Faced with the Pomeranian reporter's sharp questioning, the Corgi being interviewed retorted angrily, "It's clearly the government's incompetence, so why don't you reporters question the government about its false propaganda? Why doesn't the government let residents evacuate the war zone cities as soon as possible? Why do reporters only dare to question us civilians who are fleeing for our lives? Why don't you go and report on those powerful people who fled to safe houses with supplies early on?!"
The Pomeranian reporter was momentarily stunned by the counter-question, but quickly recovered. "Mr. Corgi, please don't change the subject! As citizens, as members of this world, instead of fighting against evil invaders, you're trying to storm the gates and confront the national army. Is this what you should be doing?"
Corgi angrily rebuked, "These troops aren't fighting the evil invaders; instead, they're blocking civilians from escaping. What are they really up to?!"
"You..." The Pomeranian reporter was filled with anger, but before it could say anything more powerful to refute the argument, the Corgi grabbed its paw.
"I see now, you dog of a reporter, you're just trying to make things difficult for us helpless commoners!" Corgi's eyes gradually turned vicious. "If I'm not having a good time, you won't be either!"
The Corgi dragged the Pomeranian towards the battlefield, grumbling as they went. "You say I'm a coward, afraid to fight the enemy. Fine, I'll prove you right now by going to kill them! But you have to come with me! It's not fair that we civilians should be on the battlefield while you can just lame out there!"
The Pomeranian reporter, being dragged along, screamed wildly, "Let me go, you lunatic! Let me go! I'm a reporter from an official media outlet! Have you thought about the consequences of doing this? You're committing a crime!"
The corgi remained unmoved, resolutely dragging the reporter toward the battlefield.
The Pomeranian reporter switched from insults to begging for mercy. It was a highly educated, high-income elite dog; how could it risk its life on the battlefield? This kind of thing should be done by worthless peasants!
The corgi was adamant because it knew its life was ruined. The reporter's close-up interview would definitely make countless people remember its face, and even if it managed to escape now, it would face endless troubles afterward.
Reporters dare not interview the rabid dogs; they only target the docile ones.
Since that's the case, the honest Corgi might as well just give up and do whatever it wants!
"Bang!" A gunshot rang out.
The Corgi that dragged the Pomeranian reporter was shot dead.
The troops blocking the road opened fire.
Looking at the fallen Corgi's body, the Pomeranian reporter had a look of relief, followed by boundless rage. He walked back to the interview team, faced the camera, and began to frantically smear these fleeing refugees.
The army opened fire in an attempt to force the refugees back to the city; the corgi was the one used as a warning to others.
After the gunshot, the scene fell silent.
But this situation only lasted for 5 seconds before the refugees' anger was completely ignited. Instead of retreating, they went completely berserk.
"Damn it, instead of fighting the invaders on the front lines, these troops are blocking the roads and preventing civilians from escaping, right? That's outrageous!" the dogs barked.
The dog army remained unmoved; they didn't need to consider whether their actions were right or wrong, they only needed to strictly follow orders from their superiors.
We absolutely must not allow these migrants to enter other cities, and we must not allow panic to spread!
The human transmigrators launched a fierce offensive, and the canine army was forced into retreat.
In this situation, a politician suggested, "Perhaps we could try negotiating with those Terrifying Upright Apes."
The rest of the people in the meeting were taken aback, and then fell into deep thought.
The battle has been going on for so long, and it's clear that those Terrifying Upright Apes are extremely powerful; it's almost impossible to defeat them without taking any damage.
However, these Terrifying Upright Apes seemed to have no reinforcements, nor did they demonstrate any super technology capable of traversing the universe and transcending time and space. The mist and flames were the Terrifying Upright Apes' most powerful methods.
The politician who proposed peace talks continued, "If we continue fighting, our losses will be too great. Those Terrifying Upright Apes may have lost their advanced technology for some reason, or even their manpower replenishment. We have plenty of time to slowly wear them down. In that case, why can't we negotiate?"
"The technology of the Terrifying Upright Apes can greatly enhance canine technology. Not to mention anything else, if we can crack those gray fogs and inextinguishable flames, our technology will experience an unimaginable leap forward."
