Trembling At A High Altitude

Under Zeka's lead, everyone, holding their umbrellas, walked towards the direction of the dock.

The rain suddenly intensified.

Then the thunder also became denser.

Walking in the densely thundering rain always made everyone's heart hang in their throats.

Especially when one clap of thunder, seeming to strike the nearby grassland, made everyone turn pale upon hearing it.

Li Teng, however, was indifferent.

Back on the stone pillar, he had experienced even closer and fiercer thunder than this.

Moreover, the high lightning rod effect of the stone pillar did not kill him; it seemed that in the Film and Television City, whether he would be struck by lightning was all up to the director's arrangement, so there was no need to worry.

The only thing Li Teng needed to be cautious of now was the ghost mentioned in the task.

The ghost mixed among the tourists.

Gemma had already been disabled; it was unlikely she was the ghost, otherwise she would not have allowed Aila to take revenge on her with salt.

Of course, it might be a pretense.

The others...

Richard?

Typically, the scumbag character, very unlikely to be a ghost.

Zeka and that female staff member had the biggest suspicions.

Because Li Teng was not familiar with them.

Unfamiliar people, he couldn't judge whether their actions fit their character.

Anyway, who the ghost is now was really hard to say.

Just keep observing.

The tour guide had died, but that doesn't prove anything.

Because in the task it says, every day one tourist will be killed by the ghost.

The tour guide was not categorized as a tourist.

...

About twenty minutes later, the group walked along a stony path through the weeds and finally reached the dock.

A terrifying scene occurred.

The yacht had already disappeared from the dock.

Li Teng was not surprised at all.

Rather typical for a horror movie.

You know staying somewhere very dangerous might get you killed, but you just can't leave.

"Zeka! Where is the yacht? Where is the yacht? What kind of job are you doing? Call the yacht back right now! Otherwise, you don't need to return to the company!"

Richard was very angry.

He had wounded Gemma and left her stranded on this island.

Judging by the weather, the next few days were not suitable for sailing, which could mean letting Gemma suffer to death on the island. After her death, he could pretentiously come to the rescue and take the body back.

But now, the yacht had vanished!

Everyone would have to continue staying on the island.

And the longer they stayed on the island, the chances of others discovering Gemma would increase.

Once she was found, he would be in a lot of trouble.

That was why Richard was so furious at this moment.

Zeka took out his phone and dialed the driver's number.

"The number you have dialed is out of the service area…"

"Out of service area? What kind of joke is this? Where did this driver go?" Zeka cursed loudly.

Having no choice, Zeka tried calling other numbers in the yacht company.

The result was either they were switched off or out of the service area!

"It's really wicked!" Seeing he couldn't contact the yacht company, Zeka decided to dial the emergency services for help.

But then, his phone suddenly blacked out and broke in an instant.

No matter what he did, he couldn't turn it back on.

Clearly, after getting wet in the rain, water had seeped into his phone, burning the circuit board while it was being used, leading to damage.

"Director Lin, my phone is broken, I can't contact the outside world. How about you call emergency services for help?" Zeka had no choice but to come over and suggest to Richard.

"Calling the authorities for rescue over something like this, isn't that a waste of public resources? How would that make me look?" Richard immediately dismissed Zeka's proposal.

If the police came to the island, and someone mentioned his wife Gemma, and the police searched the island, his troubles would increase significantly.

Therefore, the events of today must not alarm the police.

After hesitating for a long while, Richard decided to call a trusted relative of his to try to arrange a boat to pick them up.

After dialing the number...

"The number you have dialed is out of the service area…"

Richard couldn't help but frown.

This person had no travel plans these days! How could they be out of service?

Richard tried dialing a few more numbers.

The results were either switched off or out of service area, none could be reached!

At this point, the female staff member lent her phone to Zeka and held an umbrella over him to let him continue contacting the outside world.

Zeka dialed some numbers, the results were the same as before, either switched off or out of the service area.

Zeka even secretly dialed the emergency services to see what would happen.

Out of service area as well!

That was strange!

Emergency services out of service area?

