Chapter 9: Sun’s Rays Reflected on the Sea – Part One
“Oh, I see it, I see it. It’s much closer than I imagined.
We landed after drifting about one or two hundred meters in the life raft from the plane.
It seems my sense of distance is still pretty good.
‘Are we really okay leaving like this?’
‘Of course. Otherwise, we’d get entangled in a lot of troublesome things…’
After all, I killed the pilot in a fit of rage, even though I used my spiritual power. Even if they found out, they wouldn’t suspect me.
If I hadn’t intervened, everyone on the plane might have died, so he had to pay with his life for dragging people into this.
But ultimately, the culprit is that crazy cult organization, Eden. I had considered joining them before, but now that chapter is completely closed.
Better not provoke me again, you bastards.
‘Oh, an uninhabited island…’
A plane crash and then being stranded on an uninhabited island. This scenario sounds familiar.
So, what kind of development will happen next?
Will the male and female protagonists be stranded on a deserted island and start a survival life?
Or will they fight against a horde of long-extinct ancient creatures?
Or will it be a death game where they kill each other with bombs under the live broadcast of a bunch of so-called high-ranking officials?
No, analyzing my physique, it’s also possible it could turn into a woman’s island with no men…
Anyway, let’s look around first.
‘Well~ Although I couldn’t go eat hot pot and soak in a hot spring, this feels quite interesting~ What’s next? Should we find a cave first?’
‘Yeah, let’s secure a place to stay first, then search for food.’
I’ve experienced this kind of desert island survival many times. Looking back to ancient times, I even fought with caudata creatures that had just evolved into amphibians and climbed onto land.
I’ve also experienced a real-life Monster Hunter, so merely surviving on a desert island is no problem at all.
Let’s just treat it as experiencing life; it should be quite interesting.
And it’s with Nai… on this uninhabited island…?
I’m actually a little nervous?
No way, that’s Li Nai. Rather than saying she’s like a wife, she’s more like a buddy. What am I nervous about?
It’s probably because when I was showing off earlier, I blurted out that Li Nai was my wife. I feel a bit overthinking it.
It won’t happen, it won’t happen. Don’t think too much about it. Nothing special will happen with Li Nai.
I cooled my brain and said with a cough.
‘Ahem, anyway, let’s first survey the size of the beach along the coast and then decide what to do next.’
The sea breeze was quite cold. It looks like we’ll need to secure shelter and clothing besides food.
‘Juncheng! Juncheng! There’s someone over there!’
‘Huh? What? There’s someone?’
Uh, looking in the direction Li Nai was pointing, I truly saw someone.
Someone dressed in… well, a retro style.
It feels like I’ve traveled back to ancient times. Is that Hanfu? Kimono? It’s a bit far, so I can’t see clearly.
But I didn’t expect anyone to be here.
…But that makes sense.
An uninhabited island doesn’t necessarily mean an uninhabited island
I just assumed it was an uninhabited island.
It makes sense. This island is quite large. It’s impossible that no one has discovered it all this time.
I feel a little disappointed. I thought it would be a deserted island scenario, but it’s not…
Oh well, it’s for the best. This way, the co-pilot and the other flight attendants on the plane can be saved.
Besides, having people around will be much more convenient, at least we won’t have to survive in the wild.
‘Hello~ Ah, hello~’
Li Nai ran over enthusiastically and greeted them. However, the figure in the distance saw us and ran away in a panic as if seeing a ghost.
Huh? What’s wrong? They seemed nervous seeing us and ran away?
‘Looking at that reaction, I think they probably haven’t seen outsiders for a long time.
Maybe it’s a small fishing village island where the economy isn’t very developed. Two outsiders visiting would be a novelty for a while.’
‘Juncheng, where are we now?’
‘You’re asking me? I don’t know either?’
Even if my age is older than the Earth, the crustal movements over these billions of years have caused drastic changes in the Earth’s terrain. I know about the major plate tectonic shifts.
But how could I possibly remember tiny remote islands like this one? They might even sink to the bottom of the sea in a few hundred years.
‘No, I mean the general location, on Earth.’
