Chapter 53
On the screen, opposite the motionless pack of wolves—
Hearing Shen Jinfeng say this, the others did not doubt him in the slightest.
Only, where had those wolf howls just now come from?
If several more wolves came, even with Boss back, the difference in strength between the two sides would be too great, wouldn’t it?
Mo Fan immediately grew nervous. “There won’t be other wolves on the way here, right?”
He Erwang swallowed and looked worriedly at Shen Jinfeng. “Boss, how many wolves can you handle alone? Do you have any method? What do you need us to do?”
Gu Shengsheng tightly clutched Shen Jinfeng’s sleeve. He was clearly afraid, but was also forcing himself to stay calm. “Boss, I won’t drag you down.”
Qi Xiu had quietly taken out his turtle shell and performed an extremely simple and quick divination.
He let out a long breath. Sure enough, the divination showed: danger, but no disaster.
Still, “What suddenly happened to this pack of wolves? Are they going to keep confronting us? They aren’t leaving either. Being stared at like this is really creepy.”
Shen Jinfeng narrowed his eyes. “Don’t worry. It’s just a pack of wolves.”
[Just a pack of wolves… Hm? Just???]
[Good grief, this group really believes Big Boss Shen’s explanation so easily! LOL, sure enough, no one could possibly guess out of thin air that Big Boss Shen’s third foreign language is beast language. Dog head.]
[Does Big Boss Shen not want to tell his underlings that he knows beast language? Because it’s too unbelievable?]
[I’m genuinely scratching my heart and lungs. Nooo, everything happened too fast just now. I still want to hear Big Boss Shen do it again! I really want to know what Big Boss Shen “said” to this pack of wolves!]
[Exactly. What did he “say” to make this pack of wolves behave so obediently? Big Boss Shen is truly unbelievable. How can there be someone this amazing? The more you dig, the more powerful he is. The more you dig, the more godlike he becomes!]
[Still feels unbelievable. I searched it up, and beast language doesn’t exist in this world. The encyclopedia says animals don’t have language. Could it be that what happened just now was actually the production team acting?]
[@ProductionTeam, Old Dog Sun, come out quickly! Respond! I know all of you must be watching in front of the screen. Normally, you add “Professional action, please do not imitate” so promptly. Come out and refute the rumor!]
[Impossible. If the production team could act, they would’ve acted earlier. In such a dangerous situation, they couldn’t possibly sit back and do nothing. Besides, if Big Boss Shen doesn’t know beast language, why did he suddenly imitate wolf howls? And the way he howled was incredible. If you covered his face, who could still tell whether that was Big Boss or a wolf? Look at Mo Fan and the others. They didn’t suspect anything at all. If we didn’t have a god’s-eye view, we’d definitely have been fooled by Big Boss Shen too.]
[No, sister above, what you said sounds like praise, but why does it feel so strange?]
[I don’t think it was the production team. Why? The reason is simple. I don’t think the production team has that ability.]
The production team, which had been called out by name for being incapable: “…”
Indeed… they really could not compare to Big Boss Shen.
Goat stared blankly at the screen. After a few seconds, he held down the urge to add another “Professional action, please do not imitate” on the public screen.
Because he also knew this matter had become serious.
A guest’s level of skill had surpassed common sense. For some operations that could not be explained by ordinary logic, perhaps the production team would have to explain—take the blame—for them.
For example, if it was truly as the netizens said, and current science had no explanation for the existence of beast language, then how had Shen Jinfeng learned it? Could this involve some kind of secret?
It was certain that before long, the production team would receive another call from a relevant department.
Therefore, the production team definitely could not respond rashly right now.
He turned and asked Sun Xinping, “Director, should I still run the program I wrote? Or are we just… not going to care about these wolves anymore?”
Sun Xinping’s eyelid twitched. This guy really was a ghostly genius with words. What did he mean by “not care about this pack of wolves anymore”?
But… he waved his hand. “Keep things still for now. Observe quietly.”
“Also, no matter what these netizens ask, don’t randomly reply in the bullet comments.”
Goat nodded. “Got it.”
The other staff members also nodded one after another.
On the screen, clearly, after hearing Shen Jinfeng’s calm, confident, almost indifferent answer that seemed to not place the wolf pack in his eyes at all—
Mo Fan and the others suddenly felt as though their hearts could be put back in their stomachs.
Qi Xiu put away his turtle shell and looked at Shen Jinfeng with shining eyes. “Boss, I’m ready.”
Shen Jinfeng was baffled. “For what?”
Ready to fight the wolves?
