The strange fish was intimidated by his aura and paused, as if it was hesitating whether to attack or not.
The man and the fish confronted each other for a moment and then tangled together. Luo Kai relied on his strong water perception and dodged every attack by a hair's breadth. At the same time, he looked for opportunities to fight back. Unfortunately, against the scales of the strange fish that could not be damaged by bullets, his fists were like tickles to it.
The river water in early spring was extremely cold. As the speed of his blood circulation decreased, the cold that he did not care about became his biggest enemy. His limbs became numb and his flexibility began to decrease. The situation became more and more critical.
The girl finally climbed ashore. The battle in the water was somewhat unbelievable. The person who saved her was even more agile than a fish. Seeing that the person seemed to be slowing down, she anxiously shouted, "Uncle, quickly get ashore!"
Luo Kai also wanted to get ashore, but the weakening of his spiritual power made it harder and harder for him to maintain the resonance with the current. Without the help of the current, he could not swim past the strange fish.
The young girl thought of something and suddenly snatched the gun from the guard beside her. She raised the gun and fired. Four consecutive gunshots rang out and the bullets accurately hit the strange fish. One of the bullets even hit the strange fish's eye directly. The accuracy of the marksmanship made it hard for people to believe that it was shot by such a weak young girl.
A line of blood spurted out, and the strange fish rolled and disappeared into the river. The people on the shore sighed in relief. The young man praised loudly, "Cousin, good shot!"
The girl's beautiful face suddenly turned pale. She exclaimed, "Uncle, be careful!"
A shadow emerged from the water. Luo Kai vigilantly rolled to avoid it, but then a tail fin with bone spurs slammed into his chest. His vision turned black and he lost consciousness for a second. When he woke up again, the mouth of the strange fish was already close to him.
At this critical moment, Luo Kai bit the tip of his tongue to force himself to stay awake. He dodged to the side and suddenly reached out to grab the dorsal fin of the strange fish. His whole body was pressed against it. The strange fish immediately swung like crazy, trying to throw him away.
Luo Kai knew that in his current condition, if he let go, he would definitely die. He stimulated all his strength and contracted all his bones and muscles, tightly entangling the strange fish like a python. The man and the fish rolled and were swallowed by the river. The river returned to its calm state.
The girl was stunned for a moment before she slowly sat down on the ground.
Big Beard suddenly let out a miserable howl. "Xiao Kai, my son, how am I supposed to live if you die!"
The girl came back to her senses, stood up and walked to Big Beard. She lowered her head and said, "Uncle, I owe you my life. I will repay you well."
Big Beard was unmoved. He simply removed the prosthetic leg from his leg and sat on the ground, howling nonstop.
The young girl's eyes were red as she said solemnly, "If … if Uncle unfortunately dies, I will definitely take good care of you."
The young man also said, "We're Blackstone's men. We won't mistreat you."
Only then did Big Beard's howling stop a little.
The girl walked to the shore and stared at the turbulent river in a daze. Even a strong Physique Warrior would have a small chance of surviving after being dragged into the water. In the short contact, she had already noticed that the uncle was very weak. The possibility of him surviving was even slimmer.
The scene of the uncle spurting out blood and his resolute action of throwing her to the shore flashed through her mind. There was really such a person in the world.
She stared at the river in a daze. After a long time, she sighed and said to the young man, "Cousin, send someone to inform the County Affairs Office that there are man-eating fish in the Dragon Rebel River. Tell them to inform the people not to wade in the river."
The young man nodded hurriedly and ordered his subordinates loudly. Then he asked carefully, "Cousin, what is this strange fish? Is it the legendary Ferocious Beast?" He didn't resolutely jump into the water to rescue her because he was afraid that the girl would blame him.
The girl shook her head, "It's not a Ferocious Beast. It's just a mutated species. It's strange. This Long-snouted Monster only appears in the swamps of the Misty Mountains. Why would it appear in the Dragon Rebel River?"
"Cousin, let's go back to the city. Little Zhuo should be out of school. She must be very happy to know that you're here. Uncle knows that you've come to Longyang City, so he specially came here from South Tooth Island. He should arrive tomorrow."
The girl had just taken two steps when she turned back to look at the river sadly. She didn't see anything for a long time, so she turned around and left.
