Chapter 52
A person was running, and then suddenly flew?
Qin Ye noticed the leaf rope moving through the air with unbelievable agility, but what was undoubtedly even more agile was Shen Jinfeng’s figure.
“Graceful as a startled swan, agile as a wandering dragon” did not even seem enough to describe him.
Almost within two breaths, the young man who had originally been only a few steps ahead of him had already flown a long distance away.
From behind, all he could see was that figure growing smaller and smaller. If he did not keep chasing, he would almost lose sight of him.
Qin Ye threw all thoughts to the back of his mind and sped up again.
But in truth, there was not much room left for him to speed up. He was already running at his fastest speed.
Yet the result remained the same: the more he chased, the farther away Shen Jinfeng became.
He could only watch helplessly as he was left behind.
He was practically using even the strength he had used to drink milk as a baby!
His expression as he ran into the wind was visibly full of effort, but fortunately, his looks held up, so it did not count as hideous.
At this moment, the viewers had no time to observe his expression.
But afterward, when everyone went back frame by frame to observe, review, and analyze Shen Jinfeng’s god-level rescue scene, they finally noticed that there had still been Qin Ye at that time, working so hard and looking so funny. Hahahaha.
Netizens made various memes out of his stunned and clearly strained expression.
The captions were like:
[Wife, stop running! jpg.]
[Wife, wait for me! jpg.]
[Wife, I’ll definitely catch up to you. Wife, I can’t catch up to you! jpg.]
[Wait, where did my huge wife go? jpg.]
It also counted as a classic famous scene, hahaha.
Meanwhile, Shen Jinfeng, who was moving at full speed, had an unprecedentedly solemn expression.
Although most of the time, he also had a faint expression, the aura he usually gave off was an effortless calmness, as if everything was within his grasp, giving people the feeling that he was omnipotent. In short, he had big-shot style.
But now, when he heard several responding wolf howls, he almost instantly confirmed that this was a pack of wolves.
Just from the howls alone, there were no fewer than three wolves. Therefore, at least five or more wolves had gathered together.
Those few wolf howls were calling companions, confirming the signal to attack.
Clearly, this pack of wolves had confirmed their prey.
And along the way, they had not seen many living animals, let alone animals that could attract such attention from a wolf pack.
Then, without question, the wolves’ target was Mo Fan and the others who had stayed behind.
After spending so many days with Mo Fan and the others, exercising together in the morning, even checking their pulses and feeling their bones and muscles one by one, how could he not know these people’s combat strength?
His speed as he flew through the air was so fast one could almost see afterimages.
Hopefully… he could make it in time.
Shen Jinfeng drew closer and closer to the original peach tree, but the situation with Mo Fan and the others was already extremely severe.
Earlier, when there had been only one wolf, it had still played the game of confrontation with Mo Fan and the others.
Now that the wolves had numbers, it was impossible for them to keep doing that.
Even He Erwang, who was still in the tree, could clearly sense that the first wolf had suddenly become much more confident. Its gaze toward them grew increasingly inorganic, cold, and dangerous.
Being stared at by it almost instantly made one’s hair stand on end.
The wolf pack stared at them coldly, their paws shifting slightly, preparing to swarm forward.
Clearly, the weak flame Gu Shengsheng had urgently lit could no longer serve as a deterrent.
Mo Fan felt as though his blood was about to flow backward. He gripped the military knives tightly.
He held two in his hands, having also grabbed the one Shen Jinfeng had left behind.
Suddenly, he roared, “You pack of beasts, I’ll fight you to the death!”
Qi Xiu and Gu Shengsheng, standing beside him, looked like their eyes were about to split as they screamed, “Mo-ge!”
He Erwang, up in the tree, could not hold back anymore either. He closed his eyes and stopped looking down.
He no longer hesitated. Forcing down his fear, he directly wrapped both arms around the tree, his head tilted high. If one looked closely, one could see the watery shine in his eyes from extreme nervousness.
His whole body practically slid down along the bark, the exposed skin on his arms scraping against the rough tree trunk and leaving streaks of blood.
“I’m coming to help too! Fuck, I refuse to believe that a high-intelligence human like me can’t beat you primitive, uncivilized beasts!”
Everything happened within just a few short seconds.
The viewers in the livestream room were so frightened their hearts nearly stopped beating.
Shen Jinfeng was already not far from them.
His brows were tightly furrowed. He realized that the unavoidable accident had already happened.
Mo Fan and the others were probably already fighting the wolf pack.
He hesitated for a moment. His speed flying through the air did not change.
