The system is four years ahead of schedule, but Weird is still a cub.

Chapter 614 "Cast Away on a Desert Island 2"

When Shen Ge first watched Ed Stafford's survival show, he couldn't help but laugh every time he saw "Worship Ed Stafford," but when it was his turn, he was still a little nervous.

Under the curious gaze of Alai and her siblings, Shen Ge began the most primitive method of making fire by friction.

He secured the cork board, stepped on it, and forcefully and rapidly spun the tip of the hardwood stick on the board.

Fortunately, although Shen Ge has lost his supernatural abilities, the power enhanced by the progenitor's supernatural abilities is still there, so starting a fire by rubbing sticks together is not as difficult as imagined.

Two minutes later, when a wisp of smoke rose from the groove in the wooden board, accompanied by a burnt smell, Moya, who had been watching, cried out in fright and hid behind Ellie.

Shen Ge carefully brought the tinder close to the smoking groove and gently blew on it.

"call……"

A small cluster of orange-red flames ignited for the first time on this desolate, black island for the exiles.

The flames burned steadily, crackling and dispelling the cold and dampness of the cave.

Shen Ge skillfully dismembered the stone crab, scraping off its internal organs with a sharp stone blade, leaving only the snow-white crab meat. Then she skewered the crab meat with a sharpened twig and roasted it over a fire.

Soon, an indescribable aroma, mixed with the scent of charcoal fire, filled the cave.

This aroma was unlike any raw, cold, or gamey food they had ever eaten before, and it powerfully whetted everyone's appetite.

As early as the incident with the Strange Pig, the Special Operations Department discovered that the strange flesh and blood were actually edible, and that the erosion of human beings by the strange energy they produced was almost negligible.

Although the creatures on this island are undergoing mutation, they are not even as powerful as first-tier monsters, and the erosion of their bodies by monster energy is almost non-existent.

When Shen Ge handed the first skewer of golden-brown, crispy, and sizzling crab legs to Mo Ya, the little girl timidly took it, first smelled it curiously, and then cautiously took a small bite.

The next second, her eyes widened instantly, as if she had discovered a new continent.

An unprecedentedly wonderful taste exploded on her taste buds, and she could no longer care about being reserved. She wolfed down the food, her mouth covered in oil stains.

Seeing the children wolfing down their food, Alai and Ellie's faces broke into long-lost, genuine smiles.

The way they looked at Shen Ge was filled not only with gratitude, but also with deep trust and reliance.

This mysterious man was not only powerful but also full of wisdom. He brought not only food but also something called "civilization" and "hope".

In the days that followed, Shen Ge, with his extensive survival knowledge, led the Alai family to establish themselves on the deserted island with great difficulty.

He taught the two boys how to make simple traps to catch small animals in the jungle; he took Ellie and Moya to the reefs after the tide receded to identify which seaweed and shellfish were edible; he reinforced the entrance to the cave with tough vines and sharp animal bones, and built rudimentary fortifications to deal with unknown dangers.

At night, they sat around the campfire, listening to faint, unsettling howls and dragging sounds coming from the depths of the jungle, but the flames burning at the cave entrance and Shen Ge's steady figure gave them an unprecedented sense of security.

Shen Ge seized every opportunity to quietly venture deeper into the jungle. He wanted to hunt down more "monsters" and absorb their energy.

He discovered that although the strange creatures on the island were of very low rank, mostly only around rank one, they were diverse in species.

There are strangler vines disguised as tendrils, acid beetles that can spray corrosive liquid, and swift shadow hounds...

Calling them eerie is inappropriate, because the erosion of their internal energy has not yet reached the level of eerie transformation, and the amount of eerie energy in their bodies is extremely small.

Shen Ge relied entirely on his strength and physique to fight monsters using pure physical methods. Every hunt was like a dance on the edge of a knife.

Without any magical abilities, he could only rely on intelligence, traps, and the most primal hand-to-hand combat. With each success, he would bring back the corpses, some as food, and the rest he would secretly "devour."

