Lin Shao felt very confused. He couldn't understand the so-called mission interface at all. He simply retreated and opened another box on the main interface – the storage space.
On the other hand, the interface of the storage space was much simpler. There were a few small squares quietly arranged in a row. Lin Ting took a closer look and saw a line of words on the square. It read: Current number of spaces occupied: 2; remaining number of spaces available: 1.
Two grids occupied?
There was something in the storage space!
Lin Tuo reached out and touched one of the boxes. His hand felt as if it had passed through the screen and touched something soft. This texture was very familiar to him. He pulled hard and the thing was effortlessly taken out using the box as a window.
Wasn't this … the blanket he used to take a nap?
Using the same method, Lin Tuo took out another item from the other compartment. It was a grey umbrella with a long handle. It was the umbrella that he had picked up to defend himself before he lost consciousness.
The feeling of unreality in his heart was even stronger. He pinched himself hard to make sure that this was not a dream.
The mission interface and the portable storage space made him feel like he was playing a large-scale game. But according to all the information he saw and the bracelet on his hand, he seemed to have … bound himself to something incredible.
"I don't know what you are. I didn't dig you out of the wall on purpose … Can you let me go back?"
He patted the screen and whispered, "It really doesn't look safe here. I'm a law-abiding citizen. I've never done anything bad. You can't just leave me in a place like this for no reason …"
Curiosity killed the cat.
Lin Shao regretted that his hand was so cheap. He thought that even if there were colorful lights in the future, he wouldn't go and see it.
But the stronger wind and rain outside and the lower temperature forced him to face reality. He had to solve the current problem first. At least the two items in the storage space were quite useful in this situation.
Lin Shao tried to find joy in the midst of bitterness. Perhaps he would be able to go back after completing Mission 1.
Although he didn't even understand what the mission was about.
Just as he was in a stalemate with the screen, a loud thunder came from outside. Then, there was a muffled sound like something had fallen.
After a while, something rolled down the slope. Lin Shao thought it sounded like a rock. He thought in despair that this was some kind of survival game that caused a landslide. However, after a while, he heard a thin, sobbing whine.
The thing that rolled down was not a stone, but a living thing!
Following that wail, what followed was …???
The creature should be moving or crawling, but judging from the sounds Lin Shao heard, its range of activity didn't change much. It was still in the vicinity of the cave.
Was it because he was injured that he couldn't walk?
Lin Shao made a guess, but at the same time, he confirmed his own thoughts in his heart. That living thing rolled down the slope, so it was unlikely that it was not injured.
The mission panel said "Help the poor little creature in distress". Could it be referring to this?
Woe! Woe! Woe! Woe! Woe! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo!
The rain outside was getting more and more terrifying. Lin Shao had never seen such heavy rain in his life.
The wail became softer and softer, and finally, it became a soft whimper. It was about to be drowned out by the sound of the rain.
Lin Shao didn't hesitate anymore. He felt that no matter what the mission said, he couldn't just stand by and watch. So, he clenched his teeth, stomped his feet, and quickly took off his clothes and pants. Then, he rushed out wearing the innermost vest and boxers.
The reason he rushed out without an umbrella was because in this kind of rain and wind, his umbrella was basically useless. Moreover, it could be blown away or damaged.
Since he didn't bring an umbrella, he couldn't wear warm clothes out. Otherwise, he would definitely come back wet. There was no coaxing machine here, and the remaining blanket was very thin. Wearing wet clothes was equivalent to opening his arms to welcome the arrival of a cold or fever.
The reason he wore a vest and boxers was because he didn't want to run naked, even if there was most likely no one in this place other than him.
A person should still have a sense of shame.
The moment he rushed out, Lin Shao immediately felt that his choice was wise.
When he walked out of the cave, he didn't feel like he was in the rain.
Instead, he jumped into the swimming pool. The heavy rain poured down, and the wind seemed to be able to blow his whole body up. He followed the direction of the sound and limped over as fast as he could. Then, he saw a small white animal. He didn't know what it was.
He really didn't see it clearly. After he found it, he hurriedly picked it up and ran back into the cave.
After walking outside, he felt that the cave was in a good position. The stone wall helped to block most of the wind. Otherwise, with this depth of less than two meters, he would have been wet.
It was really a blessing in disguise.
Lin Shao shrank inside, and his heart involuntarily felt a sense of security as if he had returned to a safe haven.
He scolded himself for being so easily satisfied as he carefully placed the small creature in his arms on a corner of the blanket.
When he held it, he didn't feel the slightest bit of struggle. On the way back, Lin Shao was worried that it wasn't breathing, and secretly regretted that his actions were too slow. But now, he saw that it wasn't dead. It was still looking at him with its eyes open, but it looked very obedient. Whether it was being held or being placed in the blanket, it didn't move.