But his lips opened and closed slightly, forming a somewhat strange shape.
Immediately after, a long, low, continuous howl sounded from his throat.
“Ge—wu—ou—ge—ou—ge—wu!”
[Hm? Where did that sound come from? More wolves?]
Because not everyone had gathered together yet—
Being Human was currently split into three livestream rooms according to the number of people: Mo Fan and the others with the wolf pack, Shen Jinfeng alone, and Qin Ye alone.
The viewers in Mo Fan and the others’ livestream room were all dumbfounded. Immediately after, even deeper fear surged up.
“Wu—ge—ou——!”
The long “wolf howl” sounded again.
Everyone heard it clearly. Although the pitch, the length of the ending sound, and the tone sounded different—sometimes urgent, sometimes drawn-out, sometimes giving a feeling of anger—
Without question, this kind of howl was something they had just heard.
It was the sound of wolves!
In this forest, there were not only these seven wolves?
Mo Fan charged forward first, his hand holding the knife trembling.
When there had only been one wolf at the beginning, he had been afraid, but he had still counted as calm.
When it became seven wolves, he had basically already lost confidence in victory.
And now… there were actually more wolves?
[There are more wolves? Is this forest a wolf pack settlement?]
[My mother, stupid production team! I’m really convinced! Are you trying to force the guests to death?]
[I’ve closed my eyes. I really don’t dare watch anymore.]
[Will there be some super bloody scene later? Why not just force them offline directly? You’re making Mo Fan, Qi Xiu, He Erwang, and Gu Shengsheng fight a pack of wolves? Are you going to livestream them getting eaten by wolves?]
However, as the bullet comments full of scolding streamed past, people suddenly realized that something seemed a little off on screen.
At the critical moment, the few wolves that were already about to clash with Mo Fan suddenly hesitated, and even took a slight step back.
Mo Fan’s knife swung through the air and stabbed nothing.
“Eh?” He looked warily at the wolf pack that had suddenly stopped attacking.
He Erwang had slid down from the tree. Because his eyes were closed, he did not notice when he reached the bottom. Only when he landed on his butt did the pain make him open his eyes.
“What’s going on?” he cried out in surprise. This drew one wolf to look toward him, and only then did he close his mouth, practically asking in an airy whisper, “Did these wolves suddenly grow a conscience and decide not to attack us anymore?”
Qi Xiu and Gu Shengsheng had just mentally prepared themselves and taken one step forward with Mo Fan. At this moment, the crisis seemed to be temporarily resolved, and the extreme tension loosened by a crack, making their legs feel weak.
But they forced themselves to stay alert and, just like before, stared fixedly at the wolf pack without showing weakness, as though competing to see whose aura was more ruthless.
Even Gu Shengsheng, who was clearly terrified to death, managed to “act” out a bit of killing intent.
[What’s going on? Why did this pack of wolves suddenly stop?]
[Eh, the wolf howl that appeared just now didn’t come from these seven wolves, did it? Where did the sound come from?]
[Are there other wolves on the way over? These wolves suddenly stopped—surely it isn’t because they just heard their companions say to wait for them to attack together, right? Scared.]
[Why isn’t anyone thinking in a better direction? How could a pack of wolves that had already begun attacking and was ready to devour its prey suddenly stop? I feel like maybe the production team is doing something?]
[That makes sense! Is the production team secretly controlling things?]
[Damn, I was scared to death. The production team’s efficiency is too low, but at least they finally managed to catch up now.]
[Breathing a sigh of relief… So what is the production team planning to do? Now that the wolf pack has retreated, will they directly make the wolves withdraw and disappear?]
[It’s a little unreasonable, but maybe those idiots in the production team just have bad intelligence, bad ability, and bad standards. Being able to turn the tide—clean up the mess—is already pretty good. I’m actually satisfied.]
But in the production team’s control room—
The technical team members, whose fingers were typing so fast they left afterimages, had suddenly discovered a bug that needed urgent repair before they could issue the command: “…”
Sun Xinping shook Goat’s head hard. “Finally solved? This won’t do just like this!”
He was still irritably pulling at his hair. After pulling out another handful, he finally decided which plan to use. “Let the pack retreat. Directly change their action indicator to run into the forest. Afterward, we’ll do as Old Qian said and implant a memory into Mo Fan, Gu Shengsheng, He Erwang, and Qi Xiu that they ate mushrooms, or slightly alter their memories and directly delete this segment.”
Otherwise, if lightning suddenly came, it would be fine if it struck one wolf before, but accurately struck a whole pack of wolves?
