Infinite Ebullience
Chapter 317 - 16: Deterrence and Crossing the Lake

Chapter 317: Chapter 16: Deterrence and Crossing the Lake

At this moment, the newcomers were all envious of the good luck of the blonde mother-daughter pair and Nicole. Compared to a wooden raft, an inflatable boat would undoubtedly be much safer and faster. When they saw little Lolita pull out an outboard motor, their envy, jealousy, and hatred reached a peak.

Miranda clenched her fist, feeling that she had been played.

"With that thing, they’ll be able to reach the other shore within tens of seconds." Brant wailed. If it were not for a little self-awareness, he would have snatched it.

Leonard’s eyes flickered, scanning around, hesitating whether to negotiate. He wanted the motor, after all, the shorter they stayed on the lake, the safer they would be.

"Hm, it seems we’re still missing some things." Lu Fan pursed his lips, continued patting his head, then took out a few grenades and placed them next to the motor, nodding in satisfaction.

"Sly fox." Leonard gave up; he knew it was their warning.

Tang Zheng’s rifle was right next to him, ready to shoot at any time. Then, with a relieved heart, he took out five pieces of the aluminum floor and seat, U-shaped pipe card slot, and four oars. With Lu Fan having rolled out an outboard motor, his could be saved.

"What are you waiting for? Help, let’s first unfold the boat body." Tang Zheng unrolled the bundled boat body and inserted the first floor mat into the bow of the boat.

"How are we going to do this?" Nicole clearly didn’t understand, asking, "Aren’t we suppose to pull at a certain place, and it will automatically inflate?"

"That would be a life raft, Uncle is too skilled!" Lu Fan watched Tang Zheng, who only took two minutes to skillfully arrange the floor mats, connecting them with the U-shaped pipe card slot, cheering out loud. Demi was also watching, clapping her small hands excitedly.

"Insert the air valve, Nicole, you pump the air pump." Tang Zheng wouldn’t do this kind of labor; as she pumped, he unfolded the telescopic oars.

The newcomers looked on as the inflatable boat slowly inflated with the filling of the air. Feeling the pressure of time, they hastily started tying their own wooden rafts.

"Alright, don’t fill it up with air. We need to install the outboard motor now." This big piece was a bit strenuous, so Tang Zheng had to do it himself. However, it only took him four minutes. He then allowed Nicole to continue inflating the boat.

"Why is the bottom still flat?" Nicole wiped away sweat from her forehead; the under part of the boat body just wouldn’t inflate.

"That’s the keel, you need to inflate it from this port." If it hadn’t been for the drills, Tang Zheng wouldn’t be so familiar. After the boat body was completely formed, he placed the oars on the oarlock’s screw, then turned on the nut to secure them.

"Assembly completed, it took eleven minutes." Tang Zheng snapped his fingers, very satisfied with the result. Lu Fan, excited, jumped into the inflatable boat, pretending to play with the oars.

Tang Zheng turned to continue helping the high-school student with a sprained foot make his wooden raft. He didn’t actually want to assemble the inflatable boat here. If the rafts that went ahead were attacked on the lake, the blood spilled into the water would definitely attract more Cretaceous creatures. It would be safer to switch locations at that time.

"If we leave together, we won’t have clue who would be attacked first. It all depends on luck. I hate these kinds of probability issues." Tang Zheng grumbled, discussing with little Lolita.

"Doesn’t matter, we can harm a few newcomers, or throw them into the water to attract the creatures." Lu Fan lowered her voice, moved closer to Tang Zheng’s ear to suggest.

"My original plan was to slaughter a few dinosaurs upstream and throw them into the lake to lure the danger away in advance." Tang Zheng then shook his head and gave a wry smile, "Forget it, it won’t take more than fifty seconds to reach the other shore. I’m just being overly cautious with my worries."

"That’s called being cautious, Uncle’s strength." Lu Fan patted Tang Zheng’s head, giving him a kiss on his cheek, "Kiss, let the annoyance fly away."

"This guy is definitely a lolicon." The busy newcomers looked at the relaxed Tang Zheng and Lu Fan, feeling unbalanced in their hearts.

"Tang, why do you need a wooden raft when you have a boat?" Brant came over with a smile, interested in the raft made by Tang Zheng. Even David’s was better than his, after all, they didn’t have tools. There was a significant difference compared to their hand-made rafts.

Miranda was also eyeing Tang Zheng; she wanted to switch too. David was helpless. If only the raft wasn’t so small, he would’ve loved to switch.

"It’s for her." Tang Zheng could guess what these people were thinking, but couldn’t be bothered. The less united these people were, the more it would benefit him.

"Then what about us?" Brant hadn’t finished speaking when Tang Zheng interrupted him.

"Go talk to Jack about it; this raft is his." Tang Zheng waved his hand to dismiss Brant, then yelled at David, "When are you guys leaving? Together or separately?"

"Let’s let Brant and his group go first, what do you think?" Not only were there dangers in the lake, the opposite shore also needed cannon fodder. With this, Leonard implied they were in the same boat, making the newcomers see his true colors.

"I don’t care what you guys do, but by dusk, I definitely have to cross the river." Tang Zheng didn’t want any part in this mess.

This statement made Leornard’s face turn an iron blue, but he took the insult. However, Danny couldn’t hold it in.

"What if the sound of your motor attracts a terror crocodile? There’s definitely not just one in this lake. Once you reach the other shore, are we supposed to just wait here to be attacked?"

Danny’s possible scenario made the newcomers all look at Tang Zheng. They needed an explanation.