That connection with the system, though still weak from the accumulation of energy bit by bit, is no longer a fleeting spark, but rather like a candle flame flickering in the wind, stubbornly existing.

He could feel the activity of the progenitor's strange cells within his body slowly recovering. A trace of barely perceptible strange energy finally accumulated in his empty source of power. Although it was not enough to unleash any special properties, it subtly enhanced his strength, speed, and recovery ability.

That day, when he once again dragged the carcass of a two-headed hound back to the cave, Alai, with Ellie by his side, carefully applied a crushed purple seaweed to the wounds he had sustained in the last battle. The cool sensation relieved the pain considerably.

"Thank you," Shen Ge said softly, looking at her focused profile.

Alai looked up, and although she couldn't understand, she sensed goodwill in Shen Ge's eyes. She smiled slightly, pointed into the depths of the jungle, and that familiar, worried expression returned to her face. She gestured, indicating that Shen Ge shouldn't go too far, as it was dangerous there.

Shen Ge smiled too, patting his increasingly muscular chest with a determined look in his eyes.

To him, every shadow and every eerie howl in this jungle was no longer just a threat.

Caves were not a long-term solution; they were damp, dark, and lacked effective defenses.

The low-level monsters on the island provide very little monster energy. Shen Ge estimated that to "reactivate" the system, even just the most basic functions, he would probably need to hunt down hundreds or even thousands of such monsters.

This means he must be prepared to settle on the island long-term.

After sharing the barbecue once again, Shen Ge "informed" Alai and his siblings about his new plan.

He pointed to the cave, shook his head vigorously, and then led them to the seaside, stopping at the edge of a forest near a freshwater stream, backed by a steep rock wall, and facing the sea.

The view here is expansive, allowing one to observe the movement of the sea at any time, while the rock walls serve as a natural barrier, and the forest provides ample building materials.

Shen Ge had read Bear Grylls and Ed Stafford's survival guides quite often. Those seemingly useless pieces of knowledge became his most precious asset at this moment, when he had lost all his high-tech equipment.

He began to teach everyone how to build a real camp. He selected sturdy tree trunks as main beams and bound them together with soaked vines; he instructed the two boys on how to sharpen wooden stakes and set up a simple but effective defensive fence around the camp; he and Ellie and Moya built a roof that could shelter them from the wind and rain using broad leaves and moss mixed with soil.

Under Shen Ge's leadership, this temporary family displayed astonishing efficiency. Alai took charge of overall coordination, Ellie was meticulous and handled all the details, Kyle and Roca became the main workforce, and the youngest, Moya, was like a happy little elf, helping to pass vines and stones.

A dozen days later, a fairly large campsite rose up. A main shelter, a covered fire pit, a rack for smoking and drying food, and a ring of sharp defensive stakes together formed their first "home" in this strange world.

With the home completed, Shen Ge's bizarre hunting plan officially began.

He no longer wandered aimlessly, but began systematically clearing out the eerie creatures around the camp like a seasoned hunter. He crafted various traps, using the terrain and their strange habits to hunt them down. By day, he was the camp's guardian and mentor; by night, while everyone slept around the campfire, he transformed into a phantom of the darkness, silently reaping the lurking dangers.

Each time he absorbed something, his connection with the system strengthened slightly, but steadily.

He could feel the power belonging to the Demon King within his body slowly, bit by bit, gathering again.

As the hunting range expanded, Shen Ge's exploration of the island became increasingly in-depth.

He gradually discovered that the island was full of inexplicable mysteries, completely different from his imagined "survival on a desert island".

The first mystery is the source of the eeriness.

If this is an isolated island, where do these strange phenomena come from? They do not seem to be mutations of a single species, but rather a complete, small-scale ecosystem.

He has hunted the herbivorous "mushroom boar" and the "two-headed hound" that preys on the "mushroom boar".

This clear predator-prey relationship doesn't seem like the product of random mutation; it's more like it was carefully "placed" and "designed."

The second, and most perplexing, mystery for him was the way that supernatural energy existed.

In his understanding, a place capable of causing widespread biological mutations must be filled with a high concentration of eerie energy, and the air should be permeated with that unsettling energy.

