Chapter 3

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Boss, give me 50 boxes of mineral water.”

Before Su Chen left to join the rescue team, he first went to the supermarket downstairs to buy some drinking water.

In an apocalypse, water would be the most scarce resource.

A tsunami or flood would pollute the city’s drinking water source.

Humans could live for three days without food but without water, a person could only last one or two days.

Su Chen had to stock up as much water as possible before the entire population realized the situation.

“Young man, are you going to drink them by yourself? Why are you buying loads at once? I don’t have that much to sell!”

“How many do you have? I’ll take your entire stock.”

Su Chen smiled without saying anything else and paid for the water.

Twenty boxes of water!

Effortlessly, he tied the boxes with some ropes and left.

The boss was shocked.

“Hey, young man, you’re really strong!”

…

In order to save the pigs and people trapped in the suburban farm, twenty people had volunteered to form a rescue team overnight. 

Naturally, Su Chen was one of them.

The rescue team gathered at the scene.

One of the members, Munch, got a voicemail from his daughter before they left. 

“Dad, are you going to save Paige? Then you must save George too!”

The voicemail warmed everyone’s hearts.

Munch composed himself and turned to speak to the other rescuers.

“Twenty volunteers have assembled. We’re leaving in 30 minutes!”

The journey from the gathering place to the farm in the suburbs was usually only half an hour by car.

However, due to the blizzard, Su Chen and the others took three hours.

The snow plower was leading the way. All twenty of them were sitting in armored vehicles. 

Compared to the heavy snow, they felt like tiny ants.

“Look at those low bungalows. They are almost completely submerged by the heavy snow. Only the roofs are visible.”

“The bulges in front of the houses should be cars!”

“The snow accumulated on the roof is even taller than the bungalow below!”

This occurrence had been reported in the media.

Nonetheless, one would still be bewildered when looking with their own eyes.

The rescue team members would let out exclamations from time to time!

Su Chen looked indifferent because it was within his expectations.

This scene was almost the same as what he saw in his nightmare.

‘The apocalypse is getting closer and closer!’

Su Chen muttered in his heart.

Their vehicle continued to drive on the road. There was no one around.

The world had become a lonely and quiet place. One could even hear the sound of snow falling.

The leader, Meng Qi, and his teammates announced, “Let us relay the situation to all of you first. We are going to the largest farm in our city. There are more than 3,000 pigs trapped on the farm. That farm is the source of pork for almost the entire city. Due to the sharp drop in temperature, the farmer speculated that some of the pigs must have frozen to death. Our mission is to relocate the pigs as soon as possible. We’ll move them to a completely enclosed breeding shed nearby. More importantly, there is a herd of wild boars around. These wild boars have already attacked the surrounding villages, causing casualties. Despite that, we are uncertain about their exact whereabouts. Be careful and pay attention to your own safety! Anyway, we’re here. Let’s get off!”

“We’re here?”

Everyone in the car was shocked.

This was a farm? As far as the eye could see, there was only a sea of snow and trees.

“Here. This is where the red flag is placed.”

The driver pointed in a specific direction. There was indeed a little red flag not too far away.

Two-thirds of the flagpole was already buried in snow.

Under the red flag, one could vaguely see a roof.

The cries of animals could be heard from time to time.

“In total, there are 20 of us. We will be divided into two groups. The first group will use the snow plow car to clean up the snow in front of the feeding shed. Meanwhile, the second group will clean the back part. Now that the division of labor is clear, let’s get started. Everyone, hurry up!”

A few hours later, a passageway almost as tall as a person was created in front of the feeding shed. People could enter the feeding shed through this passageway.

Then, everyone witnesses a scene that left them dumbfounded.

They had encountered another difficult problem.

The roof of the feeding shed had already collapsed due to the heavy snow.

Under the collapsed roof, there were hundreds or even thousands of pigs.

How could they remove the roof with their limited strength?

“We need a crane to assist us!” said Su Chen calmly.

Of course, he was well aware that he had superpowers.

To him, this was nothing. However, he could not show his power to so many people.

“Emergency rescue department? We are in need of a crane. Bring it to the Red Star Farm in the suburbs! Please, hurry up!”

“Ding dong! You have successfully checked in today and obtained ski skill!”

Time was passing really quickly. It was already past 12 a.m. Su Chen had gained a new skill.

“What is the level of this ski skill?”

