The Creators: From Night City

Not only did the two sides fail to find out the secret of the endless storm, but they were both trapped and died on the island.

Jiang Bing, who understood all of this, instantly understood why the woman in front of him could appear on this island.

"Are you a tourist who drifted here due to a shipwreck?" Jiang Bing asked.

The woman must have not had a proper meal for a long time. She picked up the deer leg on the ground and tore it into big bites without caring that it was covered with dust.

After swallowing a few more mouthfuls of venison, the woman let out a contented sigh and replied, "Pretty much. I'm a professional sailor."

As if recalling something from the past, the woman continued with a sigh, "I ended up here because I was sailing near a sailing race around Japan when a terrible storm suddenly hit. When I woke up, I was washed up on this island."

The woman was a little upset. "Damn it! The weather was so good, and a damn storm suddenly appeared."

Jiang Bing naturally would not explain to her that it was all the work of Himiko, who was still alive but still alive.

Looking at the female sailor who had almost turned him into a wild man, Jiang Bing continued to ask: "How long have you been here, and why did you end up like this?"

Jiang Bing's question seemed to have touched the fragile expression of the female sailor. She suddenly jumped up from the ground. "The island is full of crazy people, and there are also a group of religious lunatics. They not only burn, kill and loot, but also capture people everywhere for living sacrifice."

"I met many survivors who were stranded on this island due to shipwrecks, but they were all caught and taken away by them without any warning, and never appeared again."

The female sailor yelled hysterically, "Dead! They must be dead. Maybe they were sacrificed to the devil."

Looking at this female sailor who had survived by hiding here and there, Jiang Bingxin thought, "You might actually be right. Those people might have been dragged away to feed the Storm Warriors, the group of living dead cursed by Himiko."

Jiang Bing felt a headache when thinking about the group of Japanese samurai who have survived until now. He came to this world to purchase supplies, not to accompany Himiko and this group of living dead, as well as the X cults all over the island to play some brave game where warriors defeat the devil and save the world.

However, the storm caused by that old bitch Himiko surrounded the entire island. Unless he killed her, even if Jiang Bing could build a vehicle that could sail on the sea, he would not be able to break through the blockade of the storm.

Without being able to leave Yamatai, there is no way to return to human society, and there is no way to quickly and in large quantities obtain the scarce resources that can fill the "warehouse".

If you want to kill Himiko, let alone how to find her on such a big island, even if you find her, the organized Storm Warrior Legion under her command is not just there to do nothing.

The more I think about it, the more my headache gets, and the more my headache gets, the more I miss the [power] that fell into the sea.

Jiang Bing's thoughts were becoming more and more complicated. He simply shook his head and put them behind him. If nothing else, he could wait until the [key] was fully charged, hunt some game, fill some soil, and finally find a water source to fill the 'warehouse' with fresh water. Bringing it back to the cyberpunk world would also be a considerable fortune.

However, this is always just the worst-case scenario.

Sighing, Jiang Bing had no intention of pursuing the female sailor's responsibility for the theft. He turned and walked out of the cave, preparing to return to the abandoned village first and make a long-term plan.

Jiang Bing had just taken a few steps when the female sailor followed him silently.

As Jiang Bing deliberately slowed down his pace, the two arrived at the abandoned village before dark.

Jiang Bing skillfully used tools to build a fire pit and even enlarged the chimney to ensure that the smoke would not rise too high.

Amidst the woman's shocked expression, he went into the mountains and carried a hard maple tree as thick as her waist. He split it into pieces suitable for the fire pit like cutting tofu and piled them up next to the fire pit.

Hard maple is dense and heavy, with a long burning time and lasting heat, making it the most suitable wood species for firewood, far superior to other hardwoods such as oak and hickory.

However, in modern times, the high price of wood makes using it as firewood seem a bit of a luxury.

But in the current situation, Jiang Bing looked at the various trees all over the mountains, including some rare and old species, and snorted coldly, as if a mouse had entered a rice jar.

Burn it, burn it hard, burn it to death. Anyway, they belong to Himiko who is living a good life. Don’t be afraid of wasting them.

From going into the mountains to chop trees to piling up a pile of firewood half a person's height next to the fire pit, Jiang Bing took less than half an hour to do what an ordinary person would do in a day.

This made the female sailor stare blankly.

Jiang Bing continued to walk into the mountains in the sunset. When he came back dragging two cypress trees, he found that the female sailor had simply cleaned up the room and started looking for something useful in the village.

She is indeed a smart person and has begun to work hard to demonstrate her worth.

When she came back carrying a half-rotten earthenware jar, she found that there was a set of cypress tables and chairs and several sets of wooden bowls, chopsticks, spoons and forks in the house.

Jiang Bing was currently fetching water from a newly made wooden barrel.