Qi Xiu said, “Ready to have my titanium dog eyes blinded by your next operation!”
“Pfft.” Gu Shengsheng, who was beside him, could not hold back his laughter. “Makes sense! I’m ready too. Ready to watch Boss hard-control the wolf pack!”
Shen Jinfeng: “…”
Help. So embarrassing.
Originally, he had been planning to do something, but after they put it that way, he felt a little too embarrassed to even raise his hand.
[Hahaha, I’m ready too! Ready to watch Big Boss Shen continue carrying the whole field!]
[Actually, it’s very simple. The highest-level battlefield is one where not a single soldier is lost, and one person can repel thousands of troops! In ancient times, Zhuge Kongming made the enemy break down and die with a few words. Today, Big Boss Shen can retreat a wolf pack with a few howls!]
[But Big Boss Shen probably won’t continue speaking beast language. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have hidden it from the others earlier.]
[Then, so, next is the forceful-subduing segment? I’m ready too. I’ve already started screen-recording, ready to cut a clip of our flower-growing kung fu for foreign friends to see!]
Sure enough, Shen Jinfeng stared at the pack of wolves in front of him, seemingly thinking about how to deal with them.
He asked Mo Fan and the others, “Do you want revenge?”
Mo Fan said, “Uh, revenge might be a bit much.”
It sounded cowardly and spineless, but he actually only wanted to survive.
He Erwang said fiercely, “Yes! It’s all this pack of wolves’ fault. My butt still hurts now.”
Qi Xiu held back his laughter and said seriously, “We need revenge! This pack of wolves caused me serious mental damage and left me with psychological trauma.”
Shen Jinfeng nodded and asked Gu Shengsheng, “Do you want to eat wolf meat?”
Gu Shengsheng froze. As soon as he raised his head, he was startled by the way the wolves opposite them stared fixedly at him.
W-Who wanted to eat these damn things? He was afraid that if he ate them, he would have nightmares at night.
Sorry, he was just that cowardly.
“N-No, let’s not. I don’t want to eat them.” He did not dare eat them!
“I don’t want to see them!”
Shen Jinfeng was rendered speechless by his timidity.
At this moment, the wolf pack opposite them seemed angered that this group of “prey” was actually so bold as to ignore them and start chatting.
The wolf that had originally wanted to attack Mo Fan first glanced around in confusion and let out a high-pitched snarl.
The other wolves also began snarling one after another, as if confirming something before the attack.
Gu Shengsheng tried hard to stop his calves from trembling. “Are they discussing whether they still want to duel us?”
Shen Jinfeng: “…”
Uh, not exactly.
The alpha wolf was wondering why the companion who had just told it not to attack still had not arrived.
It was also asking which darling of its was calling it.
The other wolves were also confused. Among these two-legged beasts in front of them, which one had once been their clan member’s lifesaving benefactor?
But this pack of wolves was destined not to receive an answer.
Only, with everyone else present now, Shen Jinfeng did not want to expose the fact that he knew beast language again. After thinking for a moment, he directly dug out a few small medicinal packets he had prepared from the leaf basket.
When exploring a forest, even if they had not previously encountered dangerous animals—
It was still necessary to prepare for the unexpected.
Just as he had earlier asked everyone to apply the snake-repelling herbal liquid, he had actually also made some medicines targeting other large fierce beasts, categorized by type.
Some might be poisons, some might be knockout drugs, and some might be drugs that caused animals to panic, become confused, and hallucinate.
They were all basic tricks. After all, he had been a physician and doctor in many worlds.
He had even refined plenty of pills in cultivation worlds. It was just that in modern society, it was impossible to find the raw materials.
The reason he had not told the others was, firstly, that he had not expected in advance that he would split up with them halfway.
Secondly, he had not expected that Mo Fan and the others would genuinely run into wolves after he had only left for a short while.
Thirdly, he had prepared too many. If someone asked why he prepared so many poisons for no reason, it would make him look very much like a dangerous person.
Fourthly, there were too many of these medicines, and from appearance alone, they did not look that different. Based on the fact that the others could not even distinguish herbs while following him to pick them, telling them would probably be the same as not telling them.
It was very possible that Mo Fan and the others would poison themselves before poisoning the wild beasts.
Now, in dealing with this pack of wolves, killing them would be simple, but not satisfying.
And also, it did not seem to have reached that point.
Because the others in the team had not been hurt, and no fixed consequences had been caused.
Survival of the fittest. It was a wolf’s nature to seek prey. Wanting to attack Mo Fan and the others for survival was not strange.
