Jin Mantang was originally very happy to have successfully rescued the Labrador and the little Teddy.
The No. 1 capsule accommodation area seemed to have gained something more beautiful and warm because everyone worked together to stop the dog catcher, which eased the tense atmosphere that had been tense for more than ten days due to food shortages.
Before Jin Mantang could even pat the Labrador's head a couple of times, he suddenly realized that the number of animals that had returned was incorrect.
The four small, easily lost cats and two squirrels are all there, but one of the three largest dogs is missing.
The husky has disappeared.
Even though huskies were notorious for running away before the apocalypse, the husky that has survived to this day, and is likely the last husky in the world, would absolutely not dare to run around at this time.
Therefore, there is only one possibility.
A little boy's words confirmed Jin Mantang's guess: "Uncle! I saw two people wrapping Haha's head in black clothes and carrying Haha away."
The little boy pointed to the western entrance of the accommodation area, saying, "I saw it, that's where they ran away!"
Jin Mantang gritted his teeth and wanted to chase after him, but Song Sanchuan stopped him.
"You and Grandpa stay here and watch the animals. I'm going out to find Erha."
As the person with the highest combat skills among those who remained, he couldn't possibly let Jin Mantang and Old Master Jin take such a risk.
The mountain-mountain ship was enormous, with seven decks, almost the size of a small city. Even though officers and soldiers were stationed at key points on the ship to maintain basic order, most soldiers were assigned to the more important task of collecting food.
Now, the giant ship is filled with hungry and emotionally unstable survivors, and in some of the ship's hidden corners, many dark things are happening.
If a person walks alone into a deserted corner, being robbed is the least of their worries.
Song Sanchuan left Jin Mantang and Grandpa Jin behind, and went out through the west door to start searching for the place where Erha might have been taken away, based on the clues.
Although he stopped Jin Mantang and his grandson, he couldn't help but feel anxious—he had to find the husky as quickly as possible, or the husky might turn into a pot of delicious dog meat.
However, only the three highest-level decks of this giant ship were equipped with surveillance cameras. The ordinary public areas were not monitored, so even though his laptop was connected to a satellite, he couldn't find it through the computer.
Song Sanchuan could only hope that the husky would howl and struggle, at least making some noise so that he would notice and rush over.
However, the husky was really struggling at this point—haha, he could have easily dodged the two men's pursuit with his skillful maneuvering, but then a water cup rolled into his paw halfway down, causing him to slip and get caught.
When Ha was caught, he really wanted to call his teammates by howling like a Zaun dog. However, the two people who caught Ha were obviously very familiar with the husky, a dog that had never won a fight but never lost an argument. They immediately covered Ha's head with their clothes and then grabbed Ha's mouth.
And so, Ha was carried away silently.
Then Ha felt like it was being carried around, turning left and right, up and down, as if it had been gone a long way. Finally, when the clothes covering its head were pulled off, Ha realized... it had been locked in a dark room!!
The smell in the room was something the husky really disliked. Not only was there a pungent odor, but the husky also detected a strong, pungent smell of blood that made its fur stand on end.
"Hey Liu, we've done the best this time, right? We caught the husky while everyone else wasn't looking!! So many of them couldn't catch a single cat or dog, but we caught a husky!! Hehe, can we each get a dog leg this time?"
The husky instantly squeezed its legs together.
"You wish! Meat is so scarce right now, do you think the boss would let you eat a whole dog leg at once? He'd be lucky to get half a leg. But this husky is quite heavy, so if you eat it sparingly, it should last at least three days, right?"
Hearing these malicious words, the husky really felt it couldn't wait any longer!
Ha! Roar!
Ha! We need to save ourselves!!
I want to curse all your ancestors!
So the husky started howling and spewing raucous insults in an attempt to confuse the enemy and summon allies.
Unfortunately, it only barked twice before two alert people quickly covered its head with clothes again. The older guy even pulled out a rope and tied the husky's muzzle around the clothes. Now, let alone howling, even whimpering is difficult for the husky.
"Awoooooo..."
"Woo woo woo woo woo woo..."
"Waaaaah!"
The husky was still trying its best to whine, but the volume wasn't even enough to escape the remote little dark room.
"We'll kill the dog after the boss and the others arrive. Same old method: strangle it first, then bleed it out?"
"Of course, dog blood is also a great tonic. Resources are scarce right now, we can't afford to waste it!"
