Chapter 96: Encountering a Disaster
Butterfly Valley is huge, and Wen Le and his friends walked slowly along the path. It was quite pleasant to take a leisurely walk while enjoying the beautiful scenery. Seven and his teammates were scattered around playing by themselves. As long as they didn't fall behind, Wen Le let them play however they wanted. Anyway, the security here was very good, and no one would think of causing trouble here, so it was still very safe.
Butterfly Valley, with its beautiful scenery and vibrant butterflies, is a popular date spot for couples and a popular destination for wedding photos. While artificial settings are now possible, those who have the means still choose to take wedding photos in natural settings. After all, wedding photos only come once in a lifetime, so of course, you want the best.
So there are more young couples here, and couples walking hand in hand can be seen everywhere. The bubbles of dividends around them almost drown out Wen Le, the perennial bachelor.
It's really disgusting.
Wen Le, who was shown off, felt a little upset...
Wen Le didn't want to stay here any longer. He happened to see a small teahouse up ahead and decided to go sit there for a while. Just as he was about to turn around and call back the frantic Big Cat, he saw it, eyes wide open, crawling on the ground, stealthily inching towards a couple taking wedding photos nearby. Wen Le's eyes widened as he saw this, thinking, "This is over, this is over! This cat is going to get into trouble!"
Come back here, you fat bastard! You're causing trouble, you know that? If I pin you to the ground and rub you, I won't save you!
The reason was simple: the young couple was taking a set of sweet kissing photos, and the fat guy Jin Cancan shamelessly approached them. He was sure to be beaten up for interrupting their fun. Wen Le had already foreseen the chaos that was about to happen, so he calmly turned around and planned to pretend he hadn't seen anything and quickly escape the scene. However, he was a step too late; the commotion had already broken out.
The poor little girl screamed hysterically, probably because she was terrified. If you think about it, anyone would be terrified if they suddenly saw a beast as big as a calf staring at them.
This young couple was really unlucky. They came here happily to take wedding photos but encountered such a thing. They were surrounded by a ferocious beast. It was terrifying just thinking about it.
Fortunately, Wen Le put braces on Da Mao's teeth before going out, and now he has an isolation mask covering his face, otherwise the couple would be scared to death.
Having scared people, Wen Le couldn't hide away any longer, so he had to bite the bullet and run over to apologize to the young couple: "I'm sorry for scaring you. This is my pet. I wasn't watching him for a moment and he ran over. I'm really sorry." Then he slapped the big golden head and said, "Didn't I tell you not to run around?" The bad boy only knew how to get into trouble all day long and was a real worry.
"How could you be so rude? You let such a big tiger run around without a chain." The bride was terrified and spoke in a bad tone. "How can you pet owners have no sense of responsibility? Can you just let a mutant tiger like this out? If it hurts someone, can you take responsibility?"
Wen Le apologized and said, "Don't worry, he won't hurt anyone. I put braces on him before I came out." He then took out the free-range animal permit from his bag and showed it to the young couple. "He was just joking with you guys just now. He means no harm."
Wen Le showed them the animal's free-range permit, to let them know that Big Cat had received special training and wouldn't hurt anyone easily, so he could roam free. He was thankful he hadn't given Big Cat his permission to wear braces before leaving, otherwise he'd have a hard time explaining himself.
"Then you can't let it run around like that."
"Yes, yes, I will definitely keep an eye on him and never let him run around." Wen Le said quickly. After all, they were the ones who were in the wrong, so it was normal for him to get angry after being so scared.
The bride was about to say something else when her boyfriend stopped her: "Stop talking! She's already apologized and it wasn't intentional. We still have other things to shoot. If you delay any longer, we won't be able to finish the shoot today."
They had taken leave to take the photos this time and couldn't afford to delay.
The bride snorted upon hearing this, glared at Wen Le and Jin Cancan, and angrily walked away, her skirt in hand. As she left, a group of photographers followed her.
Wen Le felt relieved when he saw them leave. He turned around and glared at Jin Cancan. He couldn't help but kick him. The kick was not strong, but it let Da Mao know that he was really angry.
Jin Cancan knew he was in trouble, so he lay on the ground with his head drooped, motionless, letting him be kicked. If it were any other time, he would have started to talk back to Wen Le, but this time he just obediently let Wen Le beat him up.