“Host, your ski skill is equivalent to a world-class ski champion’s level.”

Upon hearing the system’s reply, Su Chen was delighted. He looked at the snowy mountain in the distance and silently locked onto the next check-in location.

…

“The crane is here. Make way, make way!”

A small crane arrived in front of everyone.

“Are they making fun of us?”

“Such a small crane. It could probably carry as much weight as a fork!”

“We don’t have much choice. The bigger cranes were delivered to scenes with collapsed buildings. Furthermore, due to the roadblock, there’s no way to get bigger cranes here. We’ve already wasted a lot of time. Let’s just do what we can with this small crane.”

At first, they did not succeed. The roof would not budge at all.

They tried a second time and the wire of the crane almost broke. In the end, they only managed to move the roof a little bit.

Everyone was at a loss. The heavy snow was still falling, making the rescue team’s situation worse and worse.

If this small crane could not solve the problem, then the pigs would soon freeze to death.

“I’m going to push it. Let’s work together!”

Before they tried to move the roof for the third time, Su Chen went up and spoke to the crane’s operator.

“Mr. Su, that’s very dangerous. We’re in an unpredictable situation. If the roof suddenly collapses again, it will hit you.”

Meng Qi wanted to finish their task quickly, but he did not want any of his members to get injured.

“It’s okay. I know what I’m doing.”

Su Chen took a few steps and quickly went to the back of the shed.

Once again, it seemed like the crane would not be able to lift the roof but with a push, it was instantly overturned. A success!

The crane’s operator was clearly shocked. It felt like the crane had yet to even exert any force. How was the roof overturned?

Shortly after, the pigs revealed themselves. They finally managed to escape.

Everyone present was taken aback.

Even though they managed to save some of the pigs, nearly five to six hundred of them had died. Their corpses were laying on the ground and piled up in a disorderly manner.

Some were frozen to death while others were mauled by predators.

There was either a large piece of flesh missing from their bodies or they had lost their legs. The ground had already been dyed red by pig blood.

Even in this cold weather, one could still faintly smell the stench of corpses coming from the dead pigs.

The pigs who survived were actually in a state worse than death. They kept wailing miserably.

The scene continued to shock everyone.

“How could such a tragedy happen on a farm in the suburbs?”

“What had bitten the pigs to such a state?”

“Why were their wounds still rotting in such cold weather?”

Su Chen looked at the miserable state of the pigs in front of him.

Even he could not help but be startled.

Questions began to surface in his mind.

“Watch out! Behind you!”

A loud roar could be heard. Su Chen turned around and looked in the direction of the noise.

He saw two or three wild boars with red eyes and tusks charging in their direction.

These wild boars were obviously larger than the average wild boar.

They were running at an extremely fast speed. Their long manes blew in the wind.

Even though the ground was covered in snow, the rescue team could feel the ground tremble.

“Quickly! Get in the car!”

In the face of such ferocious wild beasts, they had no choice but to run.

The wild boars ran over and used their huge bodies to collide into the car twice.

Fortunately, there were many people in the car. Otherwise, it would have been overturned.

The wild boars circled around the car. Since there was nothing they could do, they left and ran deep into the forest.

Meanwhile, the rescue team was flabbergasted. They had just taken care of the collapsed roof and before they could even lure the pigs into the fully enclosed shed, they were attacked by wild boars.

This mission was really full of twists and turns.

Regardless, they had yet to complete their mission.

“Leader, go and calm everyone in the car. I’ll lure the pigs into the enclosed shed.”

“No. It’s too dangerous. The wild boars might come back!”

“It’s okay, I can handle it.”

The leader wanted to stop Su Chen, but he had already jumped out of the car resolutely.

It did not take him long to guide the pigs into the enclosed shed and complete the mission.

On the way back, Su Chen, who was looking out of the window, fell into deep thought.

‘What would happen to the pigs one month later?

‘If something else happened, would they be lucky and get rescued again?

‘What if they mutate into unknown monsters?

‘After all, it had already happened to the wild boars.’

Su Chen could not help but shiver.

If there were wild boars, they must have a nest somewhere.

Su Chen was actually happy because he had discovered another relatively dangerous area to sign in!

Suddenly, a white figure darted out from the side of the road. Then, it darted into the forest and ran towards the direction of the snowy mountain.

Su Chen was in a trance.. He did not get a good look but from the speed of its movement, that thing did not seem like a human!