The entire capsule accommodation area suddenly fell silent. Everyone in the area, young and old, turned their attention to the corner where the argument had taken place.
Although no one spoke, the atmosphere became strange and somewhat eerie.
It was as if something terrible, something that had been suppressed for so long, had finally been unlocked by this man's words.
However, this silence didn't last long. After the initial shock, Jin Mantang was filled with extreme anger. He almost instantly jumped up and stood in front of the husky and the German Shepherd, roaring with his fiercest expression:
"Don't even think about it!"
"These are our dogs! They eat our food and sleep in our capsules! What business is it of yours?!"
"Even if they were alive, I would never hand them over to you. Even if they were dead, I would rather sink them into the sea than let you eat a single bite of dog meat!!"
Jin Mantang's fierce reaction was within the expectations of the leading man. He was not even angry at his roar and howl. He just glanced at Old Master Jin and the baby-faced Song Sanchuan with a contemptuous look in his eyes. Without wasting any time, he waved his hand, and the seven or eight young men behind him rushed up with ropes and lock-locking tools.
Clearly, they weren't acting impulsively; they deliberately chose to act when Gou Fugui and Jin Mantang's group were at their weakest.
The tall and burly Xie Tianlang, Qin Feng, and Lu Hu were all out, and Gou Fugui, who, despite his tall and thin appearance, could always easily carry back a ferocious-looking fish, was also gone. So, weren't those the three most useless guys left?
Grandpa Jin is not a threat at all. Even if Jin Mantang and that baby-faced guy who keeps typing on the computer fought desperately, they still couldn't possibly defeat this group of people.
Moreover, they didn't intend to kill anyone.
All they wanted to do was steal a dog in the chaos; it was such an easy thing to do.
Even if those four powerful ones come back, what can they do? They've already eaten them, so those four can't possibly kill them, can they?
Therefore, this was a well-planned and advantageous situation with virtually no risk or loss. Of course, this is from their perspective.
For Jin Mantang and the animals, it was an infuriating nightmare.
Just as this group had planned, they sent five people to obstruct and resist Jin Mantang and Song Sanchuan, their two main fighting forces.
The remaining people, armed with nets and lassos, headed straight for the animals.
Jin Mantang only had time to shout, "Run!"
Fortunately, the animals reacted faster and were more sensitive to danger than he was. Before Jin Mantang even shouted and before the group made a move, the black cat in the lead let out a hoarse meow, leaped high and pounced on the leader's face. It scratched his right eye until it bled, then stepped on his head and climbed up to the highest capsule!
Starting with that meow, the other three cats quickly took action. However, apart from the native domestic cat who successfully scratched one person before running away, the orange tabby and calico cat simply jumped to the top immediately.
Just as quick to react as the cats were the two little squirrels. The squirrels could climb trees and were small in size, so they didn't even get their fur on the people.
The half-bald parrot had already flown to the highest point and begun its furious, taunting greeting to the group of bullies:
"Help! Help! Murder in broad daylight!"
"I have never seen such a shameless person! How are your parents, grandparents, and other relatives doing?!"
"People should be kind and grateful! You've even abandoned your conscience, you're worse than animals!"
The bald parrot's incessant, sharp, and piercing chirping carried quite far in the otherwise chaotic accommodation area.
The parrot's verbal attacks did have some effect, at least making those who chose to catch the dogs feel a little anxious. So much so that one person had caught a small teddy bear, but at the crucial moment, the teddy bear bit him hard and escaped.
"Damn it! You damn bird, shut the hell up!!"
Without thinking, a hot-tempered young man grabbed something from his pocket and threw it at the parrot.
But clearly his throwing skills were far inferior to the evasive skills of the sarcastic parrot.
Not only did it dodge the thrown object immediately, but when it saw that the thrown object was actually a somewhat shriveled orange, the parrot flew downwards and caught the orange in its claws.
The final announcement of victory:
"Hahaha, you can't hit me! You're stupid, I can fly! I can fly!!"
This immediately infuriated the young man.
Clever cats, squirrels, and birds easily evade human capture, but five dogs, unable to climb high or low and unable to actually hurt people, have a very difficult time hiding.
The black-backed dog, being extremely fierce and intimidating, temporarily confronted the two youths. Despite the husky's ability to run wildly, it couldn't catch them.
But the gentle Labrador and the two little Teddy dogs were about to be caught.
Soon, the two little Teddy dogs were caught by a man and a woman. At first, the two little Teddy dogs barked in fear, but what was heartbreaking was that after barking for a while, they realized that no one could save them, so they just drooped their paws and stopped barking and struggling.
If you look closely, you can see that both of these little teddy bears are silently shedding tears.
The Labrador had already escaped the pursuit of the two men, but when one of the men ran towards him and ruthlessly knocked down a little girl, the Labrador, who was planning to slip into the crowd, paused. In the end, it foolishly stopped running away and instead quickly walked to the little girl who had been knocked down. It gently nuzzled her with its head and used its mouth to nibble on the little girl's clothes to help her up.