In ancient times, when choosing a location for a gathering place, the first factor to consider was whether there was a water source nearby. Obviously, there was a water source next to this village.

The stream flows down from the mountain and is very clear.

Jiang Bing walked briskly back to the house carrying buckets weighing dozens of kilograms. The female sailor had already begun to clumsily process the remaining wolf meat and venison.

She was holding a piece of iron that she had found from somewhere and was trying to cut the fur with the freshly polished side.

Jiang Bing, who was really dissatisfied with the speed, had no choice but to take over the work from her so that the two of them could drink the broth before midnight.

To be honest, without salt for seasoning and spices to remove the fishy smell, the boiled meat soup did not taste good. The wolf meat was rather tough, and the venison was even tougher than the wolf meat.

But one of them had just come out of a food desert, and the other hadn't had hot soup for several months, so they were both quite satisfied.

After eating, the female sailor took the initiative to pick up the dishes and go out to wash them, while Jiang Bing sat by the fire pit thinking about his next move.

The first question is to confirm whether the Endurance, the ship carrying Lara Croft and her group of protagonists, has run aground in the storm and whether everyone has landed on the island.

However, Jiang Bing asked the female sailor about the current specific time. She had been busy in the past few months and had no idea of ​​the exact date. She only knew that it was 2013.

This was indeed the year when the Endurance set out for the Dragon Triangle expedition, but the storm had not yet subsided, indicating that Himiko was still alive and the Endurance crew had most likely not yet landed on the island.

Secondly, Jiang Bing wanted to find out the source of Himiko's power to control the storm and see if he could use it for his own benefit.

The female sailor stayed outside for a long time before returning. When she came back, Jiang Bing discovered that she must have washed her body in the stream.

After shedding her dirty protective color, the female sailor regained her original appearance, with blonde hair, blue eyes, deep facial features, and looked to be in her twenties or thirties.

At this time, she took off her men's coat, leaving only a set of racing underwear that should have been worn during sailing competitions, which had become tattered in the past few months.

This actually makes it more attractive.

She spread out her thick golden hair and sat by the fire, trying to dry her hair with the heat of the flames while trying to show Jiang Bing a large area of ​​her naked skin.

"A smart woman." This is Jiang Bing's evaluation of her.

After meeting Jiang Bing and seeing him show the strength to easily survive here, she analyzed the situation in a short time and decided to try to survive by relying on Jiang Bing.

To this end, a set of strategies that are very feasible under normal circumstances were quickly developed.

She understood very well what her greatest asset was when facing a normal man, and she could put aside her pride without hesitation, play to her strengths, and use her beauty to achieve her goals, thus ensuring that she could easily survive on this isolated island.

As expected of a female sailor who dares to participate in the Tour of Japan sailing race alone, it seems that her career success relies not only on a strong physique, but also on a smart, meticulous and decisive brain.

No wonder she was able to survive for several months on a deserted island full of zombies, X cultists, murderers, and lunatics, and she didn't seem to have suffered any injuries.

Of course, Jiang Bing subconsciously ignored the role his appearance played in this.

From the time the two met to her current series of performances, the female sailor has temporarily gained Jiang Bing's recognition.

Recognize her qualifications as a companion.

"What's your name?" Jiang Bing asked suddenly.

Just when the female sailor thought her plan was successful and tried to push out her full breasts and start flirting, Jiang Bing's subsequent words dispelled her idea.

"Put this away, it's useless to me."

Seeing her expression becoming somewhat embarrassed because her plan was exposed, Jiang Bing continued to ask.

"Dare to kill someone?"

Listening to Jiang Bing's question, the female sailor slowly retreated to the fire pit.

"You are a smart person. I believe you should understand what I mean by this question."

The atmosphere instantly fell into silence, with only the occasional crackling sound of flames burning hard maple wood in the fire pit.

Finally, after a relatively short moment of thought, the female sailor solemnly replied, "Kate, Kate Capps."

She, or Kate, took a deep breath and added, "Besides, I've already killed someone. I used the butt of that Garand to blow the head off a jerk who tried to rape me."

Jiang Bing stared at her pretty face that was trying to appear calm. The information he obtained from her through his powerful perception told him that the woman in front of him was not lying.

So Jiang Bing smiled at her for the first time, walked up to her, and extended his hand.

"Sabul Lyric, a 'craftsman'."

Seeing Jiang Bing's friendly gesture, Kate finally breathed a sigh of relief, stood up with some weak limbs, and held Jiang Bing's hand tightly.

Chapter 33 Playing House

After what happened just now, the relationship between the two was obviously much more harmonious than before.

Kate, who had let down most of her guard and looked more relaxed, stared at Jiang Bing's handsome face, which was full of masculinity, and asked again, "Are you really not..."

"I don't want to." Jiang Bing was the first to refuse.

