Su Hongli looked at Luo Xiu and Su Shenyun with a dubious expression, certain the two were up to something.

"I just saw some smoke on the island over there. Someone might be starting a fire. Should we go check it out?"

"We should," Luo Xiu replied without a second thought.

Su Hongli stared into Luo Xiu's eyes. "Now it's time for you to tell me what's really going on."

Luo Xiu looked utterly confused. "What else is there to say?"

Su Hongli demanded, "What did you do to Shenyun while I was away?"

Luo Xiu met her gaze with an innocent look. "What do you think I could have done?"

Su Hongli said in a low voice, "Made love."

"Absolutely not," Luo Xiu replied. "You know I last for a long time—at least an hour."

Su Hongli challenged, "Then what's with this fishy smell?"

With an exasperated look, Luo Xiu couldn't be bothered to explain. "Fine, believe whatever you want."

Su Hongli huffed lightly.

Luo Xiu went over, took the coconut snail from her hand, and tossed it straight into the Alchemy Furnace before pouring in a bottle of mineral water.

"Let's eat something before heading to that island you mentioned."

Su Hongli joked, "I didn't expect your furnace to be so useful."

…

Their first meal on the deserted island was simple, consisting of just a few coconut snails, but the three of them ate with great relish. However, with Luo Xiu's terrifying appetite, it was barely enough to fill the gaps between his teeth.

After eating, Luo Xiu took out various daily necessities from his Jade Pendant to hand out.

The two women squatted before him, staring like curious children. Seeing the pile of supplies, their faces lit up with smiles, thinking of Luo Xiu as their "Doraemon."

"Soap, shampoo, shower gel, toothpaste and toothbrushes, mineral water, beef jerky, compressed biscuits…"

Suddenly, Su Shenyun asked, "Do you have any sanitary pads?"

Luo Xiu glanced at her. "Do you want me to go to the supermarket and buy some for you right now?"

…

"Why would a man like me carry that stuff?" Luo Xiu retorted.

Su Shenyun sighed in resignation.

Luo Xiu asked, "Is it that time of the month for you?"

"In a few days."

Luo Xiu teased, "Well, give me one night, and I'll make sure you have peace for the next ten months."

Su Shenyun smiled. "I was sterilized a long time ago, so I can't enjoy ten months of peace."

Hearing this, Luo Xiu paused for a moment. "Well, when the time comes, you'll just have to make do with tissues."

Su Hongli looked at Su Shenyun sympathetically, then changed the subject. "Speaking of which, do we only have four bottles of mineral water left?"

"That's why we need to use it sparingly from now on," Luo Xiu said. "Hopefully, we can find freshwater on the island."

…

After distributing the supplies, the three left their temporary shelter, preparing to go to the island where Su Hongli had seen smoke.

Although Luo Xiu could walk on water, his physical condition was extremely poor, so he didn't want to use his Spiritual Energy again. He had no choice but to take the two women to chop some wood and build a raft.

After half a day of hard work, they finally completed the raft.

On the beach, while pushing the raft toward the sea, Luo Xiu suddenly asked, "Are you sure there was smoke on that island? Could it have been fog? I'm afraid we're making this trip for nothing."

Su Hongli nodded. "I'm certain. But even if I'm wrong, it won't be a wasted trip," she added.

Luo Xiu was puzzled. "Why not?"

Su Hongli explained, "Because the island we're on is too small and has very limited resources. There aren't even many coconut trees, so we need to move to a bigger island."

At that moment, Su Shenyun spoke up. "We might be the first people to come here. How about we name the islands?"

After a moment of thought, Luo Xiu said, "Let's call it Smoking Island."

Both women looked at him with disdain. His naming skills were truly something else.

Su Hongli pointed toward the island ahead. "The largest one, where we're headed, will be called Red Carp Island."

"The second-largest one next to it will be Shenyun Island."

"As for the one we're on now, we'll just call it Luoxiu Island."

Luo Xiu immediately protested, "That sounds awful! Wouldn't 'Xiu Luo Island' be better?"

"True. But 'Xiu Luo Island' sounds a bit intimidating, don't you think?"

Su Shenyun asked curiously, "By the way, why did your parents name you 'Luo Xiu'?"

"I'm an orphan. My master gave me this name."

