A Snake Transmigrated as a Scum A (GL) - Chapter 25.2

Di You didn’t believe it and ran to ask the director. A few minutes later, she came back as if struck by lightning, even a bit dazed, and sat down on the ground for a long time, unable to come to her senses.

Fu Man took in her expression, then turned to look at Li Yingxue beside her, only to find that her face had also turned slightly pale after hearing the news, and she was unusually quiet.

“Is being stranded on a deserted island really that scary? Haven’t we been living in the jungle for the past few days?”

“That’s different! Sister Fu Man.” Di You retorted, “We were recording a variety show before, so even if we couldn’t find food, we didn’t have to worry too much. But now it’s a real deserted island survival situation, and we can’t predict what will happen tomorrow. Wuwuwu, I want to go back.”

Tang Youyi comforted her by wrapping her arm around her shoulder and said, “Nothing will happen. There are so many of us here. If family and friends can’t reach us, they will definitely call the police to search for us. Let’s not scare ourselves.”

Di You was still scared: “But what if—”

Tang Youyi: “There’s no such thing as ‘if.’ With so many of us working together, we can’t possibly starve.”

They continued to wait, with Chu Xingchun’s team choosing a spot to wait on their own, while the director’s team, being larger in number, waited in a place with a good view.

By evening, the endless seaside still showed no sign of any passing boats.

Some people are constantly wandering by the waves, some are anxiously huddled next to the equipment with their heads down, and others are stirring the sand on the ground with sticks.

Everyone’s face was shrouded in anxiety.

Another hour passed, and night fell.

There are almost no boats going out to sea at night, so since none have appeared yet, that means no boats will come today.

The director has started speaking with the megaphone again.

“Everyone, really don’t worry. With so many of us missing, the city will definitely send someone to look for us. Plus, we just finished such a wildly popular jungle survival show. So many online viewers saw us and know we’re here. Even if we go a day or two without news, they will definitely guess that we’re trapped here…”

The director’s speech calmed down the originally anxious people a bit. Thinking about it, it does make sense. They weren’t secretly recording a variety show here without anyone knowing. Thousands of audience, fans, and netizens are watching; it would be hard to cause any trouble.

“…… Our immediate plan is to eat and drink well, don’t worry too much. Our logistics department has prepared plenty of food, we don’t need to hunt at all. Xiao Zhang, go distribute the self-heating hot pots to everyone. Let’s all eat, drink, and sleep well tonight! When the boat arrives tomorrow, we’ll all head back happily.”

The director called out for people to distribute small hot pots, and before long, a bonfire was lit in the clearing outside the forest. The crew and a few ordinary guests slowly gathered around to eat.

Perhaps because there was food, everyone felt more at ease, their nerves were less tense, and they even started to chat and laugh.

Di You brought four self-heating hotpot boxes, “Here, one for each of us.”

Fu Man took it over, but instead of immediately opening it to cook and eat, she sat down next to Li Yingxue and then started to open the lid, following Li Yingxue’s steps to unpack the meal and seasoning packets.

Li Yingxue paused for a moment, ignoring the woman, found the white heating pad underneath, poured a little water on it, covered it, and waited a few minutes.

Meanwhile, Fu Man also closed the lid and waited with her.

“By the way, I’ve never eaten this kind of thing before.” Fu Man looked at her beautiful profile and asked, “Is it good?”

Li Yingxue: “I don’t know.”

Fu Man: “I don’t know how you became so skilled?”

Li Yingxue shot her a glance: “There’s a manual on it.”

Fu Man looked at the packaging next to the small hot pot, and indeed, there it was. “… Sorry, I didn’t notice.”

By evening, worried that they might miss the arrival of the boat, they decided to make do and sleep for the night in the open space by the sea instead of returning to the cave.

Fu Man, Li Yingxue, Di You, and Tang Youyi huddled together on the far left side of the beach to sleep. The members of Chu Xingchun’s team, having developed a bond over seven days of collaboration, also slept in a separate area. As for the director’s team, they rested on the far right.

The next day, as soon as it got light, the boat still hadn’t arrived.

Chu Xingchun and the others caused a scene with the director again, and the director had to coax them for a long time before calming them down.

After having breakfast, everyone continued to wait aimlessly.

The director wanted to liven up the atmosphere and play a game, but no one cooperated, so he awkwardly put down the microphone and fell silent.

For lunch, we had steaming hot rice, but unfortunately, the frozen semi-finished meal packages went bad because the generator broke down and couldn’t keep them cold. The weather was hot, so most of them spoiled.

Because it is a live broadcast, there are thirteen cameras alone, eight following the guests, and the remaining five responsible for filming the cave, seaside, mountaintop, and other aerial and overhead shots.

There are also several silver screens and music equipment, which consume a lot of electricity. Therefore, the production team initially equipped a generator to power the equipment and used the boat’s refrigerator to store food.

Who would have thought that just two days before the show was set to end, the generator would malfunction for no reason? The director, considering that there were only two days left, figured that the remaining battery would barely last until the end of the show. As for the refrigerator running out of power, it was no big deal; they could make do with self-heating hot pots, which would also solve the food issue.

But unexpectedly, there was suddenly no signal, and the rescue call didn’t come.

The logistics crew informed the director about this matter, and the director was in a state of panic, saying, “It’s fine, it’s just some meal kits. As long as we have rice, flour, and cooking oil, that’s enough.”

The logistics crew heated up some of the remaining edible meal kits and simply turned them into a big pot dish for everyone to eat casually.

