"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."

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