After she finished speaking, the room fell silent.

Only Teacher Cheng’s snoring rose and fell from the bed.

Tan Xiao scratched his head, still finding it hard to believe. “He’s so old, with creaky bones. He’s sent hundreds of people over there—if there really was a problem, how come no one discovered it? Why is he still alive and well?”

Bai Youwei smiled. “Because there are ghosts over there. Everyone who goes can’t come back, so naturally no one discovers it.”

Tan Xiao: “If I went to the island and found out I’d been deceived, I’d definitely wait for him at the dock! Doesn’t he send people every seven days? I’d wait seven days! Then get my revenge! Settle my grudges!”

“Maybe you wouldn’t survive seven days.” Bai Youwei said airily.

“Alright.” Shen Mo frowned and interrupted them. “In any case, something’s wrong with this island. From now on, everyone stay alert. Protect yourselves, and save whoever you can.”

There were still sixty or seventy lives on the island.

Shen Mo asked Bai Youwei again, “What did you just say to that Zhang Qi guy?”

“Oh…” Bai Youwei said leisurely. “I was afraid you’d think two points of reasoning weren’t sufficient enough, so I deliberately created a third point of reasoning.”

Shen Mo’s eye twitched. “What reasoning?”

“I told Zhang Qi that if he pretended to break his leg, tomorrow’s selection list might have his name on it.”

Shen Mo: “…”

Tan Xiao: “That works?!”

“That’s why it’s the third point of reasoning.” Bai Youwei smiled with curved lips. “If Zhang Qi does it and his name happens to be on the list, it proves my deduction is completely correct~”

Tan Xiao asked curiously, “Will Zhang Qi do it?”

“I don’t know. Even if he doesn’t, it doesn’t matter~” Bai Youwei glanced at Shen Mo. “Anyway, Shen Mo and I should be on tomorrow’s list.”

“Why?” Tan Xiao was shocked again. He felt that Bai Youwei’s words were like throwing bombs—sometimes four twos, sometimes a pair of kings—making it hard for him to keep up!

“Because I’m a useless cripple. As for Shen Mo…” Bai Youwei smiled wickedly. “As soon as he arrived on the island, he was surveying everything and even fantasizing about contacting the safe base. This kind of person, tsk tsk, is too restless and needs to be dealt with quickly!”

She placed her hand on Shen Mo’s abdomen and mockingly mimicked a “disemboweling” motion, gesturing back and forth over his abs.

Shen Mo grabbed her hand and put it back. “Stop fooling around.”

Tan Xiao: “…”

“Tch~” Bai Youwei withdrew her hand with a disdainful look. “Anyway, the possibility I mentioned is very high. Otherwise, why would Old Zhao immediately invite you to dinner as soon as he heard you were surveying the island? Other newcomers who just arrived don’t get this treatment—clearly he was testing you!”

Tan Xiao looked at Shen Mo in confusion. “Brother Mo, what Weiwei said makes me feel uneasy. If we really are selected tomorrow, do we go or not?”

Bai Youwei hugged Shen Mo’s waist with a whining voice. “Wherever big brother goes, I’ll go~”

Shen Mo pulled her away. “Go back to your room and pack your luggage first.”

Rejected twice in a row, Bai Youwei’s face fell, and she wheeled herself to the adjacent room.

Tan Xiao watched Bai Youwei leave and asked Shen Mo hesitantly, “Brother Mo, why does Weiwei sometimes talk like that?”

Shen Mo: “Like what?”

Tan Xiao recalled for a moment, then pinched his voice to squeeze out a string of whining sounds. “Like that…”

Shen Mo: “…”

Tan Xiao: “Old Cheng says Weiwei is very smart. Maybe she does this to confuse enemies, using a weak appearance to make them let down their guard, but just now, there were only us in the room, so she… uh…”

Tan Xiao didn’t know how to express it, his expression very conflicted.

Shen Mo pondered for a moment, then patted his shoulder. “She’s bored.”

Tan Xiao: “…”