Chu Xingchun held a plastic bowl, eating a hodgepodge that looked like pig slop, enduring it over and over again.

As the days went by, by the third day, with the consumption of nearly twenty people, the food was running out quickly.

The supplies on the boat are facing a severe shortage, with rice, flour, oil, eggs, and other provisions running out, leaving only a small box of compressed biscuits.

But this small box of compressed biscuits is simply not enough.

Soon, people began to develop selfish desires and started fighting over them.

The Alphas began to fight and plunder, releasing pheromones. The Omegas’ pheromones were naturally suppressed, leaving them unable to resist. Even the Betas, who couldn’t smell the pheromones, were blinded by the instinct to survive.

Fu Man and her team stood under the tree, not joining the melee, quietly watching the people fighting over each other.

Suddenly, Di You grabbed one of Tang Youyi’s hands, pressed her forehead against her shoulder, inhaled her scent deeply, her body swaying and soft.

“I’m feeling so uncomfortable…” Di You let out a sultry moan.

Tang Youyi was shocked again and again, holding her shoulder: “Di You, what’s wrong with you?”

Fu Man looked over and saw Di You’s cheeks flushed with a layer of redness. She immediately realized that it was affected by the pheromones of those Alphas over there and instinctively looked at Li Yingxue beside her.

I don’t know if her face was already pale or if she was just controlling it too well, but her face looked the same as usual. She picked up her backpack and said coldly, “Hurry, let’s go back to the cave.”

You need to stay away from those aggressive people immediately.

Tang Youyi reacted and helped Di You walk into the forest.

Fu Man also didn’t fall behind, following Li Yingxue closely.

After about ten minutes, we arrived at the bottom of the cave.

Li Yingxue suddenly stopped, turned around, looked at the closely following Fu Man, and asked her, “Where are they?”

Fu Man also stopped, turned around, and saw that Di You and Tang Youyi, who had been following her, had somehow fallen behind.

“I don’t know.” Fu Man pursed her lips and replied honestly.

Just now, seeing Li Yingxue running so hurriedly and quickly, I was only focused on following her and didn’t notice that the person behind had fallen behind.

“Also, Tang Youyi should take care of Di You—”

Fu Man had just opened her mouth when Li Yingxue interrupted her, “Go find them.”

Fu Man didn’t understand: “What about you?”

“What do you mean?” Li Yingxue tightened the straps of her backpack, lowered her gaze, and said, “I don’t need you to take care of me.”

Fu Man didn’t move.

Li Yingxue repeated the same thing: “Don’t come up, I’ll go to the cave first to secure a position. You go find them. If we encounter an Alpha, Di You won’t be able to handle it.”

After saying that, she grabbed her backpack and climbed into the cave without looking back.

Fu Man watched her slender figure disappear from sight, fell silent for a moment, and slightly clenched the hand resting by her side.

She closed her eyes.

After a moment, a thick venomous snake slithered out of the forest and came before her.

Fu Man half-squatted down, touched its head with her index finger, and a faint green light flowed from her fingertip into its forehead scales, awakening its intelligence.

She instruct it: “Go check where Tang Youyi and Di You are.”

With that, the venomous snake quickly slithered away from her feet.

Fu Man picked up her backpack with one hand, looked in the direction where Li Yingxue had left, and took a big step forward the next moment.

At least Di You has Tang Youyi, this Beta, by her side, while Li Yingxue only has herself.

Returning to the cave once more, Fu Man looked at the vast cavern but did not see Li Yingxue’s figure, her brows furrowing tightly.

Where did she go?

“Li Yingxue?”

“Captain?”

An empty echo returned, and Fu Man realized she might have gone somewhere else.

Fu Man stepped towards the pool near the cave, following the faint scent of irises to the pool where she had bathed before.

Next to the sink, a neatly arranged backpack was placed on the ground, with a few pieces of clothing piled beside it.

There were even a few pieces of clothing that were thrown in such a hurry that they ended up particularly messy and disheveled.

The scent of irises has also disappeared here. Fu Man hesitated and walked in: “……Li Yingxue?”

The figure in the pool froze, and upon seeing the newcomer, her beautiful eyes burned with cold fury: “Fu Man, get out!”

Fu Man vaguely saw her head above the water, chuckled lightly, “So you wanted to take a bath. You should have said so earlier. I just came back and saw you weren’t in the cave, thought something happened to you.”

Li Yingxue stared at the shadowy figure backlit by the light, her expression showing no sign of softening.

Fu Man turned around: “I’ll be waiting for you outside, make sure to wash up well.”

Fu Man didn’t walk far; she sat on a rock outside the pool, put down her backpack, and pondered how to resolve this matter.

Actually, she thought that this series of accidents might be a coincidence, after all, equipment malfunctions are not uncommon, until she caught a whiff of the scent of mandrake flowers, and then she became uncertain.

This familiar smell is very similar to the snake scent of her arch-nemesis on the Holy Spirit Continent—Black Python Xu Anji.

She first smelled this scent emanating from the broken signal extender that day.

If it really is that dead black python, these things might actually have been done by her.

But this is a bizarre ABO world, where Alphas and Omegas carry all sorts of pheromones, so it’s not surprising that someone’s pheromones smell exactly like mandrake flowers.

So she has never been sure whether it was that black python who did it.

In the pool, Li Yingxue supported herself with one hand against the damp, rugged rock wall, her forehead resting on the back of her hand, her fingers digging into her palm, enduring with all her might.

The glands at the back of the neck submerged in the water, cutting off the pheromone transmission.

Just hold on a little longer.

I hate it.