What a joke, we don’t even know who’s playing whom!

In the village, Jiang Bing found many axes. Although the metal axes were rusty, they were basically still usable. However, the wooden axe handles were basically rotten and fragile. Jiang Bing was now adding wooden handles to these axes one by one.

Jiang Bing asked as he polished the axe handle in his hand to make it fit his hand better.

"You've lived here for a few months. Do you know where I can get weapons and equipment?"

It is obvious that Jiang Bing has begun to prepare impatiently to accumulate original wealth.

Kate tried hard to recall the past few months of battle royale and replied, "I know there's a military fort built by the Japanese long ago on a mountain not far away. There should be weapons left over from that time inside, but there's a group of bandits entrenched there."

"That's not a problem." After blowing away the sawdust, Jiang Bing slammed the axe handle into the groove in the middle of the axe, weighed it in his hand, and nodded with satisfaction.

"The question is whether these people deserve to die."

Kate exhaled heavily through her nose, as if in condemnation, but also as if in sneer.

"I saw with my own eyes that they shot and killed a man on the life raft, and then dragged the remaining woman into the fortress."

Kate gritted her teeth and said, "The gangs on this island are basically all scum like this, all scum who prey on their own kind."

Jiang Bing suddenly realized, "Oh~ street sweeper, this job is familiar to me!"

Kate had obviously been feeling depressed for a long time. She continued to express her feelings, viciously recounting everything she had seen on the island.

"They are only cruel and have no mercy. Anyone with a little kindness will not associate with them. They are all crazy. Either they are religious lunatics or pure psychopaths!"

At this point, Carey said disappointedly: "The funny thing is, if you don't go along with them, it's basically difficult to survive on this cannibalistic island. So after all this time, there must be no good people on this island anymore."

These words are somewhat personal, but not unfair.

On this island where the storm has lasted for 600 years and where entry is restricted but exit is not permitted, there is an extremely complex power structure.

Apart from the inner areas guarded by the Storm Warriors, the most powerful Brotherhood of the Sun occupies most of the islands of Yamatai, but there are still various small groups mixed in.

The Brotherhood of the Sun, a cult that worships Himiko, has members from all walks of life. They include descendants of Japanese and American soldiers during World War II, explorers, fishermen, cruise passengers, archaeologists, tomb robbers, and pilots who escaped death. Everyone has their own thoughts and ideas, and intrigue and backstabbing are commonplace.

Although it is not as good as the Night City with its simple folk customs, it can be regarded as Yamatai with "many talents".

In such a high-pressure environment, newcomers to the island for various reasons are either massacred by those above them or forced to join in the persecution of newcomers. There are very few people like Kate who are on the third side, and they will not live long under normal circumstances.

If I were to use one word to describe the living environment of Yamatai, it would be Deserted Island Battle Royale (live-action fantasy version).

Looting, as the main way to obtain equipment and resources in Battle Royale, is also deeply loved by Jiang Bing.

As for other players, Jiang Guabi, who is not considered a small-time player, can only be said to be ready to plunder the loot.

When you form a group to bully newbies, you should think that there will be a day when the righteous cheater will come to find you.

At noon the next day.

After traveling through mountains and rivers, even as a professional athlete who often fights the wind and waves on the sea, Kaili's physical fitness has reached its limit.

Fortunately, the military fortress built by the Japanese army that she mentioned was right in front of her.

I have to say that the fortress is worthy of being a base built by a professional army. The location of the fortress is very tricky. It is backed by a steep cliff and has bare rocks on both sides. There is no place for people to hide.

The main road leading to the fortress is hidden in a permanent trench. There are two narrow shooting holes on both sides of the entrance, and there is a lookout post on the top that is responsible for lighting and observation.

However, no matter how good the layout is, it cannot withstand the passage of time. After several decades, the barbed wire that should have existed in front of the fortress has long disappeared, and most of the equipment has been damaged.

Moreover, due to the storm at the time, supplies could not be transported to the island normally, and the fortress, which should have been built with reinforced concrete, only had a relatively thick cement brick wall.

Under the erosion of time, the cement on the surface has fallen off piece by piece, revealing the bricks and stones inside.

However, these have little to do with the next action. After all, Jiang Bing did not intend to defeat the enemy head-on.

The people inside the fortress are not professional soldiers.

Jiang Bing stood here and watched for several minutes, but he didn't see anyone coming out to patrol. There were no sentry posts outside the entire fortress. There was only one robber sitting behind a long lookout hole, afraid that others would not see him.

Even so, he kept yawning and looked listless and drowsy.

It can only be said that he can't even match the combat skills of the scavenger.

Jiang Bing, who had confirmed again and again that there were no other sentry posts, frowned and swaggered around to the front of the fortress from the side.

Before he even entered the door, he heard snoring coming from not far behind the door.