Wen Le kicked Da Miao, and seeing that he couldn't move his foot anymore, he couldn't help but squat down and poke his head with his hand: "Look, you, they were taking pictures happily, and you ran over to join in the fun?"
Jin Cancan whined and said, "I was just curious and wanted to run over to take a look."
"What's so strange about people taking pictures? Why do you have to rush over to see it?"
Big Cat said confidently: "I saw them playing kissing, so I wanted to watch."
Wen Le: "..." He suddenly remembered the children's version he had always set for Da Mao. Even if Da Mao went on the Star Network, he would not be able to access these things. Even if someone on the Star Network did something inappropriate for children in front of him, it would be blocked, and Jin Cancan would not be able to see it at all.
But today's peeking made Wen Le feel that this kid had truly grown up. Although he wasn't yet a true adult, he had at least reached puberty, and was somewhat curious about things like this. Didn't the book say that parents should guide children at this stage to prevent them from doing stupid things out of curiosity?
Wen Le thought back to his own adolescence. It seemed like he didn't pay much attention to it. At most, he and a few friends would sneak in some erotica behind the adults' backs. DVDs were popular back then, and the guys would sometimes watch "action movies" in secret while the adults were away, drooling over the heroine's measurements. If the mood struck them, they'd even cosplay as magicians and compete to see who could last the longest. But that was the most outrageous thing they'd ever done. No one specifically taught them these things; it just seemed to come naturally.
Thinking of this, Wen Le's face suddenly turned red. Well, who hasn't been frivolous when they were young?
Wen Le glanced at Da Miao and said, "What's so good about kissing? Next time you see it, just pretend you didn't see it and stay away. Otherwise, if they hit you, I won't help you."
Jin Cancan drooped his ears and pretended not to hear. Wen Le got angry at his rogue look and couldn't help but raise his foot to kick him. After he raised his foot, he thought for a moment and put it down again: "Let's go, let's go get something to eat."
When Jin Cancan heard that there was something to eat, his ears immediately stood up. Without Wen Le calling him, he swiftly got up from the ground and trotted along to catch up with his owner. If his tail could wag, it would have been wagging like a hot wheel by now.
Wen Le and his friends had been playing in Butterfly Valley for three days when they felt bored. Furthermore, Tiny Planet was too ordinary. The locals had plucked up all the herbs and other things as weeds. If Wen Le didn't leave now, he was afraid he wouldn't be able to submit his homework. Besides, butterflies only looked interesting at the moment. If you saw them every day, they would be just like that. No matter how beautiful they were, you couldn't eat them. What good was that?
As a blue boy with no romantic instincts, Wen Le approached Seven and told them he was planning to leave. This decision was exactly what Seven wanted; he had been wanting to leave for a while. This place didn't even have any special entertainment, it was just too boring. He'd rather go hunting.
So as soon as Wen Le said he was leaving, Seven immediately went to buy a ticket. As for where to go next, he would decide after leaving here.
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Wen Le opened a digital tourist map and looked at the names of the planets with various scenic spots, wondering where to go. He turned to Jin Cancan, who was sitting next to him, and asked, "Cancan, where do you think we should go?"
Jin Cancan ignored him. What was the point of asking him if they couldn't go to Pella Star? He just wanted to go to Pella Star for a big meal and didn't want to go anywhere else.
Thinking of this, Big Cat snorted indignantly. What were those attractions like? Could they possibly be as delicious as the meat of a dragon? I really don't understand why the owner was so keen on spending money to see those so-called sights when he couldn't eat or drink. He completely forgot that he always played along happily, even having more fun than his owner, Wen Le.
Wen Le looked at his passive attitude, raised his eyelids, pointed his finger at Tianmei Star, and couldn't help but curl his lips. This planet is famous for its delicious food, and the best of them are various vegetarian dishes. Glancing at the fat and wrinkled belly of the big cat, hmm, it's decided, let's go to Tianmei Star~
Wen Le was happily thinking that a fat guy would lose a few pounds if he stayed there for a week when the spaceship shook violently. At first, Wen Le and Jin Cancan didn't take it seriously. The spaceship they were on was a transfer spaceship, which usually flew back and forth between nearby docks, mainly carrying passengers who needed to transfer.
These spacecraft are generally small, appearing quite small compared to long-distance passenger craft. An analogy might be the difference between a baby stroller and a long-distance bus. Their advantage is their flexibility and convenience, but their disadvantage is their light weight, making them incapable of carrying heavy loads. In other words, their lack of weight could lead to violent turbulence when encountering cosmic storms. It's like an Earth-bound airplane encountering turbulence—other than the turbulence, generally nothing serious.
