What Was That Sound?

"Humans across the river? Really?"

Little Eight tilted her head and asked.

Flared Ears repeatedly assured them.

"Of course it's true. I heard them with my own ears."

Tank grinned, thinking it was a good thing that there were humans across the river.

That way, he hadn't neglected his duty, and Ears had completed his mission too... Hehe, the best of both worlds!

But after thinking for a moment, Little Eight said,

"But we can't get across the river either."

"Huh? Oh, right..."

Tank came to his senses and looked toward the opposite bank. This was already the outskirts, and not far from the riverbank lay a patch of farmland.

But it had been abandoned for a long time, overgrown with weeds.

Still.

Potatoes had once been planted there. There were probably still human food buried in the soil.

Little Eight and Tank both had excellent eyesight. Though they were far away, they could vaguely see the weeds swaying, as if something were moving through them.

It was probably humans digging for potatoes.

"How about I swim over and bring them back?"

Tank stared into the distance as he spoke.

Little Eight shot him a disdainful glance.

"Forget it. Don't cause trouble for the boss."

"Uh... Then what should we do?"

Tank scratched his head.

Flared Ears did not care about that. He let out a long breath. His duty was to find humans; as for how to bring them back... that had nothing to do with him.

But he had to report this to the boss and demonstrate his value.

Lin Dong was holed up in his clean home, absorbing Crystal Cores and drinking beverages. Before long, he received a report from his underlings that there were humans in Riverbridge District.

At first, Lin Dong had not planned