Wasteland Farming, Manual for Raising Human Cubs

Chapter 262: Huge Whirlpool

The biggest impact of the SHASI virus on humans is that it restricts normal human reproduction.

It has been fourteen years since the disaster, and a boy of fourteen or fifteen years old appearing alone on the street would not attract much attention.

But if a four-year-old child walks down the street alone, it's hard not to attract attention.

As for a burly man who is nearly 1.9 meters tall and close to 2 meters tall appearing on the street, although he will attract people's attention, compared with those hunting group members who are dressed in strange costumes, he seems unremarkable.

However, this sturdy man, who looked like he had just come from the inland, had a strange walking posture, with his butt raised high, his arms swinging, and he even jumped from time to time.

Fortunately, the dock was full of busy people and no one had the extra energy to pay attention to such a strange strong man.

So the strong man swaggered to the port dock and asked passers-by if there was a boat going to the White Tower opposite.

This sturdy man is tall and stocky, but his voice is very strange, as if he is wearing a voice changer, or his vocal cords are accidentally damaged. His voice is hoarse and unclear, and passers-by can hardly hear it clearly.

However, this man was very generous and stuffed expensive candies, low-quality cigarettes and other things into their hands.

After some inquiries, I learned that if ordinary survivors wanted to go to the white tower opposite, they had to take the biological company's special cargo ship.

The boat runs once in the morning and once in the evening every day, carrying people there in the morning and bringing people back in the evening. Except for the employees of the biological company headquarters, no one else is allowed to spend the night on the tower.

People go to the White Tower generally for the scarce supplies in the department store inside the tower, or to replenish advanced equipment and weapons. Therefore, during normal business hours during the day, ordinary people can move freely in the department store, but cannot leave the building area.

Once violated, no matter why, the person will be shot immediately.

Buying tickets is also easy. A passerby pointed to the ticket cabin on the pier and said, "Look, that's it. 1000 points for a ticket. You came at the right time. Boarding will start in ten minutes. Go buy your ticket quickly."

For the sake of the free cigarettes, the passerby whispered in the sturdy man's ear: "If you want to buy discounted tickets, you can also go to the freighter to find the boy with the crippled leg wearing an orange hat. He only wants 2000 points."

Hearing this, the sunglasses on the sturdy man's face tilted. Discount tickets are more expensive than full-price tickets?
I didn't understand, but I politely said thank you and walked towards the freighter.

Before they reached the destination, a lame boy in an orange hat jumped out, stuck close to him and asked if he wanted a discounted ticket that would allow him to skip the boarding security check and get on the ship directly.

The sturdy man's sunglasses tilted again. This time he understood, and decisively handed over his points card, swiping 2000 points in exchange for a boat ticket.

But the boy asked him to wait a moment and not to rush into the boat. After waiting for about seven or eight minutes, four or five people dressed even stranger than him gathered together.

A group of people followed the boy, boarded a small fishing boat, bypassed the freighter boarding point, and came to the side and rear of the freighter.

At this time, a window on the freighter opened, and the boy nodded and greeted the people inside. The people inside stretched out their hands and pulled everyone on the small fishing boat in one by one.

This is a dark little cargo hold filled with all kinds of supplies. There is limited remaining space, so five or six people are huddled together.

"If you don't want to be thrown off the boat to feed the mutant sharks, then behave yourself and don't make any noise. I'll come and call you when we get to the destination." The person on the boat gave stern instructions, closed the hatch, and left.

It turned out to be smuggling!
Zhao Xiaoxiu, who was hiding in the belly of the strong man disguised as Monkey Sister, looked out through the gap between the buttons of his coat. It was dark outside, with only a few red indicator lights flashing.

The people squeezed next to me were definitely not normal residents of the base. I didn't know what they were thinking. They spent twice as much as others on the boat tickets, but could only squeeze into such a small space, but they didn't complain at all.

Everyone was very quiet, tacitly following the "rules of the road", not taking the initiative and not asking questions.

Soon, the large freighter started moving, and the sound of surging seawater could be heard from outside the cabin. Zhao Xiaoxiu's heart also became excited. Once she got ashore, she should be able to see her father, right?
She had a strong intuition that her father might be somewhere, watching her every move.

Just like before, as long as she was within his perception range and encountered any danger, he would appear in a second.

The distance between the White Tower and the island does not seem far, but it is actually a half-hour sailing trip.

The freighter is fully loaded with supplies, so the speed may be even slower.

Zhao Xiaoxiu fell into a deep sleep.

The monkey sister, who was wearing adult clothes, was nervous and curious. She looked around behind her sunglasses and raised her hand to touch her belly from time to time to make sure that the cub was staying well inside, and then she felt relieved.

I don’t know how long it had been, but the violent sound of water splashing in my ears suddenly stopped, and everyone in the cabin became restless in an instant.

"Are we there yet?" someone couldn't help but ask in a low voice, but was immediately booed by another person, who warned him not to make any noise.

A sound of footsteps came in, getting faster and closer. It was the sound of the thick soles of military boots stepping on the deck.

Zhao Xiaoxiu woke up suddenly, and everyone around him stood up and looked nervously at the hatch cover with a flashing red light.

Two electronic sounds of "beep" rang out in the silent cabin. The tightly closed door slowly opened, and strong light poured in. A team of fully armed mercenaries stood outside.

"Run!"

Someone shouted, breaking the silence in the cabin. The sounds of running, shouting, and alarms intertwined into a chaos.

In the chaos, gunshots were heard and someone was shot dead on the spot, falling in front of Zhao Xiaoxiu and Monkey Sister.

The disguise could no longer be maintained. Zhao Xiaoxiu didn't care about being exposed and quickly reminded: "Sister Monkey, open the window quickly!"

Sister Monkey grabbed the person who was squeezing next to her and threw him out, knocking down two mercenaries with a bang. She took the opportunity to rush to the window and opened it.

Outside the window, there is the rushing sea water and the wide-open mouths of various mutated marine creatures.

Seeing two figures emerging from the window, the mutated sea fish that had been surrounding the sturdy freighter and were reluctant to leave suddenly jumped out of the sea in excitement. Their red eyes, rotten and rugged backs, and foul-smelling mouths all showed their desire for food.

"Aren't they all stowaways? Why is there a child here?!"

Zhao Xiaoxiu's heart skipped a beat when he heard the mercenary's puzzled voice asking from behind him. He had only one thought in his mind - he must not let them see him!

With a "splash", the monkey hugged the little girl and jumped into the sea.

The turbid sea water surrounded them from all directions. Zhao Xiaoxiu closed her eyes tightly and felt herself and Sister Monkey suddenly sinking a very deep distance. The strong squeezing feeling in an instant made her dizzy.

Zhao Xiaoxiu opened her eyes. She didn't know if she was dizzy or what, but she seemed to see a huge, long black creature approaching her at a very fast speed.

It came from the dim seabed, spinning and twisting, bringing a force that the sea could not resist, sucking the entire sea surface down violently, taking Zhao Xiaoxiu and Monkey Sister with them.
When the mercenaries chased to the window, they only saw a large group of hungry mutant fish with their bloody mouths wide open, diving madly into the center of the water.

Then, a huge whirlpool suddenly appeared on the sea. The cargo ship docked next to the whirlpool began to tilt uncontrollably, and the detection equipment on the white tower sounded a shrill alarm!