One of the dogs frowned and retorted, "What you say is very good, but that's only the ideal situation. Besides, the current political climate doesn't allow for peace talks. With the fighting reaching this point, far too many residents have died. Who would dare propose peace talks at this time? Forget about their political career, they probably wouldn't even save their lives!"
"Those Terrifying Upright Apes number less than 1,000. We can easily find a secluded place and secretly settle them all, then announce to the outside world that the Terrifying Upright Apes have all been wiped out," the political dog who proposed peace talks said with a smile.
"The cowardly veteran politicians have already retreated to their safe houses. It's the perfect time for us more daring and reckless newcomers to seize power and gain advantages."
The political figures present nodded in agreement, quickly establishing the tone for the peace talks, and then began to discuss how to divide up the future benefits.
"If the peace talks succeed, we can use the illusion of peace to lull those Terrifying Upright Apes into a false sense of security. In just a few years, we can gradually erode them, forcing them to willingly offer up their own flesh!"
The number of Terrifying Upright Apes is far too small. Once peace talks are reached, they will gradually lose all their resources for survival and eventually become domesticated livestock, at the mercy of the dogs.
In a certain city, thousands of dogs guard the city entrance.
Mike, holding a long knife and with bloodshot eyes, walked at the front.
As the thick fog and Ghost Fire were about to spread, thousands of dogs began to howl loudly.
Just when the humans thought the dogs were about to attack, they did something extremely unusual. They all pulled out snacks, supplies, drinking water, and so on, threw them in front of the humans, and then bent over and lay down on the ground, adopting a submissive posture.
Mike was stunned for a moment, as were the other transmigrators, and it took them a while to come to their senses.
Are these dogs planning to surrender?
"Really? That's wonderful! This is great news!"
The crowd began to discuss it animatedly.
"Mike, what should we do?" someone asked in a low voice.
"Keep killing." Mike's voice was cold and flat.
Everyone was shocked. Should they really continue the killing?
Mike nodded.
The other transmigrators hesitated. The high frequency of battles had left them exhausted, and some had even lost confidence in defeating the dogs.
When you're caught up in the heat of the moment, you might think, "What if we all die together?" But once the heat cools down and fatigue sets in, the will to survive takes over, and most people just want to live and rest.
Mike saw through their thoughts and reminded them, "Whether the war ends or not is not in our hands, nor in the hands of the dogs."
"What do you mean?" someone couldn't help but ask.
Mike pointed to the eerie green Ghost Fire floating around them.
Those with quick minds instantly came to their senses, their faces turning pale. Having swept through the city with unstoppable momentum, they almost believed themselves to be truly formidable fighters, forgetting that without the protection of these Ghost Fire and gray mist, they would have been captured and sliced to pieces by the dogs long ago.
"We must continue fighting until those two speak," Mike coldly, his gaze sweeping over the crowd. "Otherwise, once we lose their protection, we can imagine what will happen to us."
The time-traveler team reached a consensus: kill! They must continue killing!
Mike raised his longsword and pointed it forward. Gray mist and Ghost Fire began to spread, and the dogs that had surrendered at the city entrance were instantly strangled.
The food and water given as surrender gifts were completely Neglect by the time travelers; who knows if they were poisoned?
Dog meat is safer.
"My God, these Terrifying Upright Apes have absolutely no canine nature; they are so cruel!" The dogs in the city, witnessing the brutal murder of the surrendered soldiers, screamed frantically.
As expected, the city was destroyed.
Millions of dogs rallied and swiftly arrived at the battlefield.
"Those Terrifying Upright Apes are ahead! Check your weapons and ammunition immediately!" Commander Husky shouted sternly.
The soldiers began inspecting their equipment, checking each dog meticulously, for they were about to engage in a decisive battle with the wicked Terrifying Upright Apes.
"Report, inspection complete!" the soldiers said.
Commander Husky, with a stern expression, said, "I won't go into too much detail. I have only one request: kill all the Terrifying Upright Apes, and don't retreat..."
"Whoosh!"
A ball of green flame falling from the sky interrupted Commander Husky's words.