Moreover, this pack of wolves actually seemed rather loyal.
Just because a “clan member” casually said the words lifesaving benefactor, without even any evidence, and not even their own personal lifesaving benefactor, they had all stopped, willing to give up prey that was already at their mouths.
Since the others did not want to eat wolf meat either, Shen Jinfeng felt there was no need to exterminate them.
Still, he would hand the choice later to the others who had truly been frightened.
He lifted the medicinal packet and, at the same time, gestured for Mo Fan beside him to hand him the knife.
Then he took a few steps forward.
He made a “beckoning” gesture toward the wolf pack. Of course, it was different from a human “beckoning” gesture. In fact, it was also a symbolic movement used among wolves to gather their own kind.
It counted as an entry-level beast-taming movement.
Thus, Qi Xiu and the others behind him did not see clearly what he had done with his hand. They only saw the pack of wolves seem to hesitate for a moment before walking toward Shen Jinfeng.
The wolves surrounded Shen Jinfeng, almost forming a circle around him.
In truth, they walked over obediently and without aggression.
But this scene was still truly somewhat terrifying and spectacular.
[Mother, are we playing this big? What is Big Boss Shen trying to do? Pah, no, what is this pack of wolves trying to do?]
[Watching this makes my adrenaline soar! My god, it’s still a little scary.]
[Is Big Boss Shen planning to gather this pack of wolves together and catch them all in one net?]
[This really confirms that Big Boss Shen can communicate with wolves, right? Although this pack surrounding him makes my heart jump in fear, it’s because of that gesture Big Boss Shen made just now, right? Does Big Boss not only know beast language, but also beast taming?]
The viewers watching the livestream had a god’s-eye view, yet large numbers of people were still so frightened they covered their eyes, peeking through the gaps between their fingers to continue watching.
Mo Fan and the others on the scene were even more uneasy.
Even though Shen Jinfeng acted like he did not take the pack of wolves seriously at all—
So many wolves were surrounding one person! What if some accident happened?
The few of them could not help taking one step forward, only to be stopped by Shen Jinfeng’s gaze.
“Boss!” the few of them called out in panic.
Shen Jinfeng shook his head at them. “I’m fine.”
He lifted the medicinal packet and slowly tore open a corner of the leaf wrapping. He gestured for the wolf pack to come closer. Just as he was about to scatter the medicine completely—
He suddenly felt a gust of force in front of him.
The wolf closest to him was suddenly kicked flying by the young man who had appeared behind it at some unknown point.
“Little Captain, are you okay?” Qin Ye’s anxious voice rang out.
Shen Jinfeng: “???”
Qi Xiu and the others: “!!!”
It turned out that Qin Ye, who had also reacted immediately a few minutes ago when he heard the wolf howls and had practically used all his strength to rush back but had still been left far behind by Shen Jinfeng, had finally arrived.
Earlier, he had watched with his own eyes as Shen Jinfeng’s back grew farther and farther away from him, until it truly disappeared before his eyes.
Then he heard new wolf howls coming from the forest.
Not being able to see or touch anything, only guessing, was the most terrifying thing.
Over the short distance of less than a thousand meters, he had nearly gone through all the worst possibilities in his mind.
But… human strength had limits. He just could not run fast, fast, faster…
Qin Ye was so anxious he nearly went mad. He decided that after getting back, he would establish a new project in the Qin Group’s research and development department: researching how to develop wearable equipment, shoes, or gliding tools that could greatly increase a person’s running speed after equipping them.
He ran so hard his heart pounded wildly. Finally, he returned to the original spot.
Yet unexpectedly, the moment he arrived, he saw a scene that made his eyes nearly split.
All the wolves were actually surrounding Shen Jinfeng!
One of them had even opened its mouth wide, eager to try, as though it would roar and bite down on the young man in front of it in the next second.
Qin Ye’s mind went completely blank. In that flash of lightning, he had no time to think about why the others besides Shen Jinfeng were all standing to the side and not coming forward.
He charged up and, using all the strength in his body, kicked the wolf closest to Shen Jinfeng away.
The wolf that had been kicked flying let out a pained howl from its throat and flew several meters away.
The other wolves froze for a moment. Their eyes instantly became fierce again, and as soon as their paws shifted, they were about to attack as a group, pouncing toward Qin Ye to tear this man who had harmed their companion into pieces and devour him, avenging their comrade!
Qin Ye’s gaze was solemn. With a flick of his hand, he drew his military knife and prepared to face the enemy.