At that moment, the man who had been chasing the Labrador and knocked down the little girl, with a look of wild joy, reached out and put a noose around the Labrador's neck.
He turned around and shouted, "I've caught this big dog! Come quick!"
He had expected the large dog under his command to struggle frantically or bite him, and was on high alert. But he saw that the dog did not resist at all, but simply used its head and paws to soothe the frightened little girl.
On the contrary, Jin Mantang, Old Master Jin, and Song Sanchuan became excited instantly upon hearing his roar.
Jin Mantang and Old Master Jin were being held back by three people and couldn't break free no matter what they did. Song Sanchuan, however, looked at the four burly men blocking his way and his eyes suddenly turned extremely dangerous.
Even if he's a communications soldier and not very good at fighting, he's still a soldier in the country's elite special forces. It's not impossible for him to seriously injure or even kill four people. He just wanted to break through the encirclement without hurting anyone, but he was instead restrained by these four strong guys.
But now, he can't care about that anymore.
With a flick of his right hand, Song Sanchuan produced an extremely thin dagger.
The four burly men surrounding Song Sanchuan felt a sudden jolt of fear when they saw a dagger suddenly appear in his hand.
Some of the more timid ones even took a few steps back, but another person shouted behind them, "Take the dog and go!"
Don't waste any more time here.
Clearly, the man who had the Labrador in a leash thought the same thing. Although the Labrador wasn't as fat as the Husky, one dog was enough for them to have a good meal!
He tightened the lasso to pull the Labrador away, but at that moment a tiny, seemingly powerless hand appeared on his lasso.
The man with the lasso paused slightly.
Then he glared fiercely at the little girl: "Let go! Or I'll eat you too!!"
The little girl was clearly frightened and flinched, and at that moment her parents squeezed in. The mother immediately tried to take her child and leave.
But they found their daughter stubbornly clinging to the noose around the dog's neck.
"Don't eat the dog. I'll give you my steamed bun, can you keep the dog?"
The man with the dog on the leash paused again, then roared, "One steamed bun isn't enough! I want to eat the dog! Let go!"
The little girl suddenly pouted and tears welled up in her eyes: "But there will still be steamed buns tomorrow... This dog died, and there will never be another dog like this again."
"Mom said the great flood submerged everything, and many, many animals and plants died. Now only people are left in this world."
"If only humans are left, won't people be lonely on this planet?"
Just then, the man who had helped grab the Labrador ran over; the accommodation area was still a mess.
But the little girl's small, tearful question carried a strange power that clearly reached the ears of everyone present.
This is a ridiculous question, that's what many people think at first.
People are starving to death, who cares about dogs?
People can't even afford to eat, who cares about being lonely?
But when the people in the cabin subconsciously looked up and around, and saw the huge cabin filled with countless heads, but could hardly see anything else besides people, a strange and inexplicable sense of panic rose in their hearts.
Several people who brought their beloved potted plants onto the ship silently reached out and touched the leaves of their succulents, cacti, or pothos plants.
Those who had pets at home but were unable to bring them on board once again turned their attention to the cats and dogs that were surrounded.
These few animals, cats and dogs, may be... the only cats and dogs left in the world.
"...Hey, it's not that bad yet. A dog can only feed you for one meal at most, and you won't be able to eat it anymore, right? Why not keep it as a memento and for companionship? There are still steamed buns, aren't there?"
A sprightly old lady slowly walked out from the silent surroundings, a smile on her face, and stood in front of the Labrador.
"That's right. Everyone is going through a tough time right now. You're hungry, and so are we, but we can't let hunger cause us to lose anything, can we?"
"Today you eat dogs, tomorrow you eat cats, but there are only four or five cats and dogs. If you finish eating all this meat, what will you do when there's no more meat left? Are you going to eat people?"
As the old woman spoke, more and more people gathered in front of the Labrador. The little girl's father even knelt down and hugged his daughter, while they both reached out and gripped the noose around the Labrador's neck tightly.
This left the two men who had grabbed the Labrador completely bewildered.
Taking advantage of this moment, Song Sanchuan swung his dagger and rushed out of the encirclement of the four people surrounding him. In two steps, he reached the other two men and women who were holding two small teddy bears. He swung his knife and made them scream in fright, throwing the dogs out of their hands.
The two little teddy bears that were thrown out were caught in mid-air by two teenagers who had been watching them. The two teenagers then tightly protected the little teddy bears in their arms and hid in the crowd.
At this point, the group that had meticulously planned everything to catch the dogs found themselves completely helpless and unable to capture the animals in the accommodation area.
The many people in the accommodation area remained silent and watching, just as they had at the beginning, but this silence and gaze now carried a completely different sense of power.
That is reverence for and protection of life.
In the end, the group of people retreated with gloomy faces. At this moment, Grandpa Jin suddenly noticed that the seeds in the box he was studying seemed to be glowing.
Before he could observe carefully, he suddenly heard his grandson's angry curses:
"Damn it! Where's the husky?!"
"Those people secretly kidnapped the husky!!"
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