0p0 Chapter 187 The Fisherman's Plea to Stay
Chapter 187 The Fisherman's Plea to Stay
"I...I'm not dead..."
Having survived the tiger's claws, Bai Jue felt an unreal sense of loss.
"Hurry up and thank Tiger! If Tiger wanted to kill you, it would only take one slap!"
Meanwhile, the fisherman on the side was just taking advantage of the situation.
"Ow~!"
Cang Nian rolled his eyes and called the fisherman over to the side.
"I'll be back in a bit, so you two little girls better not spread rumors!"
If I find out, you'll be sorry!
Before leaving, the fisherman threatened the two men.
……
"Tiger, now that no one's bothering us, what's the matter?"
After sending the two girls away, the fisherman smiled obsequiously.
Cangnian opened his mouth, about to express himself, but found that he couldn't use body language to describe the danger of the insect swarm.
"Ouch~!"
So he could only howl a few times, gesture with his paws, and ask the fisherman to give him an invisibility pill before riding Pipi to catch up with him.
"Alright, I'll get right to it! Law! Invisibility!"
After understanding Cang Nian's meaning, the fisherman nodded.
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"Holy crap... what... what kind of monster is this?!"
As night approached, the fisherman followed Cang Nian and finally arrived at the forefront of the insect swarm.
Densely packed with insectoids clad in black exoskeletons, they marched under the moonlight.
Tall trees were easily sawed down and then, as if caught in a shredder, disappeared completely in no time.
Along the way, the animals that failed to detect the danger and fled in advance were dismembered in terror, leaving not even bones behind.
This is a moving natural disaster that would make anyone who sees it feel powerless to resist.
This is why Cangnian brought the fisherman here to see it for himself.
Without witnessing such a scene firsthand, one cannot objectively and truly grasp the terror of the insect swarm, and therefore, the decisions made will be biased.
"Tiger Lord, are there any Tier 2 ones here?"
After his initial shock, the fisherman swallowed hard and turned to ask.
"Ow~!"
Cangnian nodded in agreement, then broke off a few sticks and stacked them three times on the ground.
"You mean, there are third-tier beings among them? You've already fought against them?"
Upon seeing this, the fisherman instantly deduced what Cang Nian was trying to say, and his pupils contracted sharply.
Cang Nian nodded again.
"This is troublesome... Tiger, even you couldn't solve it. Our only advantage in Kangcheng is our numbers, but we are far inferior to them in terms of numbers, we are not even in the same league..."
Thinking of this, the fisherman frowned.
Upon hearing this, Cang Nian sighed.
Sure enough, given the fisherman's character and personality, his first thought was definitely not to escape with his loved ones, but to figure out how to hold out.
But this time, it's just too difficult.
"Ow~!"
Seeing this, Cangnian drew a simple sketch on the ground with his paw, indicating that Kangcheng should give way to the swarm of insects.
Currently, the insect swarm is still more than 100 kilometers away from Kangcheng, which is about two days away.
If we evacuate now, considering only people, we should still be able to get them out.
"Tiger, it's easy for us to make way, but with the speed of this swarm, we're afraid we'll have to evacuate our people."
Without stored food and weapons, it's already difficult for evolved humans to survive in the wild. I don't even want to think about how many ordinary people will die in this migration..."
The fisherman's voice trembled.
He is usually very cynical, but when faced with such survival issues, he has normal human values.
"Ow~!"
Upon hearing this, Cang Nian shook his head, stood up, and prepared to leave.
He has achieved his goal in coming to Cannes.
Inform the fisherman about the approaching insect swarm so he has time to make a decision.
As for how the fisherman decides to proceed, it's none of his business, nor does he want to.
His past life as a human gave him a simple sense of identification with humanity, but that doesn't mean he'd risk his life to save them.
Even if he were still human, he wouldn't think about becoming a savior.
If he wants to be a fisherman, he can be one himself!
If the insect swarm hadn't changed its course and been related to him, and if he hadn't taken some responsibility for it, he wouldn't have listened to the fisherman's long-winded explanation.
"Wait, Tiger, you've fought them before, so do you know where their queen is?"
Seeing that Cang Nian was about to leave, the fisherman quickly asked.
The old man didn't howl; he just patted the ground with his paws.
"Is it underground? Is it below that raised line in the very center?"
The fisherman quickly pointed to the very center of the insect swarm, where there was a slightly raised line on the ground.
Cang Nian nodded, agreeing with the fisherman's analysis.
"Then its size must be quite large... If it's Tier 3, Tiger, I feel that our current level should be very close to Tier 3."
"Do you think if we eat its flesh, we can advance to the third level?"
Seeing this, the fisherman continued to ask.
"I know that eating it will definitely give me a chance to reach level three, but the question is, will I even be able to eat it?"
Cang Nian couldn't help but roll his eyes, muttering to himself.
How could he not see that the fisherman wanted to keep him around so that he could help fight the insect swarm?
But he's not stupid.
Although he had never fought a real queen, Cangnian was well aware of the vast gap between himself and her.
"Tiger, the Kangcheng Police Station still has a lot of gunpowder, enough to raze an entire neighborhood to the ground."
If we bury them along the path the insect swarm will inevitably take, especially in the direction the queen insect is moving underground, could we kill it by blowing it up?
Even if they don't die from the explosion, they should be seriously injured, right?
If we can get to that point, and I still can't solve it, could you help me with that?
When the fisherman saw Cang Nian's expression, his eyes flickered, and then he gritted his teeth and said.
"Raze an entire neighborhood to the ground? Where did Kangcheng get so much gunpowder?"
Upon hearing this, Cang Nian was extremely surprised.
Kangcheng is not a city prepared for war, and there are no large military forces stationed around it.
The only force possessing a large quantity of weaponry is the Kangcheng Armed Police Force.
Even so, they didn't have many weapons, only a few hundred guns.
As for cannons?
That's even less likely.
Where do armed police officers carry artillery?
Having a few boxes of high-explosive grenades would be considered a sufficient amount of firepower.
Cang Nian even suspected that the Kangcheng Police Department was running out of ammunition in the month following the disaster.
"Hey, Tiger, my dad's construction company sometimes has old buildings to demolish."
Nobody knows where the gunpowder stockpile for blasting is except my dad.
That's why Uncle Qin got my dad admitted to the police station.
Seeing Cang Nian's surprised expression, the fisherman chuckled.
"I see, that's a source of legally possessed gunpowder that I hadn't considered..."
Upon hearing this, Cang Nian suddenly realized.
"How was it, Tiger? If you're dead from the explosion, I'll ask Uncle Qin to give you a share of the insect meat."
"If he's not killed in the explosion, and we can't handle him, this head is yours. You can turn the tide, and then you can decide how to divide the spoils."
The fisherman asked with a smile.