"Oh no, an ambush!" the adjutant shouted in a panic.
"Quickly, prepare to put out the fire!" Commander Husky ordered. His men had already prepared various fire-fighting equipment.
Thick gray fog rose from the ground, and the soldiers calmly put on their gas masks.
To be fair, these dogs' methods did have some effect.
Upon seeing this, Commander Husky burst into laughter and ordered the entire army to attack.
It quickly stopped laughing.
The green Ghost Fire is neither afraid of water nor any fire extinguishing agent; this Supernatural fire will burn wherever there is life.
The gray fog ignored the gas masks, and the dogs that stepped into it still turned into zombies.
A million-strong army of dogs perished without a burial place.
The dog-like politician wanted to negotiate, but the human time traveler simply wouldn't take the bait.
To make matters worse, the dog army's attack on the time travelers was also forced to stop.
Gray fog and Ghost Fire permeated the air, turning many areas into forbidden zones for life.
All the dogs realized one thing: if things continued like this, the world's original inhabitants would eventually perish.
Official media continued to broadcast good news, "We have deciphered the composition of the gray fog, and we should be able to develop an antidote soon to completely wipe out all the Terrifying Upright Apes."
Few dogs are willing to believe such statements anymore.
In cities yet to be affected, a large number of dogs have fled to the mountains, while others are stockpiling supplies and reinforcing their homes, single-mindedly trying to avoid the danger.
Above the sky, a strangely shaped dark cloud drifted aimlessly across the world.
Hu Jiu and Du Zhong sat on this cloud, constantly surveying the world.
This world, dominated by dogs, is very abnormal. It seems to have been forcibly formed under the influence of external forces, and Hu Jiu and Du Zhong are looking for that external force.
They speculated that perhaps some powerful being had reversed the roles of dogs and humans.
However, after so many days of inspection, nothing was found.
"Old Hu, could it be that we're mistaken?" Du Zhong asked. "This world doesn't seem to have anything extraordinary."
"If you don't have it, you don't have it," Hu Jiu said calmly.
"Huh?" Du Zhong was completely bewildered. "This doesn't sound like something you would say. Have you been just wasting your time wandering around these past few days?"
Hu Jiu shook his head. "I was just curious about what a world dominated by dogs would look like. So I spent more time observing around."
Du Zhong said, "This world dominated by dogs is not fundamentally different from the social structure of the human world; it's just a different skin. Moreover, I remember that some dog breeds were selectively bred by humans. The naturally evolved dog world shouldn't have these artificially bred breeds."
"It doesn't matter. We'll just wander around. If we find any clues, great. If not, we'll just destroy this world while we're at it," Hu Jiu said. "While I'm wandering around, I'm also spreading Supernatural. It won't be long before they erupt."
Du Zhong thought for a moment and asked, "What about those time travelers? Should we just leave them be?"
"Use them as bait first, see if there are any big fish in this world that can be caught. If there are none, just deal with them all." Hu Jiu's words were cold, but very much in line with his personality.
"Hey, look over there," Du Zhong suddenly said, pointing into the distance.
Hu Jiu followed the direction of his finger and saw that the sky in the distance suddenly darkened, and a strange, fishy smell filled the air.
Suddenly, a blinding white light flashed, followed by a teeth-grinding, spine-chilling tearing sound, as if a hard curtain had been ripped open.
A hideous crack suddenly appeared in the sky, its edges shimmering with ominous dark blue and pale white, within which swirled chaotic void.
Immediately afterwards, countless dark figures, like garbage roughly dumped by an invisible giant hand, roared down from the crack.
Those must have been a group of humans; they plummeted with a whooshing sound as they crashed heavily to the ground.
Du Zhong: "Is this yet another group of time travelers?"
Hu Jiu: "It's a bit different. The transmigrators we encountered before all suddenly appeared in this world, but this group fell in through a spatial rift."
When the last transmigrator fell to the ground with a dull thud, the jagged crack in the sky vanished abruptly, as if it had never existed.
The nearby dark clouds dissipated, and sunlight streamed down, like a layer of warm gold dust.
The suffocating fishy smell in the air had disappeared, leaving only the fresh scent unique to the rain.