They are landlines, how could they be out of service?

"Director Lin, something is not right, all the numbers I dialed are either switched off or not in service," Zeka mentioned to Richard.

Richard's face darkened.

He already knew the results.

But he had absolutely no explanation!

How could everyone simultaneously be switched off or out of service?

For this situation, Li Teng and the other three were not surprised at all.

It looked like the plot task had entered the next phase.

From entering the deserted island, they had become trapped on the deserted island.

Next, it was the ghost's turn to perform, killing all the tourists one by one.

"It looks like we're going to be stuck here," Aila whispered to Li Teng under his umbrella at that moment.

"Not surprising," Li Teng replied calmly.

"I know, I mean... it's going to be more troublesome later. You know there's a ghost among these tourists. Now that we're trapped, the ghost will definitely start killing, one a day. If we can't find that ghost soon and get the pass, we'll all die here," Aila said with a worried tone.

"Who do you think the ghost could be?" Li Teng whispered to Aila.

"I think Zeka and that female assistant are the most suspicious. The female assistant hardly speaks and doesn't seem very present, which is likely her trying to make us overlook her. But the more inconspicuous they are, the more dangerous they are," Aila answered Li Teng.

"Hmm, possibly," Li Teng replied, considering Aila's words. Suddenly, he felt it was very likely that the female assistant could be ruled out.

If even Aila suspected her, the likelihood of others suspecting her was also high.

That meant it was almost impossible for her to be the one.

It was hard to say how the director and scriptwriter wanted to plot the story this time. Simply by observation, it was difficult to distinguish who might be human or a ghost.

Without a yacht, there was no way to leave the deserted island.

Moreover, they couldn't make contact with the outside world.

After standing there with a grim expression for a while, Richard made a decision.

Everyone was to return to the courtyard they were in earlier.

The courtyard provided shelter from the rain and had a kitchen stove where they could make fire, boil water, and cook.

Continuing to stand at the dock getting soaked by the rain was pointless.

Richard didn't seem interested in discussing with anyone. It was obvious he was a very assertive and domineering person. He didn't even seek the opinion of the Song siblings before telling everyone to head back to the courtyard.

Of course, no one else had a better idea.

So, with Zeka leading the way in the rain, everyone followed the stone path through the weeds, stepping into puddles as they made their way unevenly toward the direction of the courtyard.

Richard was actually very reluctant to go back to the courtyard.

Though the place where Gemma was trapped was somewhat far from the courtyard, Richard was still worried that Gemma's screams might travel over and draw attention from the others.

But there was no other choice now, he couldn't just let everyone keep standing at the dock getting rained on, could he?

Thus, nearly half an hour later, everyone found themselves back in the courtyard together.

The rain grew heavier. Although they had umbrellas, nearly everyone was still soaked through.

Zeka was wet from head to toe, and though the temperature wasn't very low, the wind made him feel somewhat cold, which in turn made his face look pale.

"We... need to start a big fire to dry our clothes," Zeka chattered through his teeth.

He felt cold not just because his clothes were wet, but also because he seemed to have a fever.

Many people who rarely get fevers misunderstand and think that you feel hot when you have a fever. In reality, you feel cold when you have a fever.

The higher the fever, the colder you feel.

This is because once the body temperature rises, the difference in temperature between the environment and your body increases. You feel hot when the outside temperature is higher than your body temperature, and cold when it is lower.

Even in the scorching heat of 37 degrees, if the body temperature rises above 40 degrees, one would feel cold, not hot.

This was exactly what Zeka was experiencing, feeling exceptionally cold, and wanting to start a fire to warm himself.

To start a fire, first, they needed some firewood.

The stone house where everyone was didn't have any firewood; all the firewood was piled up next to the kitchen stove.

There was a large bundle of thoroughly dry weeds and a stack of split firewood.

There were even some coal briquettes.

So Zeka ran to the kitchen, and after a while, he lit a pile of weeds, using the fire from the weeds to ignite some firewood, and then he placed some coal briquettes on top of the wood.

