"Okay, let's do that."
Lu Guichi agreed immediately, and they split up, each searching in a different direction.
However, a few minutes later, the night sky suddenly brightened. Lu Guichi stopped and turned around to see that it was a signal flare, seemingly far from him.
After a moment of silence, Lu Guichi suddenly changed direction and made his way quickly back to the coast where the boat was moored. He got on, lowered a temporary lifeboat, and left the isolated island.
The lifeboat was fast, and it took Lu Guichi just over forty minutes to return to the island where Shi Ying and the others had been.
Upon arrival, Lu Guichi noticed that the large ship Shi Ying and the others had been on was no longer in sight.
"It seems Ba Ning has successfully persuaded them to leave."
Lu Guichi muttered to himself, stopped the lifeboat, and got onto the island.
The vast sandy beach could be seen at a glance, empty.
