she was crying, Yan Wushang took the opportunity to leave her hug, stepped forward slowly, and illuminated the place where the breathing sound had just been heard. As a result... he really found a pool of liquid on the ground.
The liquid on the beach is undoubtedly fresh, not much, and it basically drips on a stone, without the pungent smell of excrement, nor is it like the secretions or dew of plants.
A few seconds later, kunny followed Yan Wushang's sight and saw the small pool of liquid. She immediately showed an extremely disgusting look and made a "Yi".
"It should be saliva." Yan Wushang looked closer again, confirmed it, and continued, "Human saliva."
Although the truth is different from what Kunny imagined in the past few seconds, it also made her feel furrowed all over and she had goose bumps all over her body.
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Not long after, the two of them returned to the camp.
At first glance, everyone else was still asleep, all of them had never moved.
Yan Wushang asked Kunny to go to bed if he had nothing to do. He should change shifts after he was guarding for a while. Kunny didn't say anything more, but just glared at He Huai who was sleeping fiercely, and then moved to an area far away from the other party to continue sleeping.
Yan Wushang could figure out some of the things that happened just now, but he couldn't figure out some of them, but he was not in a hurry and didn't bother him because he knew... this was just the "first day".
After a while, Yan Wushang thought it was almost time to change shifts, so he woke up Daniel and then returned to where he was originally lying down.
But this time, Yan Wushang did not sleep anymore. He just closed his eyes, controlled his breathing, and listened secretly...
Sure enough, about twenty minutes after he fell asleep, he heard Jamal's sound of getting up.
Then, Jamal and Daniel left together and walked into the jungle. Even without confirming with their eyes, Yan Wushang could roughly infer that it was Jamal who gave Daniel a look or gesture after getting up and called him away.
When they walked farther, Yan Wushang... also moved.
At this moment, Yan Wushang took a little serious attention. From getting up, moving, or even entering the jungle, he did not make any noise. Even himself, if he had closed his eyes, he could not detect this "silent movement".
He was not worried that when he left, someone would get up and find that he was no longer there. In such a situation, he could get away with it as long as he said he was getting up and peeing. But if Jamal and Daniel found out that he was eavesdropping, things would be complicated, so he hid his voice.
To be continued...