Chapter 192: The Protector of Beldane Island

"Treasure is smart. He understands everything we say.

If it weren’t for him, I would’ve been dead long ago," the woman said, her eyes welling with tears.

It turned out that before the zombie virus outbreak, Treasure was the first to realize something was wrong.

After the acid rain stopped, he barked nonstop.

Some people didn’t pay any mind, but others grew vigilant.

"Besides us islanders and the stationed soldiers, there were a lot of tourists on Beldane Island,"

"over thirty thousand people in total. We survivors were all found and saved by Treasure, one by one."

The woman was one of the island’s residents.

When Treasure suddenly grew so much bigger overnight, they were afraid of him at first.

But they soon discovered that Treasure would never hurt them and would even help them kill zombies.

"If that’s really the case, can we take Treasure with us?"

Leo Hale asked.

"Of course, we considered it,"

"but Treasure is huge. It’d be hard for anyone besides us not to be afraid of him."

"Yeah, supplies are scarce everywhere."

"There’s not even enough food for people. Even if we took Treasure with us, he wouldn’t survive for long."

"Besides, the officials said that the meat of mutated animals is edible."

"If we really took Treasure off the island, what if... what if..."

It was precisely for these reasons that they had planned to leave Treasure on the island.

That’s why even after calling for rescue, they never told the shelter about his existence.

They just never expected that Treasure, upon learning he was going to be left behind, would act this way.

"Their concerns are certainly not without reason,"

Ian Chandler said.

He had seen many cruel things.

Once a giant mutated animal like this showed up,

there’s no telling how many starving people would want to carve it up for its meat.

If he stayed on Beldane Island, he might just live a few more days.

"No wonder there was dog food over there."

"It belonged to Treasure,"

Leo Hale said, the realization dawning on him.

Just then, Treasure suddenly became alert again.

He stared at the pitch-black surface of the river, tried to stand, and let out another low growl.

"You’d better not use your Superpower again."

Nina Jacobs condensed a ball of superpower-infused fire in her hand.

’This mutated dog clearly sees itself as Beldane Island’s guardian.’

’That’s an attack stance.’

Seeing Nina Jacobs like this, fear flickered in the mutated dog’s eyes.

Nina Jacobs guessed his current state was due to overusing his Superpower; otherwise, he could have definitely fought a few more rounds with Wayne Warner.

A few minutes later, two helicopters did indeed appear over the river.

"I see Ian Chandler and the others! He’s over there!"

Chester Pearson pointed at the group on the riverbank.

Myra Lawson finally let out a sigh of relief.

It turned out the helicopter that had been following the ferry had returned to the dock.

The ground crew quickly discovered that the pilots on board were all in a daze.

Because the situation was urgent, they immediately contacted the shelter.

Myra Lawson came as soon as she found out.

After understanding what had happened, a wave of fear washed over Myra Lawson.

’If Nina Jacobs hadn’t been with them today, the consequences would have been unimaginable...’

"That damn beast,"

"why don’t I just finish it off? We could even have hot pot tonight."

Myron Sinclair was about to step forward when a figure blocked his path.

"What’s this? Is Miss Jacobs a dog lover, perhaps?"

Myron Sinclair asked with a smirk.

’In his eyes, this mutated dog had nearly gotten Ian Chandler and so many others killed; Myra Lawson would surely not let it off easy.’

But besides Nina Jacobs and her group, the survivors who had woken up earlier, and even some of the stationed soldiers, all spontaneously moved to stand in front of the mutated dog.

Including Colin Rowan.

"Officer Rowan..."

Bryan Lewis was touched.

’It seems no one can bear to part with Treasure after all.’

Nina Jacobs ignored Myron Sinclair’s comment. She walked over to Myra Lawson and said a few words, and Myra nodded.

"Myron, step aside for now."

"We’ll need to discuss what to do with this mutated dog later."

Myra Lawson could tell this was no ordinary mutated dog.

"Captain Stone, it’s already late."

"Arrange for everyone to rest for the night. We’ll head back first thing in the morning."

Myra Lawson had Myron Sinclair go back first to report, as Justin Lawson was still waiting for news.

As were Nina Jacobs’s family.

"So long, buddy. Don’t let us keep you."

Chester Pearson waved smugly at Myron Sinclair as he boarded the helicopter.

’Looks like they’d get to stay for a one-day tour of the island.’

’After all, there were no more zombies here.’

’It was just that the black water over there was a bit of an eyesore.’

"Nina, I’m going to go collect the supplies now."

Ian Chandler still had a mission to complete. Colin Rowan was going to take him to gather the remaining weapons and supplies.

"Okay, go ahead."

Nina Jacobs also planned to head back to the encampment first.

’It seemed the crisis on Beldane Island was resolved.’

"I didn’t expect you to be so capable."

Leo Hale was praising Sherry Renner.

The direction of those rocks was indeed southeast.

"Of course! This is my master’s specialty,"

"even though my Compass is broken..."

Sherry Renner couldn’t help but look smug.

’She wasn’t great at other things, but she was pretty decent at finding people and things.’

"I didn’t expect to see such a young child among the survivors here."

Chester Pearson even saw an infant still in swaddling clothes.

It was sound asleep, probably because of the mutated dog.

"Yeah, it’s rare,"

Nina Jacobs agreed. She rarely saw infants among survivors.

The woman holding the infant seemed to have overheard them and said with a wry smile:

"Back then, Nana was crying so hard she attracted a lot of zombies."

"Treasure protected us, and for some reason, Nana just stopped crying and fell asleep."

"Later, Officer Rowan and his men came and rescued us all..."

Nina Jacobs listened as she walked along with the group.

’Perhaps that was when the mutated dog awakened its Spiritual Element Superpower and used it to hypnotize the child.’

’It really is remarkably intelligent.’

"Sounds like a good dog. What a pity."

Chester Pearson shook his head after hearing the story.

"Yeah, Treasure hasn’t eaten in days,"

someone said.

"Officer, will Treasure starve to death here?"

Chester Pearson sighed and replied:

"A small dog would be one thing, but I’m afraid no one would be willing to raise a mutated dog this big.

Even if it were kept at the base, it would cause unnecessary trouble.

After all, supplies are getting scarcer and scarcer."

After Chester Pearson finished speaking, everyone around them fell silent.

Even after returning to the encampment, even knowing the rescue ship that would take them off this deserted island was waiting, no one could feel happy.

Nina Jacobs had also been feeling a sense of regret.

However, Chester Pearson’s words gave her an idea.

After a simple dinner at the encampment, no one brought up the topic of Treasure again.

It wasn’t that they didn’t want to.

It was because Treasure’s situation seemed hopeless.

"Nina, Nina! That ’near-certain death’ omen was really broken!"

Sherry Renner said excitedly, after fiddling with something at the table for a while.

This proved that her previous divination hadn’t been inaccurate.

"As long as it’s broken."

What Nina Jacobs didn’t tell Sherry Renner was,

she had believed in Sherry Renner’s divination from the very beginning.

Now that she had divined their return journey would be safe, it most likely would be.

Meanwhile, Leo Hale was muttering to himself regretfully off to the side:

"I heard our new home at the base has a big yard..."

"What if we brought Treasure back and kept him in our yard..."

"Never mind, that’s too unrealistic."

"You can tell he really likes Treasure,"

Sherry Renner said to Nina Jacobs.