"Oh, I see…"

Amid their lighthearted banter, the raft carried the three of them ever closer to Red Carp Island.

After landing, Su Hongli took the lead, heading toward the place where she had seen the smoke.

After nearly half an hour of walking through the dense forest, they finally reached their destination. They were shocked to find the wreckage of the plane's nose section had fallen there.

Luo Xiu said, "It looks like the smoke you saw was coming from here."

Su Hongli said nothing, hurrying to crawl inside the wrecked cockpit. Su Shenyun followed close behind.

The cockpit had been burned down to its metal frame, and there were no useful supplies inside. However, the two women found several bodies that had been burned to charcoal.

The charred corpses, dragged out by the women and laid neatly on the ground, were a harrowing sight.

Su Hongli looked at Luo Xiu. "I think this place should be called 'Xiu Luo Island.'"

Luo Xiu replied, "Red Carp Island is a very nice name."

Su Hongli sighed softly. "These were all crew members. I want to give them a proper burial."

Su Shenyun stared at the charred bodies, her gaze lowered. "The imposter Envoy's body should be among them. He was tied up in the rest area behind the cockpit, which was right in the nose of the plane."

Luo Xiu asked, "How can we be sure which one is his?"

"It's simple," Su Shenyun said. "Whichever body has a Soul-devouring Worm in its head is his. The worms aren't that easy to kill."

Luo Xiu's lip curled in disgust. "Disgusting. You do it yourself."

He walked off to the side to keep his distance, found a broken coconut tree to lie down on, and casually plucked a coconut. He was exhausted, his entire body weak and lethargic, and he didn't even want to move.

「Some time later.」

Holding a coconut, Luo Xiu returned to where the wreckage had fallen and found that the heads of the corpses had already been smashed open.

Since there were no proper tools, Su Shenyun must have used a rock.

Luo Xiu glanced down at the coconut in his hand, which he had also cracked open with a rock. Suddenly, it didn't taste sweet anymore.

"Did you find it?" he asked.

Su Shenyun flashed him a triumphant smile and waved her hand.

"Where's your sister?" Luo Xiu asked.

"She went over there to find a place to dig a pit. She wants to bury them."

Luo Xiu's gaze fell on the dark wound in the palm of her right hand. "So, you raise the Soul-devouring Worm inside your own body?"

"It's a secret technique developed by the Audit Bureau, specifically for controlling Soul-devouring Worms," Su Shenyun explained.

"You seem really invested in this worm," Luo Xiu remarked.

"Of course. This worm contains critical information, and retrieving it is my mission."

"We discovered long ago that the Envoy of the Holy Boi Religion had a double acting in his place, controlled by a Soul-devouring Worm."

"Mandala was positioned by the imposter Envoy's side. She would periodically take the worm from his head, replace it with a new one, and send the old one back to the real Envoy."

Luo Xiu frowned. "So the real Envoy could read the imposter's memories from the worm that was sent back?"

Su Shenyun nodded. "You can think of this worm as a kind of storage card."

"So now that you have this 'storage card,' you can read its memories and get important information about the Holy Boi Religion?" Luo Xiu asked.

"It has to be handed over to the Audit Bureau," Su Shenyun replied. "Their tech department has the ability to read it. I can't."

"You went to all that trouble, getting them to take you to Africa, just to get close to the imposter Envoy or that Mandala, and then use your secret technique to steal the worm?"

"Mhm."

"You're very dedicated."

"It's my mission. Besides… my mother was killed by those people. I want to avenge her."

"Avenge her? You bunch of ignorant fools! You're only fit to smell the farts of our Holy Boi Religion God!"

Suddenly, a raspy, cold voice came from the bushes behind them.

Luo Xiu turned and froze.

Su Hongli was walking slowly toward them.

And behind her, a woman covered in blood and gore had a tight grip on her throat.

Su Shenyun's eyes flashed with killing intent. "Mandala?"

The blood-soaked woman laughed grotesquely. "Amazing that you can still recognize me. I'm like this because of you!"

Luo Xiu watched her with an expressionless face. "I'm guessing you want the worm in exchange for Su Hongli's life."

"Correct!" Mandala stared at Su Shenyun with venomous eyes. "Give me the Soul-devouring Worm right now, or I'll snap her neck!"

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