62: Chapter 62 The shipwreck was caused by Lin Fan

"President Su, we've all been fooled by Lin Fan! This cruise ship accident wasn't an accident at all; it was definitely caused single-handedly by Lin Fan!"

Dead silence.

Inside the rock cleft, only the crackling sound of burning firewood remained.

More than twenty people widened their eyes, looking at Zhao Na as if she were a lunatic.

"Ha... hahahaha!"

Wang Qiang was the first to react, bursting into a harsh, wild laugh.

He pointed at Zhao Na, laughing so hard that tears were almost coming out.

"Zhao Na, is your brain full of water? Or were you blown stupid by the sea breeze up there?"

Wang Qiang spat fiercely, "What kind of thing is Lin Fan? An intern with a base salary of three thousand yuan! A bottom-rung beast of burden who wouldn't even dare let out a fart in the company normally! He can sink a tens-of-thousands-ton luxury cruise ship? Do you take him for a terrorist or the sea god Poseidon?"

A wave of whispering also came from the crowd, shaking their heads one after another.

This claim was too absurd.

Su Qingxue furrowed her brows tightly, a flash of disappointment passing through her eyes.

She thought Zhao Na had really scouted out some secret regarding rescue or supplies, but it turned out to be such nonsense.

"Zhao Na, if you just want to use such foolish words to attract my attention, you can get lost."

Su Qingxue's voice was icy.

"President Su! Hear me out!"

Zhao Na was anxious, raising her volume to overpower everyone else's voices.

Her brain spun rapidly, stringing together everything she saw during the day with the most vicious logic, and she began brainwashing frantically.

"Think carefully, everyone!"

Zhao Na pointed at the darkness outside, "When normal people encounter a shipwreck and drift onto a Deserted Island, what is their first reaction? It's to find valuable things, to find companions! To find high ground! To wait for rescue!"

"But think about what Lin Fan did!"

Zhao Na's speaking speed grew faster and faster, her logic extremely clear.

"As soon as he went ashore, completely ignoring whether others lived or died, he rushed into the ruins at the very first moment and frantically hoarded long-term survival supplies!"

"What did he take? He took dozens of boxes of nongfu spring! He took whole boxes of self-heating hot pots! He even dug out Tomahawk steaks and a full set of first-aid kits from the wreckage of the cold storage!"

Zhao Na stared fixedly at Wang Qiang, "Wang Qiang, you're also in sales; you understand logic. If a person firmly believed rescue was coming immediately, would he go pick up those heavy supplies that require long-term storage?"

Wang Qiang's laughter abruptly stopped, and he froze in place.

The people in the rock cleft also quieted down, looking thoughtful.

Seeing this, Zhao Na knew the timing was right.

She delivered the most fatal blow.

"And that knife!"

Zhao Na pointed her finger in the direction of the Karst Cave above, her voice sharp, "That tactical straight knife! Military-grade! With a blood groove!"

"What decent person goes on a corporate team-building cruise and carries a sharpened tactical dagger with them?"

"He clearly had premeditation! He checked the route in advance and brought his tools just to play local emperor on this Deserted Island!"

Zhao Na's words hammered down on everyone's nerves one by one.

The logic formed a closed loop.

Everyone simply couldn't understand why Lin Fan could precisely find those hidden supplies in the ruins, let alone explain why he carried controlled knives on him.

In their eyes, Lin Fan's abnormality turned into ironclad proof.

In the corner.

Chen Jian still kept his head down.

Wang Lan's fingers quickly traced across his palm.

Chen Jian nodded imperceptibly.

He was a structural engineer, and he knew better than anyone how much yield and how precise a calculation were needed to sink a cruise ship; it was definitely not something a tactical straight knife could accomplish.

Zhao Na was lying.

But Chen Jian didn't make a sound; in this desperate rock cleft, the truth didn't matter.

What mattered was that this group of people who were about to starve to death needed a target to vent their hatred on.

They even more urgently needed a legitimate reason to seize the supplies.

"That's right!"

An exclamation broke the brief silence of the rock cleft.

Liu Hui, who had almost been swallowed by a giant python during the day, suddenly jumped up; his face was pale, and he pointed at the Mangrove Forest outside, his voice trembling.

"When that big snake appeared during the day, we were all scared out of our wits! Old Li was swallowed alive directly!"

Liu Hui swallowed a mouthful of saliva, feeling more terrified the more he thought about it.

"But what about Lin Fan? He stood on the Karst Cave platform, not flustered at all! He didn't even dodge!"

"He definitely knew there were monsters on this island! He had investigated it long ago!"

Liu Hui's words became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Collective intelligence degradation spread rapidly amidst extreme hunger and fear.

"No wonder!"

Wang Qiang's eyes lit up instantly; he slapped his thigh fiercely, trembling all over with excitement.

He had finally found a perfect excuse for his cowardice and incompetence during the day.

"No wonder he dared to be so arrogant! He dared to point a knife at us, and he dared to break Zhou Dahai's finger in one go."

Wang Qiang gritted his teeth, his facial features twisting together.

"He wants to trap us to death on this Deserted Island so no one will know his crimes! He wants to treat us as his slaves!"

"President Su!"

Wang Qiang turned around, looking at Su Qingxue, "This kid is a murderer! Old Li's death, the hundreds of human lives on the cruise ship—he caused all of them!"

Public indignation boiled over.

More than twenty people stood up one after another, their eyes flashing with a light intertwining hatred and greed.

They didn't care whether Lin Fan was truly the murderer or not.

What they cared about was that Lin Fan had water, meat, and a warm Karst Cave in his hands.

As long as they pinned the label of a murderer on Lin Fan, robbing him would be acting on behalf of heaven.

Su Qingxue leaned against the rock wall, her brows tightly locked together.

She had received higher education, and her IQ was not low. Reason told her that an intern sinking a cruise ship was simply a fantasy.

However.

Lin Fan's abnormal actions truly could not be explained by common sense.

Why did he dare to kill people? Why didn't he hand over the supplies? Why did he dare to ignore her orders as a president?

Most importantly, Su Qingxue was very cold and very hungry.

She glanced at her grime-covered fingers, then looked at the pitch-black night outside. If rescue truly couldn't come, if she didn't go get Lin Fan's supplies, she wouldn't last three days.

"President Su."

Zhao Na struck while the iron was hot, leaning close to Su Qingxue, "Lin Fan is up there hugging Lili and sleeping right now. They only have a few people, while we have more than twenty!"

"Let's rush up and take back the supplies belonging to the company! Tie up that murderer!"

"Take it back by force!" Wang Qiang waved his arm and shouted.

"Take it back by force!" Several male employees roared along.

Su Qingxue didn't speak.

She didn't stop them, nor did she agree. She simply closed her eyes silently.

This was a tacit approval.

As a president, she couldn't issue an order to rob. But as a survivor, she needed this pack of starving wolves to tear open Lin Fan's defense line for her.