Chapter 16: Follow my command and you will survive
Yao Tao followed the two young men to the dock.
The amusement park's dock is mainly used for small speedboats and cruise ships, and it is actually not very big.
A man with tattooed arms stood on the dock with his hands on his hips, overlooking his kingdom... no, the ships in the sea.
When Yao Tao saw the boats, she was silent for a long time.
She turned around and looked at Wen Jiming, her silent eyes seemed to be asking: The boat you are talking about... is this it?
Wen Jiming, Meng Bao and Hagrid were also dumbfounded when they saw the ship.
There were four white swan boats floating on the sea, each with ten seats and an awning.
Wen Jiming's mouth twitched.
The two young men came to the man with the tattoo on his arm and said something with their heads down.
The eldest brother turned around and saw Yao Tao. He looked at her critically for a long time and said, "She looks average, but she's okay."
Yao Tao asked expressionlessly, "Can they get on board?"
"No, you can only trade for one position." The boss hugged his shoulders, "Don't they have a girl? Use her to trade for another position, and then both of them can get on the boat."
Yao Tao nodded and waved in Meng Bao's direction, "Come here."
Mengbao pretended to be very scared and came over trembling.
The boss was very happy and pointed at Wen Jiming with his chin, "I'll give you two places."
"Thank you, boss." Wen Jiming said thank you and took Hagrid to the dock.
Just as they passed by the boss, Yao Tao coughed.
The three of them seemed to receive the signal at the same time. Wen Jiming and Hagrid each overturned the four subordinates of the boss and kicked them into the sea.
The boss was furious, but before he could show his power, the cold barrel of a gun was already against his head.
"Don't move." Yao Tao pointed the air gun directly at his temple.
"How dare you lie to me!" The old man's face turned pale.
"There are many things you didn't expect. You will get used to being cheated next time." Yao Tao said lightly, and poked the boss twice with the gun barrel.
The boss's cheek twitched. "If you dare to shoot, none of you will be able to leave today."
"Do you want to give it a try? Let's see if we can get away by killing you?" Yao Tao pulled the trigger with her index finger.
"Don't... don't shoot. You want a boat, don't you? Let's just be friends. Haha, feel free to use it." The boss's expression changed in an instant, and his attitude became humble and polite.
Wen Jiming and Hagrid didn't expect things to go so smoothly, so they immediately asked Mengbao to get on board first.
"Wait a moment." Yao Tao called out to Meng Bao, "Don't get on the boat yet."
Mengbao was puzzled.
The ship is already in our hands, why not let them get on board?
However, before she could ask, screams were heard from the sea.
The four people who had just been kicked into the sea by Wen Jiming and Hagrid were struggling in the sea, and their bodies were covered with green seaweed.
One person had already swam to the shore, but his legs were still entangled by the green seaweed and he was dragged to the bottom of the sea in despair.
Wen Jiming, Meng Bao, and Hagrid were stunned: "What... is going on?"
"Look at that boat." Yao Tao pointed the gun at the boss's head and looked at the several swan cruise ships parked on the sea.
A man climbed onto the boat and started sailing, trying to get rid of the seaweed behind him.
The boat had just moved out about ten meters when it suddenly stopped.
"The seaweed has entangled the propeller." Meng Bao has sharp eyes and sees it clearly.
The people on the boat were still not giving up and lay over the side of the boat trying to tear off the seaweed with their hands.
At this moment, a big fish jumped out of the sea and bit the man's head.
"Ah!" Mengbao covered his eyes suddenly.
"Splash!" The big fish jumped back into the sea.
The sea water was rolling up blood-red waves.
Wen Jiming, Hagrid and the boss with tattoos all had pale faces as they watched this scene.
No one expected the sea to be so dangerous.
"Did you see everything clearly?" Yao Tao asked.
Meng Bao came back to his senses, "Thanks to you, Yao Tao."
Wen Jiming and Hagrid both had subtle expressions. They wanted to say something but held back.
