Mother Bag Wolf took her two little ones to drink their fill of water and took the initiative to take on the duty of keeping watch!
Qianqian and Jiang Yao washed their bodies.
In the clear stream, the two beautiful bodies made Lu Zhe feel pleased to the eye!
He wanted to watch a little longer, but reason told him that it was time to do something more important!
Searching for plants!
There was abundant vegetation here, and Lu Zhe and Tang Xiaoguo spent three hours searching for undiscovered wild vegetables on Volcano Island!
They found wild celery, deer snake plant, thunder root, and other wild vegetables, as well as spices like cinnamon and turmeric!
Although Tang Xiaoguo couldn't find the cumin she had been longing for, it was still not bad.
But the value of all these things combined was not as high as the three golden jade bean pills that Lu Zhe dug out!
Well, they were just three potatoes, but it was still good enough, right?
If they could cultivate them well and expand the planting area, the quality of life on Volcano Island would be further improved in an epic way!
They could be used as staple food, stewed with swordfish, stewed with pythons, stir-fried shredded potatoes, cold-dressed shredded potatoes, potato mash with sauce, and they could also be made into potato chips and French fries!
They must be well preserved.
Although there were still many unexplored places on Insect Island, it would require a lot of time and energy that Lu Zhe did not have at the moment!
At this moment, he was eager to return.
Looking at the time, it was half past three in the afternoon!
"The hottest time of the day has already passed, and now we can set sail and go home!"
"Home, yeah yeah!"
"We can go back and see Sister Bing and the Class Monitor!"
The three girls cheered!
Lu Zhe prepared as much fresh water and a large amount of food reserves as possible.
"We're going back, aren't you leaving yet?"
The bag wolf let out a whimper in its throat.
"Okay, come up, but no stealing sheepskin!"
The bag wolf tilted its head and looked at Lu Zhe.
"Hope Sister Bing and the Class Monitor won't be impatient, we'll be back soon."
"May the Bodhisattva bless us!"
"Wishing us a smooth journey!"
Now, it's September 17th, four o'clock in the afternoon, Sunday, the 100th day of being stranded on a deserted island!
On this day, Lu Zhe is going to set sail again, crossing the vast sea and returning to the longed-for Volcano Island!
He felt that was the place where he truly belonged!
On the open sea, Lu Zhe checked his watch, observing the setting sun carefully, discerning the direction!
During the day, he relied on the sun, and at night, he had to rely on the North Star.
The journey went smoothly, and it took Lu Zhe and the three girls two days to drift on the sea. Finally, on September 19th, they caught sight of the shadow of Dolphin Island!
Although it was a bit blurry, Lu Zhe, relying on his sharp vision, still saw the unmistakable volcano!
At that moment, the three girls burst into tears of joy!
"We're finally going home, it hasn't been easy!"
Lu Zhe nodded.
Although they didn't manage to get airplane batteries on this trip, obtaining the bag wolf and the potatoes was still very worthwhile!
His only worry was that Sister Bing and Ning Shu might have done something irrational during this time!
Upon closer examination, the two of them seemed reliable within the team and unlikely to act recklessly like Tang Xiaoguo, who confided her troubles to a lizard.
However, should they pass by the location where the plane went missing again?
Should they search the area once more?
Lu Zhe hesitated for a moment but ultimately decided to dive into the water and take a look!
He dove down and saw the wreckage of the plane, and sure enough, he spotted the Giant King Octopus among the debris!
At this moment, it was curled up in the cabin, with only half of its head visible.
One of its eyes was dull and lifeless, seemingly asleep.
The other eye was swollen and discolored, apparently stabbed by Lu Zhe with an iron spear, now swollen and infected, rendering it useless.
Then, Lu Zhe noticed an old acquaintance wedged among the coral on the seabed!
An iron spear!
It seemed that the Giant King Octopus had taken the initiative to pull out the iron spear and casually discard it.
Lu Zhe grasped the iron spear with both hands and pulled it upwards.
"Crash!"
A burst of gray smoke dispersed, and the spear was successfully pulled out by Lu Zhe!
Lu Zhe felt relieved but still somewhat worried.
Indeed, who could relax with that thing sleeping in the cabin nearby?
Moreover, this creature had keen eyesight; once it locked onto someone, there was practically no escaping!
What should they do?
Lu Zhe looked at the iron spear in his hand and nodded to himself. "Safety is more important than anything else!"
With that in mind, Lu Zhe quietly swam to the front of the Giant King Octopus, took a deep breath, and inserted the iron spear into its other eye!
In an instant, the Giant King Octopus reacted as if it had been electrocuted. Its tentacles quickly came to life, and several globs of black ink surged out, turning the surroundings as dark as night.
In the black mist, several huge tentacles were faintly visible, as if they were trying to grab Lu Zhe in the darkness!
However, with its complete loss of vision, the Giant King Octopus's combat power dropped by 70%, and it completely lost its sense of direction!
It stretched out its massive tentacles, searching in all directions underwater, trying to catch whoever had harmed it.
Lu Zhe crouched underwater and quietly retreated. Once he was certain that the Giant King Octopus couldn't reach him, he swiftly leaped up to the water's surface!
"Hey, Lu Zhe, how did you come out over there?"
"Don't waste words, pull me up!"
Lu Zhe climbed onto the sheepskin raft and took a few sips of water. "Let's keep moving forward!"
Lin Qianqian asked, "Lu Zhe, is that giant squid still there?"
Lu Zhe nodded. "It's still there. Hmph, while we're drifting around, it's perfectly fine!"
Tang Xiaoguo exclaimed in frustration, "It's infuriating."
Jiang Yao helplessly said, "Is there really nothing we can do about it?"
Lu Zhe nodded. "There's absolutely nothing we can do!"
At that moment, a surge of black ink floated up, staining the entire sea area black!
The tentacles of the Giant King Octopus occasionally emerged from the water's surface, but strangely, it seemed to be ignoring the sheepskin raft.
The mother pouch wolf stared at the tentacles faintly visible on the sea surface and made a hissing sound in its mouth.
Lu Zhe hurriedly took this opportunity to leave that sea area!
At that moment, Lin Qianqian was astonished to find that the entire sea area seemed to have turned black!
Is it all ink from the Giant King Octopus?
Obviously not!
Meanwhile, the waves began to grow larger!
But unlike the previous time... this time, the stormy weather was accompanied by strong winds!
Jiang Yao smoothed her disheveled hair and said, "Is the moon causing trouble again?"
"This time it's really the weather..." Lu Zhe looked at the approaching dark clouds in the distance and couldn't help but sigh, "A storm is coming!"
"What?"
Lu Zhe shouted, "Hold on to the raft, everyone! Let's use this strong wind to return to Volcano Island!"
...
Meanwhile, on Volcano Island!
Shen Bing and Ning Shu were desperately moving supplies!
The rainfall after the dry season would definitely not be small, and the cowshed and firewood room were no longer suitable for storing a large amount of supplies!
And unfortunately, at this time, two crocodiles had come to the camp to cause trouble!
They couldn't be killed with bullets, and they couldn't be driven away. Shen Bing and Ning Shu began to reminisce about the days when Lu Zhe was still on the island!