However, on this island, as the perfect fusion of the progenitor's bizarre cells and the most sensitive being to bizarre energy, he could not sense the slightest bit of bizarre energy dissipating in the air.

The strange energy seems to exist only within the bodies of those bizarre creatures, like independent, self-contained batteries.

Once they die, the strange energy within them will dissipate in a short time, unless he actively "devours" them.

This completely violates the fundamental principles of supernatural abilities!
The feeling is as if the island itself is an "insulator," and these strange entities are "charged bodies" thrown into this insulator. They cannot affect the environment; they can only consume their own energy within their respective life cycles.

“This doesn’t seem like a naturally formed disaster zone…” Shen Ge sat on a rock, gazing at the deep jungle, his brows furrowed.

"This place is more like a... laboratory, or rather... a hunting ground."

Who created this place? And what was their purpose?
As time went by, Shen Ge hunted down hundreds of low-level monsters, and the monster energy within his body finally accumulated to a critical point.

He could feel that he could barely mobilize a trace of power. Although it was not enough to open any strange domains, it was enough to make his physical fitness far exceed that of ordinary people.

Most importantly, the bizarre ability of "rapid healing" has been restored!

And the "candle" connected to the system finally stabilized and was no longer in danger of going out at any moment.

He knew that simply hunting these "minor monsters" on the outskirts was too inefficient. To unravel the mystery and find the "high-level anomaly" that could truly restore his strength quickly, he had to delve into the core area of ​​the island.

Shen Ge stood up, patted the sand off his hands, and looked at the area in the center of the island that was shrouded in black mist all year round and could not even be penetrated by sunlight.

Exploration is imperative.

He not only wanted to survive, but also to figure out what kind of bizarre chessboard fate had thrown him onto.

After making the decision to explore further, Shen Ge did not set off rashly immediately.

He knew all too well that he was no longer the fearless, solitary king who could roam the world alone. Behind him were five lives who regarded him as their only support.

“We need a real home.” Shen Ge gestured to Alai, pointing to the simple cave and defensive fence, then made a larger and sturdier shape with his hands.

For the next month, Shen Ge devoted all his energy to the construction of the camp and the training of the boys.

No longer content with simple shelters, he led the people to utilize the natural advantages of the rock face, mixing clay, straw, and wood to build a row of much sturdier semi-subterranean houses. These houses were warm in winter and cool in summer, and could better withstand storms and wild animals.

He smashed the incredibly hard shell of the "Stone Crab Monster" he had hunted, sharpened it into sharp arrowheads and spearheads, and armed Kyle and Roca.

He no longer just taught them how to use weapons, but began to teach them the most basic combat skills: how to observe, how to sneak, how to use traps, and how to quickly retreat after an attack.

Under Shen Ge's guidance, Ellie learned to treat wounds with the juices of different plants and even made some simple insect repellents.

Food supplies also became more abundant, with smoked meat and dried fish hanging on special racks, enough to last them for a long time.

Under his leadership, the camp gradually transformed from a temporary refuge into a fully functional survival base with basic defensive capabilities.

The way Alai and her siblings looked at him changed from initial dependence to a deep sense of awe.

They didn't understand where this man came from, but the wisdom and ability he displayed were completely beyond their comprehension.

When everything was ready, Shen Ge knew that the moment of parting had arrived.

It was early morning when he handed Alai a bone-bladed dagger, forged from the sharpest fangs of a two-headed hound and bound with tough vines.

“Here, take this.” He said with mumbled syllables and gestures, “to protect…them.”

Alai took the dagger, its cold touch making her tremble slightly. She looked into Shen Ge's resolute eyes, her azure pupils filled with worry and reluctance, but this time, she didn't stop him.

She simply nodded vigorously, then reached out and, in their race's custom, gently pressed her forehead against Shen Ge's.

"Kururu...take care," she whispered.

After bidding farewell to everyone, Shen Ge set off alone on the road to the center of the island.

The deeper you go into the jungle, the more eerie the environment becomes.

(End of this chapter)