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Hearing his assistant’s words, Zhao Rong’s eyes widened. He watched the video closely and then exclaimed in surprise, ”No way. The Scenario Recreation Screen can display not only past events but future ones as well. It’s clear that before we arrived, no one was able to escape this murder storm. The only ones who will get out are the two of us.”

Cold sweat dripped from the assistant’s forehead. He looked at the screen in Zhao Rong’s hand and said, ”Brother Zhao Rong, the images on this Scenario Recreation Screen you bought from the Paradise Shopping Cart... they can’t be real, can they?”

Zhao Rong patted the assistant’s shoulder with mock solemnity. ”Assistant, everything bought from the Paradise Shopping Cart is the real deal. So, the images on this screen are absolutely real. It has foreseen the future, foreseen what’s going to happen to us.”

Hearing this, the assistant burst into tears. Wiping his eyes and sniffling, he said, ”Brother Zhao Rong, does that mean when we put on our diving suits and enter that underwater bell... just as we find the wooden stopper and are about to escape through the black hole... I’m going to be snatched and eaten by a monstrous fish?”

Zhao Rong nodded, his expression grim. ”Assistant, the future foreseen by the Scenario Recreation Screen is absolute. From the looks of it, you really need to prepare for your death.”

At these words, the assistant collapsed onto the ground, wailing his heart out. ”Brother Zhao Rong, please, save me! I don’t want to die! I’m only in my early twenties. I haven’t even found a girlfriend, let alone gotten married! And I haven’t even had a sex life yet... So I can’t die! I have to keep living!”

Seeing the assistant sobbing uncontrollably on the ground, Zhao Rong suddenly laughed.

When the weeping assistant saw Zhao Rong laugh, he said angrily, ”Brother Zhao Rong, do you find it funny that I’m about to die?”

Zhao Rong stepped forward and helped his assistant up from the ground, still smiling. ”Assistant, it seems you were truly terrified. I was just joking with you. It’s true that the past shown by the screen is definitely real, but its predictions of the future can have some deviation. Since we’ve already seen that you’ll be snatched by a monstrous fish the moment we’re about to escape the black hole, we just have to prepare for it in advance. It’s better to be safe than sorry. This way, we can ensure we both get out of this murder storm unharmed. Then we can find the three beauties and finally expose the masterminds, Hong Ju and her son, Zhou Xiaoer.”

Hearing Zhao Rong’s words, the assistant’s tears turned to laughter. He wiped his eyes, relieved to have a chance at survival. ”Brother Zhao Rong, so everything you just said was just to scare me? I might not actually die? I can follow you out of this murder storm and back to the real world?”

Zhao Rong nodded, stepping forward to hug his assistant and pat his back comfortingly. ”Don’t worry, Assistant. You’re a member of this team, and I’m the captain. I promise you, I’ll get you out the same way I brought you in. My mission is to ensure no one on our team gets hurt or dies during a mission. Everyone will be safe and sound. We’ll perfectly complete every task assigned by the Chairman. That’s my sworn duty, my responsibility. It’s what I must do as a captain.”

Listening to Zhao Rong, the assistant looked at him with newfound confidence and resolute eyes. ”Brother Zhao Rong, I believe in the saying, ’Follow a dog and eat shit, follow a wolf and eat meat.’ And you, you’re the Wolf King at the center of our team. So with you, I’m not afraid of anything. I’ll follow you to the ends of the earth!”

Zhao Rong patted his shoulder, then took out his phone and immediately purchased two sets of diving suits and oxygen tanks.

Once Zhao Rong and his assistant had put on the suits and strapped on the tanks, they shared a look and jumped into the lake. However, only after hitting the water did they realize they had made a serious miscalculation.

The assistant looked around in terror at the fish swimming by. ”Brother Zhao, the first monster we met when we entered this murder storm was the monstrous fish from this lake! Now that we’re in the water, haven’t we just walked into its lair? We’re facing such a terrifying and ferocious creature, but we don’t have a single weapon to deal with it. What do we do?”

Zhao Rong replied helplessly, ”Even the wise can have a moment of foolishness. How did we overlook such a critical problem when we jumped in?”

The assistant quickly suggested, ”Brother Zhao Rong, how about we get back on shore, take out our phones, and buy a Laser Cannon that can handle underwater monsters? Then we can come back in. What do you think?”

Zhao Rong thought the plan was feasible. He gave his assistant a thumbs-up and pointed toward the shore. ”You’ve got a point. Let’s go buy our weapons now. After we come back down, we can look for that black hole plugged with the wooden stopper.”

With that, Zhao Rong and the assistant turned and started swimming toward the shore. But before they had taken more than a couple of strokes, a huge, monstrous fish shot out from the side, blocking their path. It laughed wildly, ”Humans, since you’ve entered my waters, you’ve walked right into my trap. Allow me to teach you a lesson.”

When Zhao Rong and the assistant saw the monstrous fish before them, they were both stunned and looked at each other in shock. ”Damn it, this thing sure has perfect timing. It blocked our path knowing we’re completely unarmed. Looks like we’re in for a fierce battle between man and fish.”

The monstrous fish flicked its tongue, its expression menacing. ”Back on land, I took a woman’s form to tempt you, but it failed. I was afraid you’d kill me, so I jumped into the water. As a monstrous fish, my fighting ability on land is zero. But now that I’m in the water, my power has skyrocketed! So it doesn’t matter who you are or how badass your fighting skills are on land. Once you enter this lake, you’re my dinner.”

With that, the monstrous fish opened its maw filled with saw-like teeth and lunged at Zhao Rong and his assistant.