But he was only one person. As he stabbed the nearest wolf, another wolf bit down on his arm.
He kicked toward that wolf.
Shen Jinfeng had only frozen for an instant. He raised his hand and brought the knife down, cleanly and decisively striking the wolf that had just bitten Qin Ye on the head, while also kicking away the wolf lunging toward him.
With his other hand, he quickly scattered the medicinal powder packet, letting the surrounding pack of wolves inhale it.
Then he flung out the leaf rope to hook around Qin Ye’s waist, dragging him up and leaping backward to fly out, leaving the encirclement of the wolf pack.
Everything happened in almost two short seconds.
Mo Fan and the others watching from the side were dumbfounded.
The bullet comments were dumbfounded too.
“Ye-ge, you’re hurt!” Gu Shengsheng shouted anxiously.
After Shen Jinfeng retreated with Qin Ye, the others hurriedly swarmed over.
Fortunately, the wolf’s bite had not been too deep. It had nearly only just gotten close before Qin Ye and Shen Jinfeng worked together to knock it away.
But the bitten flesh on his arm still looked somewhat terrifying. The deep teeth marks were covered by flowing blood, and the slightly flipped-open flesh looked fierce and extremely painful.
“My heavens, Ye-ge, you—you were too brave. Damn wolf.” Qi Xiu looked at the wolf, then at Qin Ye. Actually, he felt this was a bit hard to evaluate. “But why didn’t you come back with Boss?”
After all, Shen Jinfeng had already completely controlled the situation, but Qin Ye rushed up without caring about anything and charged in so fiercely.
They had not reacted in time to stop him at all.
Qin Ye had now somewhat reacted too.
Because after Shen Jinfeng brought him away, the wolf pack did not chase them.
After inhaling the medicinal powder, the wolves suddenly seemed somewhat dazed. One after another, their steps staggered, and they began spinning crookedly in place.
As for why he had not come back together with Shen Jinfeng: “…”
Could he refuse to answer this question?
Qin Ye pressed his lips together and said nothing.
He was pulled by Shen Jinfeng to sit down by the peach tree.
He Erwang was blunt. “How did this end up with only Ye-ge getting hurt?”
After saying this, he realized his words were not very good. After all, Qin Ye had arrived late and had not understood the situation, but his original intention had been to save someone.
At the very least, his courage was commendable, and he had shown no fear of death.
He added, “I’m hurt too.”
He pointed at the peach tree above his head. “I slid down from up there and landed on my butt. It still hurts now.”
Qin Ye: “…”
He felt a burning pain on his face, even more obvious than the pain in his arm.
Only Mo Fan was still relatively reliable, worrying from the side. “Good thing the injury isn’t especially serious. The flesh wasn’t bitten off. But if he was bitten by a wolf, will he get rabies?”
Fuck, good question.
On this deserted island, they had no conditions to get things like rabies vaccines, nor did they have disinfecting tools or medicine.
Qin Ye lowered his eyes slightly and saw Shen Jinfeng crouching before him, frowning as he looked at his wound without saying a word.
His heart ached, and he could not help comforting him aloud. “I’m fine. Don’t worry.”
Mo Fan said, “This isn’t a matter of whether I’m worried or not. It’s that the objective conditions don’t exist! Boss, do you have a solution?”
Shen Jinfeng silently nodded.
First, he rummaged and rummaged and rummaged through his leaf-basket treasure chest until he pulled out a new packet of medicinal powder.
It looked no different from the snake-repelling one earlier or the one the wolves had just inhaled.
But when he took it out, the others had no doubts at all.
He held the medicinal powder and gently sprinkled it over Qin Ye’s wound.
Then from the leaf basket, he flipped and flipped and flipped until he found around a dozen herbs. Right there, he picked up the largest stone, asked Gu Shengsheng for the water he had brought out, and after washing the stone, began grinding the herbs.
The others let out a breath of relief.
He Erwang also sat down beside them. “Seeing that Boss has a method, I’m relieved.”
At this moment, the wolf pack that had been staggering in place earlier continued staggering for over twenty seconds. Then, one wolf after another closed their eyes and fell to the ground.
Qi Xiu sighed. “Sigh, Ye-ge, this injury of yours was kind of a loss.”
[Pfft, I’m a Ye-god fan, and even I feel both heartache and speechlessness… This injury really is, wuwu, hard to describe…]
[Knowing the wound can be treated, I’m relieved. Now let me laugh for a while hahahahahaha. Ye-god, although that kick just now was very handsome, it was really unnecessary, okay!]
