Chapter 1501: Falling apart, everyone reunites

The departure of Zhang Jiqiang and four others from the cave had a profound impact on the cave team.

First of all, intuitively, it affects the number of people on both sides.

The number of people on Su Mingzhe's team "skyrocketed" from eleven to sixteen.

On the other hand, the number of people in the cave dropped from 19 to 14.

Ups and downs.

The number of people on the cruise ship exceeds half.

On the psychology of the thirty survivors:
The offensive and defensive momentum of both sides is different!
The departure of Zhang Jieqiang and his four companions also stimulated the members of the cave team, causing them to lose their original sense of superiority.

As the leader of the cave, Wang Genji had never been in management.

His meager management knowledge came mainly from his few years of experience in animal breeding.

In his opinion, as long as he controls the food, everyone has to listen to him.

If someone disobeys, he will take measures to cut off their food supply.

And his instruction to everyone was to 'collect food'.

It can be said that after being stranded on the island for more than ten days, the dozen survivors lost confidence in their future life and even began to become desperate.

At this moment, Zhang Jiqiang and his four companions suddenly disappeared, which made Wang Genji angry again, and he became more strict and harsh in managing everyone.

Without Zhang Jieqiang and the other five members at the bottom of the team, the person who was punished the most by Wang Genji was Ma Jin, who always remembered to go out to sea and come home and rarely worked outside.

Two days passed like this.

Ma Jin couldn't stand Wang Genji's rough and high-pressure management, so he moved up his plan to go overseas.

Of course, before going out to sea, he did not forget to bring his cousin Xiaoxing along.

Everyone in the cave didn't know that Ma Jin and his companions had gone out to sea.

Everyone thought that the two brothers, like Zhang Jieqiang, had gone to join Su Mingzhe.

The people's hearts, which were already close to collapse, could no longer be controlled at this moment.

Professor Shi, who was weak and helpless, was the first to think about joining Su Mingzhe.

However, he knew that he was weak and old, and walking dozens of miles might cost him half his life.

So, before setting off, he wanted to find himself some companions.

After much thought, he finally set his sights on the former office director, Lao Pan.

Old Pan's life became difficult after Zhang Jieqiang and others left.

You have to know that before this, Lao Pan was able to become the second most important person in the cave only by relying on his flattery and suppressing Zhang Jieqiang to please Wang Genji!
Now that Zhang Jieqiang has run away, the team is missing seven people. When Wang Genji assigned tasks, he naturally added burdens to everyone.

Lao Pan used to rely on flattery and did very little, but now he has to do as much as everyone else, and his dissatisfaction with Wang Genji has become even stronger.

Now, Professor Shi asked him to go with him, and Old Pan immediately nodded in agreement.

However, before leaving, Lao Pan discussed with Professor Shi and went to find a few more people, namely the receptionist Lucy, the intern Meijia, and the salesperson Long Wei.

The people that Lao Pan wants to take away are very particular.

Lucy and Mika are both women, and both are considered beauties.

Among them, Lucy, the receptionist, is a distant relative of Lao Pan and is also his close confidant.

The intern Meijia admires Professor Shi very much and can be considered his die-hard fan.

As for Long Wei, he is always helpful in the company, treats newcomers well, and has a good relationship with Su Mingzhe, Li Lin and others.

Lucy, Meijia, and Long Wei had long been fed up with Wang Genji's rough management. When they heard that Lao Pan and Professor Shi were leaving, they immediately agreed.

Another day passed. The five people collected some wild fruits as food for the journey and then left quietly.

A day later, the group crossed several hills and arrived at the cruise ship.

Su Mingzhe also expressed a warm welcome to the five of them and held a bonfire party for them. …

With the departure of Lao Pan and his five companions, the number of people in the cave dropped from twelve to seven.

The cave team, which was already on the brink of collapse, finally couldn't hold on any longer at this moment.

"Let's go, let's go. If they can walk, we can walk too! Let's all go find Xiao Su!"

Xiao Wang is not a fool. He knows that his high-pressure management is unpopular.

Seeing everyone leaving one after another, and then looking at the six shrimp soldiers and crab generals who were still following him, he no longer wanted to continue being the "Cave King".

After all, he was afraid that in two days, even these last few people would leave, and he would be truly alone.

……

Su Mingzhe really didn't expect that the entire Shandong team collapsed just a few days after Zhang Jiqiang arrived.

However, when everyone saw Wang Genji and his seven companions arrive, Qi Jie and the other women were somewhat surprised:
"Where are the brothers Ma Jin and Ma Xing?"

When Lao Pan and others came over yesterday, they said that Ma Jin and Xiao Xing had arrived a day earlier than them.

As a result, Wang Genji and others who set out two days later have arrived, but the Ma Xing brothers are still missing.

"Didn't they both come a long time ago?"

After confirming that Zhang Jiqiang and his five companions, as well as Lao Pan and his five companions had arrived safely, Wang Genji became confused about the whereabouts of Ma Jin's brothers.

Li Lin suddenly thought of a possibility and couldn't help but exclaimed:
"Brother Su, Ma Jin and Ma Xing...were they eaten by the monsters in the mountains?"

"What kind of monster is that?"

Zhang Jiqiang, Lao Pan, Wang Genji and other later generations did not know about the "legend of the strange scream in the middle of the night".

After all, the island is about forty miles long from north to south, and the cruise ship appeared in the southern part of the island, about fifty miles away from the cave in the northwest corner.

Even if some sound floats over, it will be ignored by the people living in the cave as ordinary noise.

Li Lin, Wang Liang and others quickly explained the situation of the "strange scream in the middle of the night" to everyone.

When everyone heard this, they were shocked and began to mourn for Brother Ma Jin silently:
"This pair of brothers is so unlucky. The first time they came here with Su Mingzhe and others, they encountered a heavy fog... Now they are here for the second time and have encountered a mountain monster that has transformed into a spirit!"

"Don't overthink it, maybe they just got lost!"

Su Mingzhe still remembered that Ma Jin had brought him the polar bear and made the "end of the world" a reality, so it was impossible for him to really abandon his brother Ma Jin.

"Li Lin, I'm going to go find Ma Jin and Ma Xing. You go and arrange accommodation for Xiao Wang and the others!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Su Mingzhe soared into the sky and flew towards the north.

……

After the brothers Ma Jin and Xiao Xing went out to sea, they rowed westward for two days but did not find the "continent", but instead encountered the corpse of a polar bear.

Xiaoxing, who had already accepted the idea of ​​'the end of the world', was now really scared.

He kept begging Ma Jin to ask his cousin to return to the island before the fresh water ran out.

Ma Jin was also panicked and didn't dare to move forward.

So, another two days passed.

The two of them then returned and just missed Wang Genji leading his men away.

Looking at the empty cave, Xiaoxing was a little scared:
"Brother, why is there no one in this cave?"

"Maybe they all went out to look for food?"

Ma Jin pretended to be relaxed and said things he didn't even believe.

Xiaoxing smiled bitterly and exposed his cousin's self-deception:
"Brother, if we were just out to look for food, the backpacks we usually put in the cave wouldn't have disappeared with us!"

The two brothers were silent for a while, and Xiaoxing guessed:
"Brother, do you think Wang Genji has also gone to join Su Mingzhe?"

(End of this chapter)