The two attackers were caught red-handed by Yue Hengyi. To prevent them from resisting, Yue Hengyi directly broke both their limbs and threw them to the ground. The two men cursed incessantly. Shen Feng's English wasn't very good, but he could still understand words like "shit" and "fuck," knowing that the two were cursing him, which made him feel even worse.
"Can you speak Chinese? If you can, answer quickly, why did you attack us?" Shen Feng asked.
However, the two attackers seemed to not understand what Shen Feng was saying at all, continuing to curse with a look of madness and red eyes.
Shen Feng couldn't stand their meaningless curses anymore and said to Yue Hengyi, "Little Yue, take off your socks and stuff them into these two's mouths."
Yue Hengyi was obedient and immediately took off his shoes and socks. As soon as his shoes were off, a strong, sour odor spread. Then, Yue Hengyi directly stuffed the socks into the mouths of the two captives. The two captives were disobedient and kept spitting them out.
As soon as Yue Hengyi stuffed the socks into the captives' mouths, they immediately spat them out, continuing to curse.
Yue Hengyi was frustrated. Didn't TV shows always show people stuffing cloth strips into enemies' mouths? Why couldn't he do it?
Yue Hengyi's thought was truly a lack of self-awareness. His socks, which he hadn't washed in a month, could stand on their own when thrown on the ground. The sweat and seawater had repeatedly soaked them, so the smell was imaginable, enough to make one feel sick. Now, stuffing the socks into someone else's mouth was even more unbearable.
Therefore, every time Yue Hengyi stuffed the smelly socks into the captives' mouths, they would immediately spit them out, unable to tolerate the smell.
Shen Feng watched Yue Hengyi's repeated actions and couldn't bear it any longer. He said, "Little Yue, dislocate their jaws so they can't close their mouths. Then you can stuff their mouths!"
Yue Hengyi was a bit confused and asked, "How do I do that?"
"Grab their jaws and pull them down forcefully. This will dislocate them, and then they naturally won't be able to move their mouths," Shen Feng said calmly.
Although Shen Feng's anatomy knowledge wasn't great, he knew how to dislocate a person's jaw and gave Yue Hengyi some pointers.
Yue Hengyi tried it and indeed dislocated both their jaws. He then stuffed the socks into their mouths. Since they couldn't close their mouths, even though their tongues could still exert force, they couldn't push the socks out.
After finishing this, Yue Hengyi couldn't help but say, "I'm going to the beach to wash my hands, and also to see how these people got close. It would be even better if we could find their boat!"
Yue Hengyi's hands were also covered in the smelly odor, and he felt it was inappropriate, so he prepared to go to the beach to wash his hands.
Shen Feng watched the two captives continue to struggle, but their limbs were already broken, rendering them completely immobile. They could only writhe like maggots. Shen Feng couldn't bear to see this scene. He considered himself a great benefactor and couldn't stand such pitiful sights.
Then, Shen Feng turned his head and faced the night sky to the side, out of sight, out of mind. If he couldn't see the pitiful scene, he wouldn't feel unbearable.
Just as Shen Feng was silently watching the dark night scenery, Yue Hengyi's exclamation came from the beach: "Brother, there's something! There's something here!"
Hearing Yue Hengyi's call, Shen Feng didn't hesitate. He stood up and ran towards the beach, thinking, "Could these two captives have accomplices?"
When Shen Feng reached the beach, he found a small boat tied to some bushes. It was a motorboat, and Yue Hengyi was standing beside it.
"What's going on? Just a boat, no need to shout like that?" Shen Feng said unhappily.
Yue Hengyi pointed to the cabin and said, "Look, Brother Feng, there's another person inside."
Shen Feng approached and saw that it was true. There was another person in the cabin. It was a man, his mouth sealed with tape, and his arms and legs were also bound. He couldn't move on the boat, only able to blink.
"He doesn't seem to be with them. Let's tear off the tape and ask." Shen Feng reached out and tore off the tape from the man's mouth, then asked, "Can you speak Chinese? What are you doing?"
Under the moonlight, Shen Feng could only vaguely see that this was a foreigner. Whether this guy could communicate normally was uncertain.
"Wuwu, I can speak a little Chinese. My wife is Chinese, and I've studied for two years. Thank you for saving me. I was almost killed by cannibals!" The man in the cabin immediately started complaining as soon as the tape was removed, tears and snot flowing down.
Seeing that the man could speak Chinese, Shen Feng immediately became happy. As long as they could communicate, they could ask for directions. He just didn't know the man's identity.
Yue Hengyi asked at this time, "What are the cannibals you mentioned?"
The bound man replied, "They are the two people who shot at you just now. They specialize in eating people. If you don't believe me, you can look at the packages on the boat, and the leftover meat they ate!"
Shen Feng felt a little nauseous upon hearing this. So, the two who attacked him originally intended to kill him and eat him.
Yue Hengyi didn't believe it and went to search the boat. He indeed found two thighs in a small box at the stern of the boat, and they were human.
"Damn it, Mr. Lu Xun didn't lie to us. There are really such madmen in the world!" Yue Hengyi was startled. As the saying goes, even a tiger doesn't eat its cubs. Even dogs don't eat their own kind, yet he had encountered people who ate people. Such things that only existed in legends could actually exist in the world?
"What's your name?" Shen Feng continued to ask.