[Ye-god, that kick just now was indeed very handsome, but it almost ruined things, do you know? Big Boss Shen had already controlled the field. Your move instantly made the wolf pack riot, and now you’re injured, right?]
[Ye-god, that kick just now was really handsome, but—but it really wasn’t necessary QAQ.]
[All right, at least Student Qin Ye’s original intention in getting hurt was good.]
[Pfft, goddamn “original intention in getting hurt” hahahaha. Wasn’t it just that he saw his wife surrounded and panicked?]
[Hiss, is no one feeling bad for him? That wound looks painful to me!]
[It looks like… being bitten by a dog, more or less. The main thing is that Ye-god had good intentions but nearly made things worse and made a mistake. The main thing is that for Ye-god right now, social death is probably stronger than the pain… Look at how guilty he looks, not daring to look at Big Boss Shen hahahaha.]
Shen Jinfeng did not speak the entire time.
After grinding the mixed herbs with the stone, he thickly applied a layer over Qin Ye’s wound. Then he grabbed Qin Ye’s clothes hem and wrapped the wound tightly.
Qin Ye cautiously glanced at his expression. “I’m sorry. Did I almost ruin things just now?”
[Damn. Although I know Qin Ye isn’t wrong, with my god’s-eye view, I really do dislike people who can’t understand the situation and mess things up, even if he’s Qin Ye, my male god. But now hearing him say this, I feel so sad again.]
[Actually, he only panicked because he saw Big Boss Shen surrounded by wolves. Isn’t it praiseworthy to throw oneself forward without regard for safety for the person one loves?]
Shen Jinfeng shook his head.
Of course he knew that Qin Ye had made a mistake out of good intentions. Under those circumstances, he had rushed up alone with only himself, wanting to deal with the wolf pack together with him.
That kind of sincere, intense first reaction could not be faked.
His lips pressed tightly together, and he felt a place in his heart grow sour.
But he still wanted to use this opportunity to explain. “I can deal with that pack of wolves alone without a problem.”
He raised his head and looked straight at the young man before him. “Qin Ye, you were too reckless. No matter when, you have to put your own life and safety first.”
Qin Ye’s eyes flickered. He looked at Shen Jinfeng, but stubbornly did not respond.
After a long time, he finally lost the battle and said quietly, “I was just afraid you’d get hurt.”
“Your life and safety are also very important.”
His eyes flickered, too embarrassed to continue meeting Shen Jinfeng’s gaze. He looked elsewhere, only to raise his head and see that there was still a group of people around them…
He then added, “We’re a team. We should help one another and be each other’s support.”
The others were shaken by his direct confession.
Mo Fan opened his mouth to persuade Shen Jinfeng. “Boss, don’t blame him. Xiao Qin was worried about you too.”
He Erwang echoed, “Yeah, Boss. Ye-ge was just acting out of kindness. Seeing you surrounded by a pack of wolves, who wouldn’t be scared? He came late and didn’t know you had things under control.”
Only Qi Xiu felt something was a little off. “But Ye-ge, next time, you really do need to pay attention to the situation. So many of us were standing to the side. Would we watch Boss fall into danger alone with our eyes wide open?”
Shen Jinfeng’s lips parted.
Then he met Qin Ye’s gaze again.
The young man’s dark eyes seemed filled with grievance. His face was expressionless, but he somehow looked like a big dog, a tail stretching out behind him and wagging, yearning for its “owner’s” response and affirmation.
He looked at the teammates who were still pleading for Qin Ye. “…I’m not blaming him.”
The wound had already been bandaged. He then used the leaf rope to make a simple neck-hanging sling for Qin Ye, letting his hand hang suspended in front of his chest.
“Does it hurt?” he asked Qin Ye.
Qin Ye’s eyes instantly lit up, and he quickly shook his head. “It doesn’t hurt!”
[Fuck, even getting injured has to show off affection?]
[I was originally scared to death, then suddenly got sweetened, and now I’m sour to death!]
[Does it hurt… What Qin Ye probably wanted to answer wasn’t “It doesn’t hurt,” but “Isn’t it sweet?”]
[Ye-god, you—you… Sure enough, getting injured is a good way to pull distance closer? I bet that although he got bitten by a wolf, his score in Big Boss Shen’s heart definitely rose greatly!]
[Wuwuwu, Mo-ge, little purple-hair, Shengsheng, Xiao Qi! You people who don’t understand shipping science! You’re actually telling Big Boss Shen not to blame him? Is Big Boss blaming him? He’s clearly feeling heartache for him!]