Could it get any more ridiculous?
“D-Director,” Goat stammered, his face terrified. “We haven’t acted yet!”
“What?” Sun Xinping’s eyes widened. “Then what’s going on with this wolf pack?”
Goat shook his head. “I don’t know. Should I still change the command?”
Sun Xinping’s eyes widened as he stared incredulously at the spectacular scene on the screen, where the pack was no longer attacking and seemed to be hesitating about something.
He suspected something was wrong with his eyes.
“So, the current crisis still hasn’t been resolved?”
Before he could roar again, Goat suddenly cried out in joy, “It’s ready!”
“Director, give me ten seconds. Right away. I’ll be done right away!”
Sun Xinping nodded and was about to say something more, but suddenly felt someone tug at his arm.
“What?” He turned back impatiently.
The staff member beside him who was responsible for watching Shen Jinfeng’s livestream room swallowed, his fingertips trembling slightly as he pointed at the screen belonging to Shen Jinfeng’s livestream.
He said, “D-Director, is it possible that it’s because of Big Boss Shen?”
“What Big Boss Shen?” Sun Xinping did not react. “What happened to Shen Jinfeng again?”
The staff member’s eyes were fixed straight ahead. “Director, that wolf howl just now… was made by Big Boss Shen…”
“Huh?”
Sun Xinping froze and noticed the bullet comments filling the screen.
[Hm? What’s going on? Big Boss Shen is imitating wolf howls?]
[Damn, it sounds so alike! Compared to the wolf howls you guys said you heard before, I feel like it’s exactly the same!]
[Big Boss, good luck! You’re not far from the peach tree! Your underlings are still waiting for you to save them!]
[Hiss, my scalp is numb! I didn’t pay attention to the other livestream just now, and with just one phone, I can’t exit to watch. Can someone tell me if Mo Fan and the others really encountered wolves? Before Big Boss howled, there really were wolves howling, right? I’m seriously starting to suspect the first wolf howl was also made by Big Boss Shen!]
[All my hair is standing up. How did Big Boss Shen make that kind of sound? His mouth shape is so strange. It doesn’t seem to be the same as when wolves howl, but it really is full of that primitive, savage, beastly feeling.]
[But why is Big Boss Shen imitating wolf howls? Can he communicate with wolves from afar? Telling them not to harm his underlings?]
When Sun Xinping saw the last comment, it was difficult to describe what he felt in that instant.
It was like his scalp had gone numb and his heart had clenched to the extreme.
He carefully observed Shen Jinfeng’s expression and movements.
At this moment, he also heard Shen Jinfeng emit another wolf howl.
“Ou—wu—”
From the side, Goat shouted again, “Finally fixed! Solving it immediately!”
Sun Xinping turned like lightning and pressed down on his finger. “Don’t move.”
“As long as the command is issued and starts running, it can be solved, right?” he asked.
Goat nodded in confusion. “Yes.”
Sun Xinping quietly let out a breath of relief. His voice was extremely serious, yet also crazed. “Hold it for now.”
“Listen to my order. Press it only when I say you can.”
Xiao Li looked puzzled from the side. “Why?”
Sun Xinping forced his tone to stay calm as he asked in return, “We haven’t done anything yet. Why did the wolf pack stop?”
He pointed at the screen, his finger stopping on Shen Jinfeng’s dazzling figure on the high-definition display. “The only change is Big Boss Shen.”
Yes. Now, he suddenly did not even say the words “Shen Jinfeng.” The name “Big Boss Shen” slipped out unconsciously.
“My heavens, is this real?”
“Mother, that’s too fantasy-like!”
The staff members at the side all had different expressions and different opinions.
In Mo Fan and the others’ livestream, all the wolves stopped moving forward. They looked at one another and retreated by one step.
Although they were still in a standoff, it somehow made people feel that the atmosphere was no longer so tense and ready to explode.
Sun Xinping withdrew his gaze and put his attention on Shen Jinfeng.
Following the situation, he also glanced at Qin Ye’s livestream room.
He discovered that the screen was filled with bullet comments:
[Why does it look like he’s running pretty fast too? With those long legs, the frequency and distance of his strides feel like he could place among the top in my school’s sports meet. I’m from a sports school. But why is the “actual” speed so slow…]
[Ye-god, not to point fingers, but with this speed, how are you going to catch up to your wife?]
[Run faster, faster! Go back and fight the wolf pack alongside Big Boss Shen!]
[Looking at Qin Ye’s expression… I feel like this might be the hardest, most desperate, most bedraggled run of his life, and also the one with the smallest “chance of winning.” Laughing to death.]
