Swordsmanship-Burst!

The next morning, Xia Lun woke before sunrise. After a quick breakfast of smoked fish, he packed the food he had prepared and set out to explore.

He had lived on the island as a hunter for nearly a month and had even thought he knew it inside out. But after the Salt Monster killed the Gunner, the Monkey turned into a Salt Monster, and the ghost ship appeared, he realized that this isolated island remained an unsolved mystery to him.

In short, it was a deeply mysterious island.

"In my experience, no matter how bizarre a supernatural phenomenon looks, there's always some logic behind it," Xia Lun thought as he walked. "This game is called Investigator, after all. Now's the time to investigate."

—And then Xia Lun spent the entire day wandering the island without finding a thing.

He searched the Crossroads, Camp No. 2, and the Highest Point all over again, so thoroughly that he might as well have dug up the ground. He found nothing—not a clue, not even a single Salt-Covered Wild Man.

When the sun set and the moon rose again, Xia Lun put his aimless investigation on hold and returned to the Shelter.

With his Constitution at eighteen, even a full day of strenuous activity had not tired him out. Hunger and cold, however, were another matter.

Thanks to the survivors' work, the Shelter now had enough food and fuel to last six months. Numerous Alarm Traps and a high outer wall provided basic security.

Xia Lun made a tasty fish soup with smoked fish, scallops, and coconut flesh. With fragrant toasted bread, honey, and canned salted jerky alongside it, he had a simple but hearty dinner.

His Cooking was nothing special, nowhere near the Brigadier General's, but the fresh ingredients still chased away