Seeing the grin on his face, I felt a pang of unease and immediately went to check his arm.
There was only a shallow cut on his arm, one that I had made with my sword earlier.
Dark blood flowed out from the wound, but by this time it had already turned red again.
"How are you feeling? Anything uncomfortable?" I asked.
"No... I just feel a bit weak, maybe it was the pain earlier that was so intense..." Number Three said. "Thank you, Brother Ye..."
Lin Chun calls me Brother Lu, and Number Three calls me Brother Ye. It's all me, so I didn't dwell on it.
"Can you tell me what it felt like before?" I asked.
"When my arm turned black, I felt like I was being consumed. All my strength vanished, and I felt incredibly weak..." Number Three said. "But when you used your sword on me just now..."
He clutched his chest at this point. "It felt like a piece of my heart was ripped out, intense pain coursing through every inch of my body, even affecting my breathing..."
"And now?" I asked.
"Now I only have one feeling..." Number Three looked at me.
"What is it?" I became immediately nervous.
"Hungry..." Number Three whispered.
Hearing this, I couldn't help but laugh. "Can I get you a whole deer to eat later?"
"Thank you, Brother Ye!" Number Three immediately broke into a smile.
Then something else occurred to me. I rummaged through my backpack and pulled out a water flask containing the Water of Life.
I carefully poured out half a capful and handed it to Number Three. "Try drinking this!"
Number Three looked at me, puzzled. "Brother Ye, what is this? Why are you being so careful?"
Hearing this, I could only smile wryly. After all, every drop of Water of Life was precious.
One of my biggest regrets was not bringing back more Water of Life, considering how much there was in that place.
"Just drink it, don't ask," I said, a little impatiently.
Number Three nodded and drank the half capful of Water of Life without hesitation.
The next moment, Number Three's expression changed.
We all tensed up.
Then we saw Number Three's face light up with excitement. "Brother Ye... I'm okay! It doesn't hurt at all! What... what is this stuff?"
"Painkiller!" I said.
"Wow... this painkiller works so well! Not only does it not hurt, but I feel my strength returning!" Number Three exclaimed excitedly.
I glanced at the wound on his arm. It had already completely healed.
"Besides the thing on your arm, are there any other abnormal spots on your body?" I asked.
"No!" Number Three replied. "We're all the same, we have something on our arms..."
"That's good!" I nodded.
The sheer power of that thing's explosion moments ago still left me with a sense of dread.
It was only the size of a needle point. If Vexy had been determined to kill me and used even a sliver of the Tree of Life, I suspected it could have devastated half of this island.
"Brother Ye... what's wrong?" Seeing my grim expression, Number Three asked quickly.
"Nothing. Let's continue looking for the others!" I said with a smile.
"But... but..." Number Three hesitated.
"What is it now?" I asked.
"Didn't you just say you'd get him a deer? This guy is probably hungry..." Lin Chun said, exasperated.
I could only smile. There was no point in rushing now, so I went and caught a deer and roasted it.
Number Three ate with gusto, his entire being radiating excitement.
Honestly, I envied him. In a way, his ambitions weren't grand; having enough to eat was enough to keep him excited for a long time.
But for me, my ambitions had grown considerably.
There were many things to worry about, and it felt like I hadn't genuinely been happy for a long time.
Seemingly sensing my low mood, Lin Chun smiled and took out two small iron flasks from his pocket.
The flasks weren't large, only about palm-sized. "This is some very precious aged liquor. I was planning to hoard it all for myself, but I'll share a bottle with you..."
Seeing these small flasks, I smiled and we each took one, and began drinking on the beach.
We stayed for one night, and the next morning, we set out again.
There were still people to find, and finding them quickly would be a great help.
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We intensified our search, following the direction the lifeboats had departed.
After nearly five days of searching, there was still no sign of them.
Number Three seemed indifferent, eating and drinking every day.
But I grew increasingly impatient.