…
The corner of Sun Xinping’s mouth twitched.
Three livestream rooms, and the style of each was actually completely different.
Forget it. He would not count on Qin Ye to put out the fire.
He refocused his attention on Shen Jinfeng.
Shen Jinfeng was “flying” far too quickly. Less than ten seconds later—
The two livestreams merged into one screen.
He had finally returned to the peach tree!
He had appeared in his underlings’ livestream room!
Moreover, his entrance was extremely cool and high-profile.
He had flown all the way back. Time was urgent, and this time, he did not think of hiding it in front of his underlings.
After all, after spending this period of time together, the people in the team had pretty good character. Worst case, he would tell them not to speak nonsense after getting out.
But Shen Jinfeng did not know that his every move was not only visible to his teammates, but also to viewers all across the internet.
Therefore, for the final step—
He followed the leaf rope and took several steps through the air, crossing to the central point of Mo Fan and the others. Then he cleanly and decisively retrieved the leaf rope, and his whole body lightly descended from the air.
He landed beside Mo Fan and the others so lightly, looking so simple and casual.
Even in such a situation, Mo Fan and the others were completely stunned.
Let alone the viewers watching the livestream.
[S-So handsome! So handsome my legs went weak!]
[Why does this descending-from-the-sky posture feel even better than wirework in dramas?!]
[Someone tell me, this really isn’t flower-growing kung fu?]
[Although this isn’t the first time seeing it, it feels even more stunning than the first time! Too cool, my heavens!]
[It’s completely like the feeling of a life-saving benefactor/male lead making a dazzling entrance in a TV drama! Please note, I’m saying this only because I feel that only Big Boss Shen has acted out the effect those dramas try to present with such characters.]
After Shen Jinfeng stood firmly, he immediately steadied He Erwang, who was still leaning crookedly and rubbing his butt. His gaze paused on the purple-haired young man’s arms, which were covered in scrapes and looked somewhat fierce and terrifying mixed with dirt.
In an instant, he realized that He Erwang must have come down from the tree by himself.
He recalled that earlier by the coconut tree, He Erwang had clearly known he did not dare climb down, yet he had still been the first to volunteer to pick coconuts for everyone. Then he had clung to the tree for nearly an hour without daring to move, looking down eagerly.
Although he was a little foolish, it still showed his pure heart and his genuine fear of trees.
And just now, He Erwang had been safest in the tree, yet he had overcome his deepest fear to climb down, practically sending himself to the wolves.
Shen Jinfeng pressed his lips together, turned, and asked the others, “Is anyone else hurt?”
Only then did the others come back to themselves. Seeing Shen Jinfeng appear, especially seeing that he had clearly seen the wolf pack but seemed to pay them no mind at all—
Mo Fan and the others suddenly felt the string stretched taut in their minds loosen.
He was a grown man, and just now, he had been the bravest and most unafraid of death. Yet at this moment, his eyes reddened uncontrollably. “Boss, you’re finally back!”
Gu Shengsheng had always been the most timid. Just now, he had been forcing himself to hold on.
At this moment, seeing the pillar he trusted and relied on the most return, his tears truly fell at once.
He wiped his eyes in embarrassment. “Boss, you’re finally back!”
He Erwang saw that the wolf pack had suddenly stopped moving, and with Shen Jinfeng present, his courage grew a little. But belatedly, fear began to rise afterward.
“Boss, I slid down from the tree by myself.” There was still some terror in his eyes, but also some pride. “But I still want to be brought down by you like last time, if there’s another chance…”
Shen Jinfeng’s originally moved expression suddenly froze. “…”
“I’ll bring you up and then bring you down. Next time you want to play, tell me. That’ll save you the effort of climbing up.”
“!” He Erwang’s eyes lit up with a whoosh.
Shen Jinfeng patted Mo Fan and Gu Shengsheng’s shoulders. “It’s fine now.”
His tone was flat, but full of convincing power.
However, Gu Shengsheng’s tears flowed even harder.
Mo Fan—Mo Fan forcefully held back his tears from falling and reached out to wipe his face.
This made Qi Xiu, who had not cried from the side, seem somewhat out of place…
Of course Qi Xiu was also extremely emotional, but he had been raised by the old man since childhood. To be honest, he had seen all sorts of things, so his emotional threshold was higher, and he did not seem as easy to make cry.
He also rushed forward and gave Shen Jinfeng a big hug to ease his lingering fear.
Only then did he calm down a little and reply, “We’re not hurt.”
