"What happened?" Duan Bohai asked, but he already had a guess in his mind.

"The mutated beasts in the sea suddenly went berserk, triggering a beast tide, and many people's rafts have been destroyed." Lin Hu was a little anxious and quickly explained the situation, hoping that the two leaders could come up with a solution.

Most of the people here are Duan Bohai's men, and a small number are Chen Qingwei's men. Letting them appease him will be more convincing than having a young stranger like him.

"How could this happen?!" Chen Qingwei was shocked, not expecting such a thing to happen.

If he hadn't accepted Duan Bohai's invitation, he might still be adrift at sea.

If he encounters a beast tide, he's unlucky, but if those who trust him and are willing to follow him die because of his decision, his conscience will not be at peace.

"Okay, I understand. You go ahead and do your thing. I'll take care of things here and contact you later," Duan Bohai said to Lin Hu. The "you" he was referring to was clearly him and Duan Linzhou.

Lin Hu observed that Duan Bohai's expression was not very surprised, as if he had known what was going to happen all along.

Lin Hu didn't linger, replied "Okay," and went back to find Duan Linzhou.

"This is how we should arrange things now." Chen Qingwei sought a solution from Duan Bohai. It seemed that his men's rafts were the furthest out, and most of the targets would likely be his men.

"First, gather everyone together." Duan Bohai calmly made the arrangements, seemingly unaffected by the outside world.

Seeing Duan Bohai's calm demeanor, Chen Qingwei relaxed somewhat and inexplicably began to trust this older brother who was only five years older than him. Chen Qingwei nodded emphatically: "Okay."

After responding, Chen Qingwei stepped down from the ground and walked into the construction site to call for help.

Duan Bohai was planning his next move in his mind.

Once everyone had gathered and lined up like soldiers in training, no one knew what was going on. Some of the more talkative ones had already started whispering and discussing among themselves.

Duan Bohai didn't care about any of that. He coughed lightly, and the white tiger flew behind him, nudging his hand with its head, hoping to be petted.

"Little White, sit down." Duan Bohai patted and stroked the tiger's head to calm it down before continuing to speak.

"I've gathered you all here because I have something to explain to you," Duan Bohai said, glancing at the still bewildered expressions on everyone's faces.

“There was a beast tide at sea just now, and some of your rafts were affected. We’re giving you a day off. Go back and check the situation. If your rafts were destroyed, go to Wen Bozhi to register.”

As Duan Bohai spoke, he glanced at Wen Bozhi, who was also gathering people in the crowd.

"Bozhi, you'll have to work hard from now on," Duan Bohai said to Wen Bozhi with concern.

“Leave it to me, Uncle Duan,” Wen Bozhi nodded.

The people below were talking amongst themselves, and they all went to the dock to check if their rafts had been destroyed.

Wen Bozhi had observed the island beforehand and knew it had a protective shield. His raft was located on the inner side and he would be safe, but he still followed the crowd. He needed to go back to his raft to get his notebook so he could take notes.

When Lin Hu returned to his raft, he found a huge leopard with flames all over its body on it.

It looked even bigger than Duan Bohai's white tiger. Luckily, his raft was big enough, otherwise this thing wouldn't even have enough room to stand on.

Lin Hu watched the fire leopard warily, not seeing Duan Linzhou and the other two small figures, and worried that they might have already been eaten.

Just as Lin Hu was about to draw his bow and arrow, the leopard shrank at a visible speed, and the flames on its body gradually died down and disappeared.

The black panther shrunk to the size of an ordinary leopard. After the flames died down, its original fur color was revealed, showing that it was a black panther.

The black panther's bright blue eyes looked at Lin Hu, and the next second it ran towards Lin Hu like a madman.

Lin Hu seemed to have seen this scene somewhere before, but he reacted quickly, tapping his toes on the ground, leaning back, and flying off the ground.

Black Panther tilted his head to look at Linhu in the sky, and actually felt a little wronged.

Black Panther scratched at the wooden plank under its foot with its paw, stomped its foot impatiently, paced around a few times, and then looked at Linhu.

Why is Linhu not moving? Fortunately, someone who knows the answer has appeared.

"It wants you to pet it." Duan Linzhou came out of the house and happened to see this scene. Seeing that the black leopard below was almost crying, Duan Linzhou spoke up to remind it.

"Is it your...contracted beast?" Lin Hu looked at the man and the leopard in surprise to confirm.

This leopard looks to be of a high level. Higher-level contractable mutant beasts require a pet contract certificate to be contracted.

Unless the mutated beast itself recognizes the master, humans cannot force a contract without a written agreement.

These are explained in the updated instructions for the survival system, but most people probably haven't discovered them yet. Lin Hu only learned about them after being reminded by Cheng Yuan, a "net addict" teenager.

"Okay, come down." Duan Linzhou looked at Lin Hu, who was still high in the air and had no intention of coming down, and then glanced at the leopard who was anxiously standing still. He said to Lin Hu and reached out to catch him.

"Won't it pounce on me? This is my only warm coat, and I just put it on," Lin Hu said worriedly.

"It won't do that with me here," Duan Linzhou affirmed, glancing discreetly at the black panther.

Lin Hu reached out and took Duan Linzhou's hand. After landing, the black leopard did not pounce. However, as the two walked, the black leopard kept its distance from Lin Hu's leg, with a satisfied smile on its lips.

Lin Hu was being pushed along, and he followed to push Duan Linzhou.

“What is he…” Lin Hu pointed to the black leopard that reached his hips and said to Duan Linzhou.

He was still a little panicked; if someone opened their mouth and bit him, he would break his leg and die of pain.

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