103: Chapter 103 Then I'll use a different tool

"Change? How could we possibly trade by his rules?" Chen Jian let out a cold snort. "Sending three people up there wouldn't just be sending them to their deaths, we wouldn't even be able to bring the remaining supplies down."

Xiao Liang grew anxious, clutching his cramping stomach. "Then what do we do? We're just going to leave the supplies?"

Chen Jian lowered his voice, his tone filled with a gritting, vicious ruthlessness. "Of course we want the supplies. What we want isn't just half, but all of it."

He paused for a moment, gathering everyone's attention.

"The only reason Lin Fan is so arrogant is because he holds the geographical advantage up there. But he made a fatal mistake—he shouldn't have given us those ten catties of meat. Everyone just ate it, and now that there's something in your stomachs, don't your limbs have strength again?"

The male employees looked at each other and clenched their fists.

Indeed, compared to the debilitating weakness from before where a gust of wind could knock them over, they could barely steady their stances now.

Chen Jian pointed at the pitch-black beach outside. "Tonight, once the campfire up above goes out, everyone goes out and gathers all the movable pebbles and reef rocks at the bottom of the slope. Each person must prepare at least ten pieces."

"Early tomorrow morning, we'll escort Song Ya to the bottom of the slope and tell him we only want two cases of mineral water supplies, demanding that he bring the water down to trade."

"As soon as he walks down the slope and steps onto level ground, I'll give the signal to move. Over twenty people, hundreds of rocks smashing down together! Even if he has a knife, he's just an ordinary person when all is said and done. How could he possibly dodge them on this bare beach?"

After hearing this, a sound of heavy breathing echoed through the rock crevice.

Someone raised a question. "What if he refuses to come down? Or what if he only walks halfway?"

"He will come down," Chen Jian said in a certain tone. "I've studied people like him."

"A bottom-feeder suddenly grasping the power over life and death, his self-confidence is now inflated to the extreme."

"He thinks he's the ruler of this island, looking at us like we're trash."

"He thinks he can play us around in circles just by offering two cases of water. That arrogance will make him walk down without a moment's hesitation."

"Besides, he has to come down. That woman is still in our hands; if he doesn't come down, how can he flaunt his prestige?"

Chen Jian glanced at Song Ya and continued, "The moment he comes down, immediately assign three people, each taking ten rocks, to block his retreat up the slope."

"Smash him to death down below! Once Lin Fan dies, the only ones left up there are two cowards, Zhang Tao and Zhou Kai."

"When they see Lin Fan dead, how could they still dare to take over the Karst Cave?"

The plan was airtight, utilizing both the terrain and the calculation of human nature.

The desire to survive in the eyes of the male employees was reignited, even overshadowing their original fear.

In the corner, Wang Qiang, Liu Gang, and Zhao Hai huddled together. Listening to Chen Jian's arrangements, Liu Gang's intestines were practically turning green with regret.

He shouldn't have listened to Lin Fan! Now look at this, the dream of monopolizing a month's worth of supplies was shattered, and the three of them were completely ostracized by the group, becoming outcasts.

If Chen Jian's plan actually succeeded tomorrow, once they got the supplies, the first ones Chen Jian would deal with would be the three of them.

The night sea breeze carried a piercing chill.

In the second half of the night, the male employees in the rock crevice swarmed out in full force. They groped about under the faint moonlight, their hands scraping and digging at the stones on the beach.

Every single rock was heavy—they were the chips for their comeback tomorrow.

Cliff-top platform.

Lin Fan leaned against the stone wall, closing his eyes to rest, with a burning campfire next to him.

...

Early the next morning, the sun rose as usual.

The scorching light covered the entire beach once again. Chen Jian led the people out of the rock crevice.

Song Ya was supported by two male employees.

Thanks to the half piece of meat and two sips of water that Su Qingxue fed her last night, she had pulled through the most dangerous moment. At this moment, her eyes were half-open, her complexion still awful, but she had a faint breathing rhythm.

Over twenty people deployed their formation at the bottom of the slope.

Their positioning was quite strategic; instead of clustering together, they vaguely formed a half-fan shape.