Lin Shao took out his cell phone from his trousers. He found it when he took off his trousers. The cell phone couldn't use its most basic communication function here because there was no signal, not at all. But the built-in flashlight function could be used.
The cell phone's battery was 80%, so it should be able to last for a while.
He noticed that the sky outside was slowly turning dark, and the inside of the cave was even darker.
It was already nightfall.
It was night, and it was raining heavily. No matter how he thought about it, it felt dangerous.
He turned on the cell phone's flashlight and opened the umbrella in the cave.
The umbrella's surface was relatively large. When he was at home, it could cover three people at once. After it was opened, it was a little bigger than the cave, and it was pressed against the stone wall.
Lin Shao was very satisfied with this effect. This way, the umbrella could be stuck and wouldn't run around.
The opened umbrella blocked the wind and rain that the stone wall couldn't block. Lin Shao bowed to the entrance of the cave. He hoped that the direction of the wind wouldn't change. Otherwise, the umbrella wouldn't be able to withstand such a heavy rain.
At this moment, the little thing that he had saved let out a soft moan.
Lin Shao's attention was drawn back. He raised his cell phone, and with the help of the light from the cell phone, he finally saw what he had rescued.
It was a little monkey with white fur.
It was really small. Its body was only half the length of his arm. Its fur was wet, and it had rolled down the mountain. It looked a little dirty and very pitiful.
Seeing Lin Shao's eyes turn to it, it cried softly again. Its big grayish-orange eyes stared at him without blinking.
Taking a closer look, there were obvious bloodstains on its left leg.
Lin Shao's heart trembled when he saw the wound on his leg. Even though the wound wasn't on his body, his empathy was always a little uncontrollably sensitive at times like this. He subconsciously went forward to examine it carefully, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
The wound was a little long. It should have been scraped by a branch or something, but the wound was relatively shallow. It wasn't a serious injury.
Since he had already brought the little monkey back, there was no reason for him to throw it out again. Moreover, the little monkey was small and injured.
Lin Shao mentally prepared himself like this. He had already tried to tear his cotton shirt into strips suitable for bandaging. But in fact, he wasn't like the protagonist of a movie who tore his clothes effortlessly. The quality of his shirt was quite good. He couldn't tear it with his bare hands. In the end, he had to rely on a sharp protrusion on the top of the stone wall to make a hole in his shirt. Only then did he manage to tear a strip.
This strip of cloth made him sweat profusely. During this time, the little monkey in the corner of the blanket looked at him with a very puzzled expression.
After Lin Shao tore the strip of cloth to bandage the wound, he put his shirt aside and turned around, trying to find something to clean the dirt around the wound on its leg.
He carefully avoided the wound and wiped off the dirty muddy water on the little creature's body. Then he picked up the strip of cloth and wrapped it around the injured leg.
The little monkey wiped the dry cloth once, and the wound was bandaged. The whole monkey was much cleaner and looked more energetic than before.
It sat there and shook its body, shaking off the water droplets that remained in its fur. Lin Shao's face was splashed by the water droplets, but he knew that this was a habit of beasts. He could only raise a finger and pat the little monkey's head. He said, "Sit there and don't move. Be good."
After he said this, he felt that he was funny. How could a monkey understand what he was saying?
But just as he finished speaking, the little white monkey followed his instructions and moved into the hole. It sat in the circle formed by the blanket and stared at Lin Shao without blinking its grayish-orange eyes.
It was quite smart.
Lin Shao put on the rest of his dry clothes.
He still had a knitted sweater and jacket left on his upper body, which were good for keeping him warm. He also had a pair of thick trousers on his lower body. His shoes and socks weren't wet, so wearing them would at least ensure that he wouldn't freeze to death in this situation.
Lin Shao's old wound on his leg started to hurt. He frowned and gently pressed a few times, but he didn't say anything. He turned around and tidied the blanket.
The corner of the blanket was a little wet because the little monkey had been placed there, but the rest of the blanket was dry. Fortunately, the blanket was big. Lin Shao put the wet corner on his side. After covering himself, he folded the other corner of the blanket and nestled the little monkey in it.
"You're so small. It's better to cover you with more blankets."
After Lin Shao finished speaking, he hesitated for a moment and reached out to touch its head. It was as if he was talking to himself and also wanted to talk to it. "By the way … are we considered friends in need?"
The little monkey howled in response.
"Forget it. We don't speak the same language, so we can't be friends."
Lin Shaodao said, "If saving you can send me home, then my saving your life in the rain will be canceled out. We'll be strangers who met by chance and won't owe each other anything. Do you understand?"