The dense smoke from the burning weeds and firewood choked Zeka so much that he couldn't stop coughing and could barely keep his eyes open.

However, the heat from the fire made him, who was feeling somewhat chill, a lot more comfortable.

The others observed that the dense smoke in the kitchen was dispersing somewhat before they came into the kitchen with umbrellas.

"Zeka, the guests are hungry, go slaughter some chickens and ducks for the guests to eat!" Richard, hungry himself, commanded Zeka in the name of the guests.

"I'm sick, feverish, weak all over, if I keep standing in the rain I will die..." Zeka coughed as he responded to Richard.

"You putting me and the guests in this situation is your fault! But I don't want to pursue your earlier responsibilities now! If you still want to work properly in the company, then hurry up and do as I say! Make amends for your mistakes! Don't give me all sorts of excuses!" Richard was displeased.

"I'm really sick... Okay, I'll go." Zeka forced himself back out into the rain.

Richard's female assistant seemed to have no intention of helping, although both were staff brought by Richard, their treatment under him seemed very different.

Li Teng deeply suspected that Richard, this scumbag, also had an affair with the female assistant, allowing her to rightfully enjoy Zeka's services.

Zeka probably understood this too, so he didn't involve the female assistant while working.

After about ten minutes, Zeka caught three chickens and four ducks from the chicken and duck cages, tied them up, and brought them back to the kitchen, then sat at the kitchen door to skin and pluck them.

Li Teng could tell that this man probably didn't usually do these things, so he really didn't know how to proceed.

"Why did you bring back three chickens and four ducks?" Richard asked Zeka.

"We have three ladies and four gentlemen here, my thought was one for each person." Zeka honestly replied to Richard.

"Are you insinuating that our women are 'chickens' and our men are 'ducks'?" Richard couldn't help but rage upon hearing Zeka's reply.

"Director Lin, you are overthinking it! I absolutely didn't mean that!" Zeka was very aggrieved.

"Director Lin, don't push him anymore." Yang Shunli couldn't stand it anymore and said a few words to persuade Richard.

Now that there were seven people here, and only this one 'servant', if they really annoyed this 'servant' and he threw in the towel, wouldn't they have to start fending for themselves to avoid going hungry?

"President Song gave his word, I definitely have to give him face." Richard responded to Yang Shunli with a fake smile.

While Zeka was skinning and plucking by the door, he suddenly swayed and collapsed on the ground.

Yang Shunli and the female assistant hurried over to help Zeka up.

They found out that he was pale, his eyes tightly closed, and he seemed to have passed out.

"Humph! He's fine! Faking illness, feigning death, just doesn't want to work, this guy has always been slippery." Richard said disdainfully.

Zeka really wasn't that serious, he was just so frustrated that he intentionally pretended to faint. Hearing Richard's words, he was so angry that he almost wanted to speak up.

Suddenly remembering he was supposed to be unconscious, he held back.

"I'll do it then, you guys help me out."

Li Teng was also hungry, it seemed impossible to count on others, so he decided to fend for himself.

With his rich outdoor survival skills, Li Teng was very adept at handling these chickens and ducks.

In no time, he had skinned and plucked all the chickens and ducks, removed the inedible organs, rinsed them with rainwater, then cut the meat into chunks and put them into the pot, lighting the stove and starting to stir-fry.

There were only basic condiments like oil and salt in the kitchen, but for the hungry people, these chicken and duck pieces didn't need much seasoning. As Li Teng stir-fried them, the aroma immediately caused everyone's stomachs to rumble.

"Toil more, get more; I'll serve myself a bowl first, the rest of you can share what's left." Li Teng said to everyone after he finished stir-frying.

Richard felt somewhat dissatisfied and wanted to say something, but considering Li Teng was Song Qing's bodyguard, he held back.

Li Teng served himself a bowl of chicken legs and duck wings, but didn't eat it himself, instead, he passed it to Aila, then served himself another big bowl of chicken and duck breasts and other meaty parts to fill himself up.

Aila glanced at Li Teng with a touch of emotion... This man was much more reliable than Richard! Very caring, his wife must be very lucky.