The two people didn't wait long in the small dark room. About seven or eight minutes later, the group of people who had come to catch the dog arrived from different paths.
When the leader saw the husky struggling with its head covered and legs tied, a satisfied smile finally appeared on his gloomy face.
"Hehe. Well done."
Although they were stopped by the people in Accommodation Area 1 today, aren't they the ones who have the last laugh?
The man in the lead smiled and slowly pulled a slender scalpel from his pocket.
"Boss! You're going to do it yourself? We're in for a treat!"
The man in charge appeared to be in his thirties and looked like a successful professional. He had only been observing when the dogs were being caught, but he was actually the mastermind behind it all.
The reason he was able to become the leader was because this wasn't the first time he had helped this group obtain "edible meat."
After all, there are 100,000 people on board, and although very few people bring their own pets on board, there are still more than just those twelve.
However, those twelve were the most difficult pieces of meat to obtain. Their success this time was due to seizing the opportunity and having a bit of luck.
"Set the pot up, and soon we'll have some delicious dog meat to eat."
As soon as the leader finished speaking, he heard the sound of others swallowing saliva coming from the small, dark room where salvaged debris was stored.
"Boss, hurry up and get started, Brother Liu and I have already boiled the water!"
"Get the basin for the dog's blood ready!"
The man smiled and walked step by step in front of the husky with a scalpel. After the basin to collect the dog's blood was placed, the sharp tip of the scalpel silently stabbed into the husky's neck!
Just as Ha, whose head was covered, sensed the danger to his life and frantically twisted his body and groaned, an even louder sound, like a thunderclap, rang out in the dark room.
Everyone in the house who was waiting to eat dog meat was startled. They looked in the direction of the sound and saw the metal door of the small dark room that had been kicked down, as well as a long-haired young man whose face was obscured by the light but was still very easy to recognize.
Everyone's heart skipped a beat.
The leader quickened his pace, eager to kill the husky as quickly as possible.
But even at such close range, he couldn't match the speed at which the angry, long-haired youth leaped high and charged towards him.
The long-haired youth seemed to leap forward and directly rushed past the group of people, right up to the leader holding the scalpel, and slapped him across the face!
And so this group of people witnessed a terrifying scene that they would never forget, and that would haunt their nightmares from time to time—
The tall, thin young man with the ponytail had only slapped their leader once, yet their leader was sent flying into the air, spinning two and a half times before crashing heavily into the pot of boiling water!
When the eldest brother screamed repeatedly as he was scalded by the hot water, everyone in the room was jolted awake from the shocking scene, and after regaining their senses, they collectively questioned the meaning of life.
How the hell is this possible?!
Is this kid even human?!
How could one person possibly slap another person so hard they'd spin through the air?!
This isn't some kind of shonen manga!
But the deterrent effect of that slap was also quite terrifying.
Because of this slap, the group of people in the dark room who originally wanted to attack him all stood there dumbfounded and dared not move at all.
They were terrified that if they moved even slightly, they would be slapped to death.
Only then did the wealthy and beautiful woman, who had rushed in without saying a word, slowly begin to speak, word by word.
As he untied the ropes and clothes binding the husky, he said, "You guys think huskies are weak and that they're just animals that can be eaten, right?"
The young man turned around, looked at the group of people, and smiled: "Then I think you're all very weak, even weaker than animals. Killing you and then roasting you wouldn't be a problem, would it?"
"Eek."
The group of people being looked at by the young man almost wet themselves when they saw the completely unsmiling smile on his face and heard the last two words.
Xie Tianlang and his team members, who had been following Gou Fugui and were preparing to show off their skills after finding the person, looked at the metal door that the young man had kicked down and then at their leader who was still groaning. Suddenly, they felt that the long-haired young man standing in the room was the real national super elite.
"...Boss, I suddenly feel that Brother Fugui... is a werewolf no less than you."
Xie Tianlang raised his eyebrows and even smiled somewhat happily.
"The one I've set my sights on."
He's certainly not a kind person.
"Yuanyuan is great!"
Gou Fugui, who was leading the husky to the door, twitched his lips when he heard the last four words, and couldn't help but roll his eyes and leave.
Afterwards, the ship's broadcasts announced the handling of a number of egregious incidents, such as theft of food, coercion and robbery of the weak, and the theft of living creatures, which finally improved the atmosphere on the No. 3 Mountain Giant Ship.
However, as more and more marine life died and food became increasingly scarce, more and more people on the twenty Washington mountain ships that carried the hope of humanity's future died in despair, conflict, and fear.