The foreigner quickly replied, "My foreign name is Angnuo, but I also have a Chinese name. I am a famous Chinese person, named Li Mu! How about that?"
"Damn it, don't call yourself by this name anymore. The names of the Four Great Generals of the Warring States period are not to be called casually by you. From now on, you'll be called Li Gui, understand?" Shen Feng was speechless when he heard the man's Chinese name. How could the Four Great Generals of the Warring States period be captured and tied to a boat to be used as reserve food? Wasn't this an insult to Li Mu?
Shen Feng directly changed the man's name.
Angnuo was a bit unwilling. Westerners' thinking was different from Chinese people's. Westerners liked famous people, so they named themselves after famous people, like Roosevelt, or Elizabeth, etc., all imitating famous people's names. Now that his Chinese name was suddenly changed, it naturally caused his dissatisfaction.
"This is the name my Chinese teacher gave me. He said this name sounds very nice. If you change my name, it's too disrespectful to me!" Angnuo said in a low voice.
Shen Feng laughed and said, "You're quite demanding. If you don't agree to change your name, then I won't save you. You can stay on the boat honestly, and when we leave tomorrow, we'll leave you here!"
Angnuo quickly relented. Clearly, foreigners also understood the principle of not fighting a losing battle. "I agree, I agree, change my name! From now on, I'll be called Li Gui!"
Yue Hengyi looked at the remains on the boat and felt a pang of pity. He casually threw the box into the sea, never imagining that humans would eventually be eaten by their own kind.
Shen Feng began to untie Angnuo, and while untying him, he asked, "Li Gui, tell us the details of those two cannibals later. For now, you'll follow us. We don't eat people, and when we need translation, you'll have to step up."
Shen Feng and Yue Hengyi brought Li Gui to the campfire. Li Gui saw the two captives with their mouths stuffed on the ground and immediately thought of the torment he had endured these past few days. He rushed forward and started kicking and punching them. However, Li Gui hadn't eaten or drunk for a long time, and his body was weak, so the damage he could inflict was very low.
After Li Gui vented his anger, Yue Hengyi handed him a bottle of water and said, "Don't waste time, hurry up and tell us about these two. My brother needs to rest early. We're leaving tomorrow morning!"
Li Gui quickly took the bottle, drank the water, and explained what had happened in the past few days. It turned out that after the doomsday descended, the city was full of zombies. Survivors could only rush out of the city. He was no exception. He planned to take food and go to a remote place in the countryside to live. However, the food ran out, the zombies were not dealt with, and mutated beasts appeared on the grassland. This time, Li Gui could only hide on the island. There were almost no mutated beasts on the island. As long as the problems of water and food were solved, he could continue to survive.
Li Gui didn't want to kill zombies or mutated beasts. He knew he was just an ordinary person and couldn't do these things in combat. So, he only wanted to hide. Perhaps if he hid for a few years, the zombies and mutated beasts on Earth would suddenly disappear?
Unfortunately, Li Gui didn't expect that even hiding on the island was useless, because the dangers in the doomsday were always present. He hid on the island for about a month, and then suddenly two people arrived on the island, captured him, and tied him up on the boat.
Afterward, Li Gui was surprised to find that these two people were actually cannibals. With the doomsday, no one continued to farm because there was no safe place to farm. Even in the countryside, there were countless mutated beasts, and farming couldn't wait for the harvest. To survive, they could only live by hunting and gathering.
Some people survived by collecting nuts or fruits, while others hunted animals. Even mutated beasts had many weak individuals, and catching these mutated beasts could also fill their stomachs.
Some people hunted mutated beasts, while others specialized in hunting humans. This was because some hunters discovered that mutated beasts were too difficult to deal with. They couldn't defeat powerful mutated beasts, and one or two guns couldn't stop the mutated beasts' attacks. Small mutated beasts also tended to form packs and were difficult to deal with. Humans, on the other hand, were easier to hunt.
Humans' vigilance towards their own kind was sometimes not strong enough. When approaching them, as long as they didn't show hostility, people would have no defense. As long as they got behind these undefended humans and suddenly stabbed them, they could get dozens of pounds of meat and not worry about food for several days!
Thus, Li Gui unfortunately encountered these two cannibals who specialized in hunting humans. He thought he was doomed, but in the end, he was unexpectedly saved. It could only be said that misfortune turned into a blessing. Although he was almost eaten, his safety was now increased by following two strong individuals.
After hearing about this, Yue Hengyi couldn't help but ask, "You just let these people hunt their own kind? Can't you unite?"
"Sir, it's not that we don't unite. Who can tell the true identity of the other party just by looking at their appearance? Cannibals don't have their names written on their faces. How can we tell!" Li Gui immediately felt wronged. Who would like cannibals? It was precisely because they were difficult to distinguish that cannibals had a place to hide!
After hearing the whole story, Shen Feng shook his head helplessly and said, "The world has degenerated. If this kind of cannibalism appeared two years ago, it would have been a big news no matter where it was. But now, it has become so common. In the final analysis, it's the world that has changed."
Yue Hengyi pointed to the two wriggling figures on the ground and asked, "Brother Feng, what should we do with these two?"
Shen Feng shrugged and said, "When we set off tomorrow morning, throw them away! Throw one into the volcano and the other into the sea to feed the fish."