Chapter 596 Will It Eat People?
"Sorry, we have nothing to say. Maybe it’s because we’re lucky that we’re still alive?" Jiang Xue replied indifferently, feeling a bit annoyed by the reporter’s interview.
At this moment, shouldn’t we be trying to find a way to save people? Yet, surprisingly, these people are not thinking about saving lives, only about the news.
The person in charge watched for a while, observing the tide not receding, turned to ask Mu Qiancheng: "Major Mu, is the sudden lake tide related to the water monster?"
Mu Qiancheng nodded and then said, "The lake surface isn’t actually experiencing a real tide but is being stirred up by the water monster. From what I guess, the water monster might have understood our intentions, so it got angry, causing the tide."
"Understood our intentions?" The person in charge was taken aback, looking at Mu Qiancheng, and asked, "Could that monster have become sentient?"
"I don’t know about that, but the water monster is not only massive but also quite smart. That day, my wife and I barely escaped with our lives."
"Escaped?" The person in charge was stunned again, glanced at Mu Qiancheng, then at the raging tide, and fell silent.
To escape such huge waves, it can’t just be luck. However, considering Mu Qiancheng’s identity, the person in charge didn’t find it that surprising.
"Those three people have already sunk; are we just going to watch?" Someone asked, though their gaze was fixed on Mu Qiancheng, and said, "Major Mu, you’re a soldier. Isn’t it said that soldiers are the guardians of the people? Now, those in the water need protection."
As if, by not rushing to rescue, it would be wrong.
"With such big waves, why don’t you go down and rescue them?" Jiang Xue retorted irritably, if you have the guts, just do it yourself; why look at others? Just because someone is a soldier, must they rescue others? Even knowingly heading to certain death, should they jump down?
Jiang Xue was very annoyed, glaring at the person who spoke.
"Stop arguing, let’s discuss how to save people." The person in charge, seeing Jiang Xue about to start arguing with someone, quickly spoke up.
"There’s no way unless the tide recedes." Jiang Xue spoke calmly. With the tide like this, there’s no way to get into the water, jumping in would mean death, even if you’re a swimming champion.
"How can we get the water monster to subside?"
"Wait for its anger to dissipate, then naturally the tide will subside."
"And those three people..." The person in charge felt uncomfortable, knowing those three would die in vain.
Jiang Xue didn’t speak, but in her heart, she added that it was their own doing. Who told them not to heed her and Mu Qiancheng’s advice?
The group waited for a good while, and the tide gradually receded, and the lake became calm once more. At that moment, the person in charge immediately instructed the accompanying rescue personnel to go into the water to rescue people.
The rescue personnel were equipped with speedboats and, upon entering the water, immediately cast nets, intending to retrieve those people. Jiang Xue watched, not speaking, only exchanging a glance with Mu Qiancheng.
They’re doing it this way, but the retrieval is completely useless because those three people are likely already devoured by the water monster.
Unless they can pull up the water monster, everything is in vain. But again, even if they pull up the water monster, so much time has passed that those people are most likely already dead.
The rescue personnel retrieved for a while but came up empty-handed, leaving the person in charge quite disappointed, and he asked Mu Qiancheng beside him, "Major Mu, will the water monster eat people?"
"Yes!" Mu Qiancheng replied bluntly with a single word, as he wouldn’t tell the other that both he and Jiang Xue had once been swallowed into the monster’s stomach.