So at first, Wen Le and Jin Cancan didn't take it seriously. They just needed to stay seated, fasten their seatbelts as the flight attendants instructed, and not open the safety cover until the storm passed, and everything would be fine. But then the alarm went off, and the lights in the cabin flickered and then went out. Wen Le knew something was wrong, and that the spacecraft might be broken down.
This was all he could think of. Fortunately, no one was hurt. He just needed to wait for rescue. This type of spacecraft was usually not far from the dock, so the rescue team would arrive quickly.
Wen Le and the other passengers shared the same idea. After taking a spaceship many times, they would inevitably encounter some problems, so everyone remained calm. Like everyone else, Wen Le donned special isolation life jackets for himself and Big Cat while waiting for rescue.
This isolation life jacket can isolate various harmful rays and energy in the universe, and can also produce oxygen. As long as the life jacket is effective, people will not have any problems even if they are exposed to the universe.
The life jacket Jin Cancan was wearing was a bit too small, and it was tied around his body uncomfortably. He couldn't help but twist his body. Wen Le reached out and patted him: "Don't move. If it gets ripped open, I'll have to put it on again." He had just finally managed to squeeze the fat man's flesh into the life jacket, and he was sweating profusely. If he moved around and the life jacket broke, he would have to put it on again.
Jin Cancan felt a little aggrieved, but he also knew that his owner was doing this for his own good, so he had no choice but to lie there stiffly, half-crouching and half-lying. He couldn't move or stay still, and he felt uncomfortable everywhere.
"Dear passengers, good evening~"
The broadcast in the cabin suddenly sounded, and a hoarse voice reached everyone's ears: "Now I have good news and bad news to tell you."
After a pause, the hoarse voice sounded again: "The bad news is that the security department has learned about it and is rushing here, but don't worry, I have blocked the signal on the spacecraft, and it will be difficult for them to find us. As for the good news~" The person who spoke obviously smiled, but it would be better not to smile. Such a smile would give people goose bumps. "Don't worry, I don't want to embarrass you. We are just looking for someone. As long as you hand over this person, we can leave here safely. You only have fifteen minutes. If that person doesn't show up after fifteen minutes, then I will blow up the entire spacecraft~"
"Sir Brian, why don't you show up? Can you really bear to let everyone on the spaceship be buried with you?" The hoarse voice echoed in everyone's ears, telling everyone that this was not a dream, and the spaceship they were on was really hijacked.
Wen Le couldn't help but curse, "Fuck!" Ship hijacking, something he had only seen on the news, actually happened to him. His face must be even darker than that of an African chief, right?
Ten thousand divine beasts were running through Wen Le’s mind, and at this moment he felt like he was in serious condition.
He turned on his computer, unconvinced, and sure enough, there was no signal. He couldn't even send a call, which made him want to cry. He really wanted to tell his friends: "Brother, I've been hijacked. If you die, don't forget to burn some paper money for me next year..."
Suddenly I remembered a line from a movie I watched before, which I could paraphrase: I was sleeping on a spaceship, and then, boom, the spaceship was hijacked...
Is there anyone more unlucky than him?
As for the Mr. Brian mentioned by the robbers, Wen Le said that he didn't even know him! So it was because of this guy that they all became hostages?
Wen Le was sitting there lost in thought when he heard a commotion in the cabin. A group of people came over with laser guns and knocked on the safety shields on the passenger seats one by one: "Come out, come out, hurry up!"
The safety shield on the spacecraft was installed solely to prevent passengers from being thrown from their seats in the event of an accident. It could protect people, but it couldn't stop lasers and photons, which were deadly. Even the most frightened passengers inside trembled as they opened the shield and emerged from their seats. Some even collapsed in their seats, unable to rise, fearing they would be shot, and cried out in fear.
"Everyone squat down and put your hands on your head!"
Everyone squatted down in the aisle, holding their heads in their hands, not daring to move. As for those paralyzed in their seats, they were picked up like little chickens and thrown into the aisle.
Wen Le and Seven's seats were next to each other, so after coming out, they squatted together. Seeing each other, they both breathed a sigh of relief. This at least made them feel a little more at ease. At times like this, having someone you know around you can still make you feel a little safer. At least there's someone to keep you company, which is better than squatting next to a stranger.