This despair reached its peak on the thirty-fifth day after the collapse of Qingchuan, when the mountain ship urgently announced that a strong undersea earthquake and a huge tsunami would strike in five minutes, and everyone rushed back to the accommodation area and entered the capsule cabin.
Countless people broke down in anger and curses at that moment—
"It's already so terrible, why does another disaster have to come! These disasters just keep happening, what are we even doing enduring this for! We might as well all just drown at the bottom of the sea and die right now!!"
Humanity probably never imagined that one day, simply surviving would be such a difficult thing.
But some people are still unwilling to admit defeat.
The atmosphere in the No. 3 Mountain No. 1 capsule accommodation area was warm, united, and friendly because of the twelve animals, and everyone was encouraging each other.
"Don't be nervous, it's just a dozen or so hours of back and forth at most! If you can't handle it, just try to get some sleep!"
"Yes, yes, we've survived such a huge earthquake and tsunami before, so we'll definitely be safe and sound this time too."
"Come on, little one, don't be scared! Come and pet the cats and dogs! Feel the warmth and relieve your stress! In a little while, you can hold a cat and go into the capsule together!"
"Then, can I hold that black cat? I think black is cool!"
"Then I want to hug the dog! Big dogs are the coolest!"
Hearing the child's innocent words, even the most tense adults in the accommodation area couldn't help but relax a little.
Perhaps animals and plants don't play a significant role in their survival, but as the little girl said before, the reason this planet can nurture life, be beautiful and splendid, is ultimately due to the power of countless different kinds of life on this planet.
"I hope that all the animals and plants will survive after the disaster is over."
Before entering the capsule, someone said something like this.
After that, it seemed like everyone was repeating that sentence in their minds.
It was at this moment that Gou Fugui suddenly noticed that the box he was carrying seemed to have changed.
He tried to open the box to check the situation, but was interrupted by a violent jolt.
Xie Tianlang, who was standing next to him, told him that it wouldn't be too late to take a look inside the capsule.
But halfway through his sentence, he suddenly changed it to "Be careful!"
Gou Fugui was stunned for a moment, but then felt a sharp pain in his fingers as he held the box.
Suddenly, someone rushed out from the corner, snatched his suitcase, and ran away.
Without thinking, Gou Fugui rushed out, but at that moment the strongest undersea earthquake had already begun, and rushing out was tantamount to suicide.
"Don't go where you're rich and powerful!"
"Little Fugui! It doesn't matter that the box is gone! I've already planted half of the seeds, and Grandpa has the information and cultivation methods in his head!"
But Gou Fugui kept rushing out, only turning back to look at Grandpa Jin and Jin Mantang one last time when he reached the door.
He smiled, waved, and ran out.
Following him out were the lightning-fast Blackback, the Black Cat, and the Mischievous Bird, as well as Xie Tianlang, who had already gone into the capsule but came down at this moment.
"Captain Xie?!"
Xie Tianlang was even more decisive than Gou Fugui. He simply made a waiting gesture to Qin Feng and the other two before rushing out amidst the violent jolts.
Then, Xie Tianlang saw the dog-catching boss, whose face was covered in burn blisters, laughing wildly as he threw the metal box into the towering waves outside the ship at the edge of the giant ship that hadn't been fully closed yet!
Amidst the torrential rain and thunder that seemed to connect heaven and earth, and the raging waves, the young man rushed out without hesitation and lunged at the metal box.
However, due to the wind, waves, and time, he was only a step away from the box.
But then another agile figure leaped even higher and farther than him!
The black-backed cat leaped high against the wind, its nose almost touching the box. At that moment, the black cat meowed and jumped off the black-backed cat's back, slapping the box at the long-haired youth with one paw.
Finally, the parrot, its feathers soaked by the torrential rain, flapped its wings and used its claws to send the box on its final journey.
Finally, it landed safely in the young man's hands.
But in that instant, the three animals were swallowed up by the surging giant wave.
Just as the giant wave was about to engulf the long-haired youth, Xie Tianlang's pupils suddenly contracted—
He saw the young man, who was leaping high in the air, holding a box, suddenly raise his head and give him a proud, smug, even boastful smile.
Even through the raging wind and rain, he seemed to still hear his words.
He said: The world's core has been successfully repaired.
Then, the young man amidst the giant waves and sea breeze vanished without a trace, just like the sudden cessation of the earth-shattering and landslides.
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