After the girl and the others left, the grief on Big Beard's face disappeared. He stroked his beard and frowned, "Descendant of the Three-Eyed Race. It seems that Zang Haisheng is really related to the Three-Eyed Race."
Then he walked to the river and muttered, "Brat, I knew you were lucky and wouldn't die. You're such a fool. You're about to die, but you still dare to risk your life. Alas, you're just like me when I was young!"
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Luo Kai was indeed not dead. He held the strange fish tightly and didn't let it go no matter how hard it hit him in the water. His consciousness became blurry. Due to the lack of oxygen for a long time, the feeling that he was about to fall into eternal nothingness came again.
He knew that nothingness meant the dissipation of consciousness, which also meant death. His weak body had been able to hold on until now because of his strong willpower, but now his willpower was starting to collapse.
At the moment when he was about to lose consciousness, Luo Kai shook his body and punched the strange fish's eye socket that had been hit by the bullet. This punch gathered all of his willpower and was extraordinarily powerful. Vaguely, his entire fist was wrapped in a layer of black light and directly hit the fish's brain stem.
When he woke up again, he found himself in a dark cabin. His hands and feet were chained, and there were many people around him. They were all chained together by a long chain like a bunch of grasshoppers. Their skin color was different, and their accent was very strange. It seemed to be some kind of dialect.
From their conversation, Luo Kai figured out the situation. This was a slave ship. Once a person was unlucky, even cold water would be stuck between their teeth. He was picked up by a slave ship. When the slave owner found the scar of 9527 engraved on his chest, he immediately thought that he was a slave. Without hesitation, he stuffed him into the bottom cabin full of slaves.
He was very lucky to be alive, so he couldn't ask for more. Luo Kai smiled bitterly. He was so tired that he fell asleep again after a while. He didn't know how long he slept until he was awakened by a loud noise. The slaves rushed to the door, and even Luo Kai, who was also chained up, was pulled over.
A few strong men with long swords at their waists opened the cabin door and drove the slaves away with whips. They carried a wooden bucket and poured a brown paste in front of each person. This thing was made of wheat bran and rice bran cooked in a big pot. It didn't look good, but it was still food.
Luo Kai sighed secretly. He didn't expect to return to the past. He was born in prison and didn't care about food. He wolfed down this thing, and a warm feeling rose in his stomach. His body recovered a little bit of strength.
The slave ship swayed for a day. Luo Kai wanted to find a chance to escape, but he found that even walking was a little difficult, so he had to give up the idea.
The next day, the slave ship docked at a simple dock, and all the slaves were driven into several steam trucks covered with black felt. Luo Kai roughly counted that there were hundreds of slaves.
The steam trucks moved for a long time and entered the rail station in the night. The rail station was full of soldiers, indifferently watching the slaves being driven into the rail cars in batches.
Luo Kai was a little confused. Where were they being sent? Why were they being directly transported by train? Didn't they say that Seongma Province had banned the slave trade?
This was the first time Luo Kai had taken a long-distance train since he came to this world. The train began to move. After dawn, the scenery outside came into view. Looking from afar, the vast land was almost full of weeds and trees. Villages were rarely seen. It was a desolate scene.
The train stopped, and a group of soldiers in khaki military uniforms took over the slaves. The soldiers used whips to drive a series of slaves into a heavily guarded military camp.
Luo Kai finally figured out the situation. Damn, these slaves were slave soldiers!
Although the slave trade was banned on the surface, it was still rampant in the dark. As the war between Seongma Province and Nanzhao Kingdom became more and more intense, both sides suffered heavy casualties. Replenishing soldiers became a big problem. Both sides tried to recruit soldiers. In addition to recruiting soldiers by normal means, they also bought slave soldiers. Slave soldiers didn't have wages and war subsidies. If they died, they didn't need to be paid a pension, and it wouldn't be recorded as a war loss. The cost was even more cost-effective than normal recruitment.
The soldiers drove them into a brick barracks, opened the iron chains, and rudely washed them with cold water. They sprayed a large amount of disinfectant powder one by one, and then gave each of them a set of bedding and a light yellow military uniform. Then they were driven into a closed dormitory.