When he came out, Wen Le quietly looked around and found that the captain and the crew were knocked unconscious and thrown aside. Several of them were injured, and one of them was seriously injured because his protective suit was torn and blood was flowing out through the holes, quickly forming a bright red puddle on the floor.
Wen Le frowned, hesitating whether to go over and help treat the wounded, otherwise he was afraid that the injured person would not be able to hold on. But after glancing at Seven and the others, he pursed his lips and finally held back from speaking. Big Cat didn't need him to worry about it, because those people might not be his opponents if a fight really broke out. But Seven and the others, because this time they were on a leisure trip, brought some family members with them, and Wen Le couldn't let his kindness implicate them.
Fortunately, the robbers didn't want the flight attendant to die so soon, so they asked the tourists squatting in the aisle, "Who's the doctor? Come and stop the bleeding."
Who dared to agree to his call at this moment? No one said a word, not even the doctor. After shouting this twice, the other party grew impatient. Wen Le was afraid they really didn't care about the injured person's life or death, so he gritted his teeth and slowly raised his hand: "I, I am." He frantically took out the badge representing the therapist from his pocket, pinned it to his chest, and then slowly walked over with his head in his hands.
Seven secretly winked at his teammates, ready to rebel if anything went wrong. Wen Le was their employer, and they had an obligation to protect him. Besides, he didn't believe the robbers' promise to release them once they found the man. He was afraid that everyone on board would be killed.
Instead of dying miserably in the end, it is better to find the right opportunity to fight back, maybe there is still a chance to survive.
The man who called the doctor was a bearded, burly fellow. When he saw the badge on Wen Le's chest, he couldn't help but whistle: "Wow, I didn't expect we'd get a healer this time." He winked at his companion in a strange manner and said, "Then, healer, please come and save us!"
His companion couldn't help laughing when he heard this.
As for the idea of kidnapping him, that wasn't happening. They didn't want to make enemies with the Healer Association. At worst, they'd just knock him out and throw him out. Whether he could get rescued depended on luck. He didn't die at their hands, and he was a one-star healer, so they didn't think the Healer Association would fight them to death over a low-level healer they had in abundance.
But what they didn't know was that the Therapist Association was already furious. The person who was monitoring Wen Le's whereabouts reported it as soon as his light brain lost the signal. The person in charge immediately called the police at the dock where Wen Le disappeared.
Wen Le was the young man with the best chance of reaching the top; even calling him a genius was a slight. A seventeen-year-old three-star healer carried a lot of weight, not to mention a legendary figure as his teacher. He couldn't afford to let anything happen to him, no matter what.
The person in charge of the dock security office received a call from the Therapist Association. He was troubled to learn that a three-star therapist had disappeared nearby. Thinking back to the missing passenger ship, he felt incredibly dizzy. It was obvious that the missing therapist had to be on that ship. How else could they have disappeared at the same time and place?
After the call ended, the person in charge couldn't help but curse. If this matter goes wrong, not only will he lose his year-end bonus, but he might even lose his job. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but complain in his heart, "You're a good therapist, why don't you use the green channel and take a civilian spacecraft? Are you trying to appear more approachable than others?"
But now that things were like this, no amount of complaining would help. He could only report to his superiors and ask for more manpower. But today was clearly not his lucky day. Bad things kept happening one after another. He had just finished communicating when his computer started buzzing again. He quickly answered it, only to be met with an even bigger thunderbolt.
The Minister of Finance's grandson, Lord Claire, was also on that spaceship, and the robbers seemed to be aiming to find Lord Claire. They hoped that the dock could find that spaceship as soon as possible to rescue the hostages.
The person in charge of the guard room was hit by the thunder and his eyes turned black, and he almost fainted.
God wants to kill me!
This was the only thought that came to his mind.
Things got out of hand.
This matter was beyond his control, so he did not hesitate at all and quickly asked for help from the troops stationed nearby and requested their support.
The garrison commander, upon receiving the call for help, was also overwhelmed. Neither the Therapist Association nor the Minister of Finance were easy targets; neither could be offended. Upon learning the full story, the commander couldn't help but curse, thinking those two troublemakers were truly capable of causing trouble. As for the others on the spacecraft, they were simply implicated, especially the hostage, Lord Claire. Knowing her sensitive identity, she'd still been running around, adding to the chaos.
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