Buried under or behind everyone's feet were a few angular stones.

Chen Jian stood at the very front, looking up at the cliff.

"Lin Fan!" Chen Jian shouted out loud. "We've discussed it. With you up there and you having a knife, none of us dare to go up."

"President Su has already received the news, and rescue will arrive early tomorrow morning. Right now, as long as you give us two cases of water, we'll let Song Ya go with you."

The voice pierced through the waves and traveled upward.

Two minutes later, Lin Fan's figure appeared at the edge of the cliff.

He stood there, holding no supplies whatsoever, looking down at the people below from a position of superiority.

Chen Jian's heart tightened, and he immediately added, "Lin Fan, two cases of water isn't too much to ask for you. You wouldn't even be stingy with two cases of water, would you?!"

Hearing that rescue would arrive tomorrow, Zhang Tao and Zhou Kai impatiently rushed to the platform.

Lin Fan looked at the group of people below, the tense shoulders of those male employees, and their slightly lowered stances.

When a person is extremely weak, their center of gravity when standing is floating. But right now, the centers of gravity of these twenty-odd people were very steady.

That bit of raw meat from last night had played a role after all.

Although it wasn't enough to restore them to their peak condition, it was already enough to support them in completing a collective sudden uprising.

Lin Fan's lips twitched. They wanted to trick him down and then have dozens of people kill him—they were treating him like a complete fool.

He tilted his head slightly and looked at Zhou Kai and Zhang Tao beside him.

"You believe what he said?"

Zhou Kai pondered for a few seconds. If rescue was truly coming tomorrow, why would the people below go to such great lengths?

"Brother Fan, we only trust you," Zhou Kai said.

"Right, right, Brother Fan, we only trust you."

Zhang Tao didn't think that much. He glanced at the terrain; if he openly chose to betray Lin Fan right now, he would definitely be killed by Lin Fan.

If there really was rescue, there would definitely be maritime police. If he ran down tomorrow, the police would protect his life.

"Zhang Tao," Lin Fan called out.

"Ah!" Zhang Tao gave a start. "Brother Fan, what are your orders?"

"Move the rocks over there." Lin Fan pointed at the pile of boulder debris weighing tens of catties that had been neatly stacked at the edge of the platform long ago.

Zhang Tao froze, glancing at the battle array below and then back at Lin Fan.

If rescue arrived tomorrow, would he become an accomplice to Lin Fan's murder?

Seeing the knife at Lin Fan's waist, he obediently went to move the rocks anyway.

Seeing Zhang Tao carrying the rocks over to the edge of the platform from below, an ominous premonition surged straight to Chen Jian's forehead.

"Lin Fan! What are you doing! Do you not want her life anymore?!" Chen Jian roared, pointing at Song Ya, who was collapsed on the ground.

"If you drop the rocks, Song Ya will die too."

"Dead?" Lin Fan sneered. "You guys are simply too noisy. Chen Jian, didn't you say you wanted to slice off her meat and roast it to eat? Since you don't dare to do it yourself, I'll help you."

"Put Song Ya in the center and see if I dare to smash her to death."

Hearing Lin Fan's voice, Song Ya managed to raise her head.

Her vision was blurry, and she could only see that cold silhouette at the edge of the cliff.

She didn't cry out for help, nor did she make a sound.

She knew her own situation, and she also knew Lin Fan's personality.

Without waiting for Chen Jian to reply, Lin Fan took a step forward, the tip of his shoe resting on a rock.

"Chen Jian, I dare to kill her. Let's just see if you dare to swallow it."

A single sentence directly sentenced Song Ya to death.

Everyone on the beach froze stiff.

Chen Jian raised his hand, his mind buzzing.

He thought Lin Fan would be arrogant and walk down with utter conceit.

But he never calculated that Lin Fan hadn't taken Song Ya's life seriously from beginning to end.

Lin Fan raised his foot.

"Boom!"

Several rocks rolled down along the steep slope.

Gravity acceleration caused the power of these rocks to skyrocket. Watching the rocks come hurtling down, Chen Jian roared, "Scatter! Hurry up and scatter!"