I and Zhuo Ya prepared to return to the cave where Zhuo Ya had been living, to observe the situation of the Kasa tribe and make further plans.
Having been attacked today, the Kasa tribe was undoubtedly in disarray. It was a shame I didn't manage to kill that high priest with a single shot.
Otherwise, I would have made the Kasa tribe taste the iron fist of modern civilization's military might!
However, wounding the leader of the Kasa tribe had, to some extent, met my expectations.
The barbarians of the Kasa tribe clearly had more muscle than brains. They would surely assume we had fled and gone into hiding.
But they would never have guessed that I, who had been forced to study Sun Tzu's Art of War by my family since childhood, was different!
As the art of war states, all warfare is based on deception.
Even if they racked their brains, they wouldn't imagine that Zhuo Ya and I hadn't left.
And were preparing to attack them a second time!
Actually, I hesitated at first. After all, every operation carried immense risk. We had succeeded by luck the first time when they were unprepared, but the second time, even if they thought we wouldn't dare attack them, they would still increase their defenses.
If it were the old me, I probably would have already fled with everyone in the cave.
But since arriving on this island and experiencing so much danger, I had learned a valuable lesson.
The only good enemy is a dead enemy!
If we stopped now, we wouldn't damage the Kasa tribe's foundation. A wounded beast would only become more ferocious. Only by thoroughly beating and subduing them would we prevent retaliation.
As the saying goes, strike while the iron is hot. If we didn't take this opportunity to heavily cripple the Kasa tribe, then once they recovered their strength, they would retaliate against us with even greater ferocity.
While I was lost in thought, Zhuo Ya and I had reached the mountaintop.
Zhuo Ya fumbled in a mess of grass and found the ladder we had climbed up earlier.
"Brother Xiao Ye, don't just stand there. Come down with me quickly."
She expertly lowered the ladder, then suspended herself in mid-air, urging me on.
To be honest, if there were any safer caves around, I would absolutely refuse to go back to her place with Zhuo Ya.
Even though I knew the ladder was very safe and wouldn't break, a person's safety and sense of security were two different things. Every time I was suspended in mid-air, I felt an urge to jump down.
But seeing Zhuo Ya slowly climbing down, I couldn't afford to lose face in front of a girl.
Gritting my teeth, I grabbed the ladder and slowly began to descend.
I don't know how this girl cultivated her courage.
Other girls, let alone climbing up and down daily without any safety measures, would scream in fear just looking down from a height. But Zhuo Ya felt nothing, as if it were as natural as eating or drinking.
My nerves had been on edge until we returned to the cave, where I finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Suddenly... rumble!
Awkward. After fighting for so long, my stomach was completely empty.
Just as I was thinking this, Zhuo Ya had already set up a pot and started preparing lunch.
She picked up a few sweet potatoes from a nearby bag and threw them into the fire, then took out a piece of dried meat and greased the bottom of the pot before putting it in.
We had set out in the morning, and now the sun was about to set.
The day had been thrilling and dangerous. If even a small detail had gone wrong, our morning meal might have been our last.
"Brother Xiao Yu, we'll be able to have a hot meal soon."
Lost in thought, I suddenly heard Zhuo Ya's voice.
I looked up. This girl's face was also covered in fatigue. After speaking to me, she casually took off her dirt-covered animal skin, tossing it aside.
What happened next stunned me.
I saw Zhuo Ya wasn't satisfied with just taking off her outer garment; she even started to take off her chest binding, prompting me to quickly stop her.
"Zhuo Ya! What are you doing!"
Zhuo Ya stopped what she was doing, turned to look at me with a puzzled and innocent expression, and said, "The clothes inside are stained with blood and are sticky, making me feel very uncomfortable. Of course, I have to take them off and wash them."
Damn it, had Shangguan Yao and the others ever taught Zhuo Ya about the difference between men and women these past few days?
I, a grown man, was standing right here, and she was about to undress? Wasn't she afraid I'd lose control and take advantage of her right then and there? httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
I touched my nose and said seriously to Zhuo Ya, "I'm still here. You're just going to take them off?"
Zhuo Ya blinked her big eyes blankly, then suddenly seemed to realize.
"Oh, Brother Xiao Ye, you're also covered in blood. It's my fault for only thinking of myself. You should quickly take off your clothes too!"
As she said this, she walked up to me and reached out to take off my clothes as well.
Me... Damn it!
This girl was so sharp when fighting, how could she be so muddled in everyday life?
Can clothes be taken off so casually?!