Oh, you mean that. Let me think…
After the accident, I went to the cockpit and manually changed the destination of the autopilot system. To avoid causing an accident, I flew directly towards the “Yellow Sea.” But after entering the sea, the plane was struck by lightning. The autopilot system went out of control, and all the instruments failed. I could only fly blind. The general direction should have been to continue flying southeast.
‘Hmm, judging by the emergency landing location, we should have passed the Yellow Sea and be in the East China Sea, to the right of Shanghai… Hmm, perhaps closer to Jeju Island? No, maybe closer to Kyushu Island? Well, we’re somewhere around there.’
‘Huh? Kyushu Island? Isn’t that close to Japan?’
‘I don’t think it’s that far.’
‘Is that so~ Then Japan is not bad either~ Let’s go eat ramen, and sushi, okonomiyaki~ Japan has many places to visit.’
‘In our current state, we’ll be considered illegal immigrants… We don’t have visas either. Well, but that’s a small matter.
That’s true, going to Japan sounds good too.
Today is New Year’s Day. They should be celebrating the New Year in Japan.
‘Then let’s ask the islanders first. Since there are people living here, there should be fishing boats going to Kyushu Island regularly.’
‘Okay!’
After making our plan, Li Nai and I prepared to leave the beach.
But before we could even get ashore, a group of people ran over. The leader was the young man who had run away after seeing us earlier.
Oh, so he ran to get help.
The young man pointed at us and said something to the crowd, and then the crowd erupted in discussion.
I could hear them, but I couldn’t understand.
What language are these people speaking? It doesn’t sound like Chinese, nor Japanese. Is there such a dialect in Japanese?
…There’s even a language I can’t understand. How remote is this place…
‘Juncheng, it seems we’re being stared at.’
As Li Nai said, the islanders looked at us like we were giant pandas, their expressions full of curiosity.
Then a brave child came closer. His parents rushed over to stop him, and the whole crowd gathered.
They started chattering at us. Although I couldn’t understand, it didn’t seem malicious.
Then that child even handed us some clothes…
Huh? We didn’t fall into the sea. We’re all dry. Why do we need to change clothes?
‘Juncheng, they seem to be asking us to wear local clothes and inviting us to participate in some festival?’
‘Why can you understand it… Is it a remnant instinct from being a zombie?’
Zombie language is one of the languages I still haven’t mastered.
I probably can only understand it if I were a zombie. No, I didn’t understand it even when I was a zombie…
‘Hahaha~ I don’t understand, but it feels like that. Communication relies on body language~’
‘Amazing…’
This ability to communicate is terrifying. Her friendly nature has reached its peak. Li Nai could probably communicate happily with aliens.
Although I thought there was no need to change clothes, being surrounded by the crowd and swayed by the atmosphere, Li Nai and I ended up changing into the clothes.
These clothes… indeed, they are not kimonos or Hanfu. They contain a uniquely ancient style. Where is this place?
Is it a small island of some ethnic minority?
The architecture on the island also looks somewhat Japanese-style, yet slightly different. And on the main street lined with buildings, some kind of parade is underway.
The sun is about to rise. It’s probably a parade to welcome the New Year’s sunrise.
‘It looks very lively~ We might have just caught the island’s festival!’
Yeah, but we’re just tourists… Oh, I should say we’re shipwreck survivors. Normally, they wouldn’t be so enthusiastic towards people like us… Ah! Li Nai!’
Suddenly, a local girl took my hand and pulled me into the parade. I reacted in time and grabbed Li Nai’s hand, and we moved forward with the parade, singing and dancing.
Finally, we arrived in front of a very magnificent palace square. On the stage of the palace, a figure appeared before the crowd.
The crowd erupted in fervent cheers.
Simultaneously, the sun slowly rose from the horizon.
She was wearing a magnificent twelve-layered robe, and her dark hair emitted a golden glow in the sunrise, looking incredibly sacred.
Putting away the folding fan that had been obscuring her face, the corners of her lips curved into a smile. She looked down at the crowd…
She saw me in the crowd, and our eyes met across the distance. We looked at each other, and our eyes conveyed a smile.
In a tone and language I was familiar with, she said.
‘Yo? Who is this? It’s been so long. You still have that idiot look on your face.’
Xiao An!
