Super Island Tycoon

Chapter 1103: Chapter 1102: Hesitation

One by one, little sea wolves crawled out from his clothes.

Ba Lv exclaimed: "Teacher, why did you bring them here?"

Hearing Jiang Cheng and the others speaking, the mermaids turned around. The mermaid leader wanted to step forward to say something to Jiang Cheng, but she was stunned by the little sea wolves crawling on the ground.

Just recently, they had engaged with the relatives of these little sea wolves, and some of their tribesmen were still in the mouths of the sea wolves. freёwebnovel.com

Now, in front of them, appeared more than ten sea wolves. Although they were very young, the mermaids had seen what they would become when grown up.

The mermaid leader looked at Jiang Cheng, unsure of what to say.

The scene fell into silence.

The little sea wolves were unaware that they had changed places. They only felt that this place was more comfortable than where they had just been.

The warm sunlight shone on them, making them feel cozy.

The little sea wolves started crawling around on the ground, occasionally raising their little paws to scratch their heads. A few made soft, childish sounds.

"How cute." Ba Lv immediately realized her mistake upon speaking and quickly covered it up.

Looking at the mermaid leader in front of her, she smiled awkwardly.

Jiang Cheng spoke: "I discovered these at the sea wolves’ habitat. Honestly, I couldn’t bring myself to harm these young sea wolves."

He looked at the mermaid leader and said: "So I brought them back, leaving it up to you to decide how to deal with them."

The mermaid leader wasn’t expecting Jiang Cheng to say this. She was unprepared. Initially, she was stunned seeing the little sea wolves; she hadn’t thought about what to do next.

So she was now looking blankly at Jiang Cheng, unconsciously repeating, "How to deal with them?"

Jiang Cheng and the others didn’t speak, merely watching the mermaid leader.

After a moment, the mermaid leader finally came to her senses. She looked at the little sea wolves crawling on the ground, unsure of what to say.

"But, should they be killed?" The mermaid leader considered herself incapable. The mermaid tribe wasn’t a race that killed indiscriminately, especially when it came to these young sea wolves.

Although the mermaid leader knew how viciously their relatives treated them, the little sea wolves before her weren’t responsible for it.

Then, should they be released?

The mermaid leader thought, temporarily ignoring whether these little sea wolves would grow up to become enemies of the mermaid tribe. Moreover, once the sea wolves matured, they reproduced quickly, and at that time, the mermaids might have to face their threat again. The mermaid leader wouldn’t believe that a kind alien would come to their aid again.

If they weren’t killed now but were left outside their habitat to fend for themselves, it’s essentially the same as killing them.

The mermaid leader felt troubled; to her, this was a difficult problem, a challenge not easily solved.

Unable to think of a good solution, the mermaid leader looked up at Jiang Cheng, hoping this seemingly omnipotent alien could decide.

Jiang Cheng had already decided on the way back on how to handle these little sea wolves. However, if he directly stated his approach, the mermaid leader might not be pleased despite not expressing it.

So Jiang Cheng tossed this hot potato to the mermaid leader, to see if she had any ideas.

Sure enough, just as he thought, the mermaids’ inherently kind nature made her indecisive.

Yanran understood her teacher’s thoughts but didn’t express them.

Although earlier she had killed more sea wolves than anyone else, those deserved punishment.

But when it came to these young sea wolves, she truly couldn’t bring herself to harm them.

Her sentiments towards the little sea wolves were akin to Ba Lv’s; she simply didn’t voice them — they were indeed adorable.

This was Yanran’s perspective on the little sea wolves.

Seeing the mermaid leader lost in thought, Jiang Cheng began to speak: "Like you, I can’t bring myself to kill these young creatures."

"Though their relatives were the culprits, these aren’t. We can’t make them bear the mistakes of their kin, don’t you agree?" He asked the mermaid leader.

The mermaid leader instinctively nodded.

"So I can’t bring myself to harm them," Jiang Cheng continued, "which leaves only one option: to leave them be, their fate unrelated to us."

The mermaid leader nodded again but then shook her head.

Jiang Cheng noticed her reaction and silently chuckled.

"I’ve noticed a problem, regarding your mermaid tribe," the mermaid leader raised her head, bewildered by Jiang Cheng’s sudden change of topic.

"Your tribe truly lacks means to protect yourselves," Jiang Cheng observed as he looked towards the bay. Although under the mermaids’ care, it had largely returned to its original state, the air still held the scent left behind by the sea wolves.

"If next time an unfriendly beast approaches, the possibility isn’t nil. Think about it; with such vast waters on your planet, who can say with certainty there aren’t other species here?" Jiang Cheng intensified his tone: "Even if it’s safe now, what if other aliens visit and they’re hostile towards you out of envy of your beauty? What then?"

"Do you want to remain helpless, even facing the danger of extinction?"

Jiang Cheng pressed the mermaid leader.

Of course, while Ba Lv helped the mermaids clean up the battlefield, Jiang Cheng, to prevent future issues, had gone to the sea wolves’ habitat to ensure there weren’t any sea wolves left.

Once there, he discovered a litter of sea wolves only a few months old. How to handle these sea wolves?

Jiang Cheng couldn’t help but feel troubled.

Even though he had a plan in mind, he wanted to hear others’ opinions, such as the mermaid leader’s.

Sure enough, faced with these little sea wolves, the kind-hearted mermaid leader also hesitated.

Though not long ago, the little sea wolves’ relatives had slaughtered her tribesmen, this wasn’t the young sea wolves’ fault.

Adopting an attitude of neglect towards these sea wolves merely equates to killing them in another manner.

Seeing the mermaid leader indecisive, Jiang Cheng slowly expressed his thoughts.

"Your greatest problem is, when confronted with enemies, you lack a strong and effective counterattack," Jiang Cheng pointed out: "Even with your sonic attacks, they only repel the enemy but don’t cause effective harm."