Real, Primitive, and Terrifying: The Island

[Realistic + Horror + Island + Exploration + Romance + Multiple Countries] After his business venture fails, Zhao boards a ship with the richest man in the neighboring village, a ship captain, to work on international cargo routes. In the middle of the voyage, they are caught in a naval battle between India and Pakistan, and their 300,000-ton cargo ship sinks. Zhao and the captain’s daughter are stranded on an isolated island, where their feelings for each other gradually grow into an unforgettable romance. One day, a seven-member U.S. Navy SEAL team also gets stranded there. To find a way off the island, Zhao and the team explore its forests, accidentally disturbing a giant red-and-black serpent in a forest pool. The serpent devours the team, and only Zhao and their commander, Hans, manage to escape. After being stranded for a year, the two finally uncover the island’s secrets and make it off safely. Zhao and Hans go on to forge a deep friendship. They turn over two books found on the island to the military and are rewarded with important positions. From surviving on a deserted island to exploring islands professionally, they unravel the mysteries of one perilous, bizarre island after another: the red-and-black serpent, the rainbow king snake, the brocade-scaled python, the ox-headed eel-bodied beast, the tricolored demon flower, the demon-algae sea, the merfolk’s floating island…