The sea breeze still howled through the island's jungle, rustling the leaves and branches like the tense drumbeats of a life-and-death struggle.
Jess was panting heavily, his clothes drenched in sweat that clung tightly to his back. He was filled with doubt, unable to understand why Xu Lin would say such things at a time like this, or why he would offer him a seemingly impossible chance at survival. Yet, looking around, the jungle under the vast night sky was like a giant cage, and Xu Lin was the jailer holding the keys. In his current condition, escaping from Xu Lin's grasp was nothing short of a fairy tale.
At this thought, Jess gritted his teeth, stopped his frantic steps, and slowly turned around to face Xu Lin. Staring intently at the man who had driven him into a desperate corner, he asked with a tremor of reluctance and a hint of a shake in his voice, "Why are you giving me a chance?"
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