Yao Tao seemed to have known the dangers of the sea for a long time, but she did not stop them from robbing the boat. She just stopped them when they were about to board the boat.
Who is she?
"It seems we can only walk back." Meng Bao sighed, "Yao Tao, let's go..."
"Okay." Yao Tao put down the air gun.
Seeing this, the boss with tattoos fled in a hurry.
However, Yao Tao raised her gun again...
"Bang!"
The boss with tattoos on his arms had a hole in his head and fell down.
Meng Bao was shocked. "We were leaving, why did you kill him?"
Yao Tao slowly put on his gun and said, "Should we keep him here so that he can follow us and wait for an opportunity to kill us?"
"He probably wouldn't..."
Meng Bao was interrupted by Hagrid in the middle of his words, "Stop talking nonsense and let's go."
Mengbao looked at Wen Jiming with a conflicted look on his face, hoping to get his support.
Wen Jiming said nothing, but walked to the front and walked side by side with Yao Tao.
Mengbao had no choice but to follow behind with frustration.
Yao Tao remained silent for a long time before Wen Jiming lost his patience and took the initiative to speak: "If something like this happens again in the future, you can let Hagrid and me take action. You are a girl..."
Yao Tao glanced at Wen Jiming and asked, "What's the point of talking about men and women in the end times?"
"Well, I mean, anything too bloody is better left to us men."
Yao Tao shrugged. "Don't worry, I won't feel any psychological burden. Just remember my reward. If you dare to default on your payment, I won't be polite."
Wen Jiming smiled bitterly.
He knew that if he really dared to default on his debt, she would definitely bore a hole in his head.
The four of them left the playground, climbed over the huge tree roots, and moved forward with difficulty.
After walking for an hour, Mengbao was exhausted and out of breath.
Wen Jiming and Hagrid have better physical fitness than ordinary people, but even so, they are exhausted and sweating.
While crawling out from under a tree root, Hagrid got stuck.
Wen Jiming and Meng Bao each took great pains to break the tree roots and pull Hagrid out.
Hagrid accidentally tripped over a tree root in the soil and fell into the dirt.
"What a horrible place!" Hagrid cursed angrily and simply sat on the ground and refused to get up.
Yao Tao unfolded the map. "If I remember correctly, there's a farmers' wholesale market nearby."
"No way." Meng Bao was surprised, "Why has this place become like this?"
Wen Jiming and Hagrid looked solemn.
Only then did they believe what Yao Tao had said before: the situation in the city was worse than at the seaside.
"Squeak, squeak." Something was moving under a large clump of leaves.
"It sounds like an animal is calling." Mengbao walked over curiously and wanted to lift the leaves.
"Don't move!" Yao Tao shouted.
Her reminder was too late, Mengbao had already lifted the leaves.
A huge animal head emerged from under the leaves, with a gray-brown pointed beak and rabbit-like teeth.
It bit Mengbao.
Mengbao was so scared that his legs went limp and he sat down on the ground with a plop.
"Mengbao, back off!" Hagrid raised the stick he used as a weapon and hit him.
"Squeak..." The animal retracted its head, the bushes shook, and soon disappeared.
Wen Jiming pulled Mengbao back. Mengbao was so scared that he almost lost his soul. "What...what kind of monster is that..."
"Haven't you seen it at the beach?" Yao Tao asked.
Mengbao shook his head.
"Those are mutant rats. They mutated after consuming mutant plants. They've grown to enormous sizes and now include humans as part of their diet." Yao Tao explained while observing the terrain. "Now, there's good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear?"
"Bad news first." Hagrid said calmly.
"The bad news is that we will soon encounter a group of mutant rats. The mutant rat that escaped just now will tell the other companions our location."
"Then what's the good news?" Wen Jiming's face looked grim. He originally thought it was just a natural disaster and everything would be fine if he could get through it.
Unexpectedly, what awaits them is the end of the world.
Order collapsed and humans fell to the bottom of the food chain.
Yao Tao raised the corner of her mouth, "The good news is that I'm here. You can survive if you follow my instructions."
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