He pointed at the wolf pack that had stopped attacking but was still confronting them. “No idea what’s going on with these wolves. They suddenly stopped like they went stupid.”
Qi Xiu suspected it was because Boss was coming back, and the turn-danger-into-safety buff had automatically activated.
Cough, cough. He was that metaphysical of a person.
After Shen Jinfeng confirmed that they truly were not injured, he finally let out a breath of relief.
He turned back and looked at the wolf pack with an incomparably cold gaze.
It was hard to describe what kind of look it was.
Cold and inorganic. Yet his expression was calm, and not even half a trace of killing intent leaked from his body.
But that gaze—
Mo Fan and the others standing behind him did not notice, but the viewers watching the livestream shivered from the “cold.”
Even compared to those wolves, their viciousness seemed to become outwardly strong but inwardly weak.
Mo Fan asked in confusion, “Boss, did you not run into wolves? I just heard wolf howls coming from your direction too.”
Shen Jinfeng paused and shook his head.
Bullet comments: [???]
Mo Fan analyzed on his own. “I keep feeling that this pack of wolves stopped moving because of those wolf howls just now.”
“Boss, what do you think?”
Shen Jinfeng’s gaze flickered, and he did not voice any opinion.
Of course there was a connection.
Just now, in the emergency, he had used beast language to communicate with this pack of wolves.
Because he had not arrived on the scene yet, no matter how many methods he had, a clever woman could not cook without rice.
In that split second, he had considered imitating other fierce beasts, such as the sound of a tiger that wolves feared, to scare off this pack.
But based on his simulation and judgment of Mo Fan and the others’ situation, he felt that the success rate was truly not high.
A pack of wolves would not fear one tiger. A pack of wolves with prey right at their mouths would definitely not easily give up their food.
Especially when the tiger had not even shown itself.
But wolves valued bonds, ranking among the top of animals in that regard.
Therefore, there were occasionally news reports or documentaries about people living peacefully with wolves, wolf children raised by wolves from childhood, and retired veterans who lived peacefully with wolves after retirement and formed deep friendships with them…
Shen Jinfeng had stayed in many worlds before. He had even seen wolves trained to be completely loyal to their master, as well as wolves protecting humans to repay kindness.
Therefore, in his urgency earlier, before he arrived, his voice arrived first.
He had merely used some small tricks to identify the alpha wolf, then simulated the voice of a relative similar to the alpha wolf. The principle behind this was difficult to explain.
Deciphering beast language was also completely ahead of the technological development and linguistic evolution level of this retirement world 888 had thrown him into by many years.
Then, he told the alpha wolf—
These humans had once saved its father and many of its pack members.
Wolves valued loyalty and feeling, but in the end, their minds were simple. They were not good at suspecting their own kind, especially relatives.
Thus, by luck, Shen Jinfeng actually fooled them successfully.
The pack hesitated. Although they still had doubts, they absolutely would not allow themselves to attack lifesaving benefactors.
They were waiting for further explanation and evidence from their own kind.
But Shen Jinfeng looked at the wolf pack before him, whose gazes were already somewhat wavering.
Now that he was here, who had time to keep making up stories for them?
As for Mo Fan’s question, after hesitating for a moment, he still did not plan to expose the fact that he also knew beast language. It was impossible to explain clearly, and also very difficult to muddle through.
In any case, the sounds he had made earlier—these people would never guess they were made by a human.
Therefore, he decisively and cleanly shook his head, even making a joke that was neither too big nor too small. “I didn’t notice. Maybe their companions were calling them home.”
The netizens watching the livestream: […]
[No, so Big Boss, you’re treating us as deaf and blind, huh?]
[Hahaha, Big Boss Shen’s lie got exposed on the spot.]
[Actually, given the situation just now, Big Boss Shen would have no problem fooling Mo Fan and the others. But he doesn’t know that so many of us netizens were watching him through the livestream. Damn, Big Boss Shen is clearly the one lying, so why do I suddenly feel ashamed?]
[Originally, if Big Boss hadn’t denied it, I wouldn’t have suspected anything. But… he refuses to admit the sound came from him, yet indirectly admitted that the wolf howl just now—his own howl—was calling the wolves home. I have a bold guess…]
[Swallows. I also have a bold guess. Although it’s so ridiculous, still…]
[A bunch of cowards. I’ll say it. Fuck, so stupid production team, among the personas you implanted into Big Boss Shen, he knows three foreign languages. Besides Chinese and English, the last one is beast language?]
[Does beast language count as a foreign language?]
