After Ashira finished bandaging the dogs, she took out fresh raw beef and bones for them. These were all good things. When the dogs saw the food, they excitedly pawed the ground but hesitated to go eat.
"Eat, it's all for you."
Hearing this, the dogs finally went up and started eating heartily. Just by looking at how they ate, one could tell they had been hungry for a long time.
However, they didn't eat it all. All the dogs left a little untouched. After eating, they picked up the meat in their mouths and turned to run towards the main gate.
Ashira: "!!!"
"Woof!" Seeing these dogs wanting to run after eating, Storm rushed up and growled at them.
Storm, enhanced by the system, was twice the size of these ordinary dogs, and her claws and teeth were ten times sharper. Her fierce aura was comparable to the King of beasts!
The military dogs were intimidated by Storm's aura. All the dogs gathered together and confronted him. Ashira shook her head when she saw this scene. She walked up to Storm and said. "Let them go."
"Woof woof woof!" Storm barked defiantly. It seemed to be saying, these ungrateful dogs ate your food!
"Good dogs don't need to be kept."
Ashira rubbed Storm's head, opened the door, and let the dogs leave that wanted to go. As soon as the door opened, the pack of dogs looked at Ashira gratefully and quickly ran outwards.
Even the Dog that Ashira had spent points to treat also carried a piece of intact beef in its mouth and left with its companions.
Before it left, it circled at Ashira once, dragging its two legs, limping as it followed. Ash took out an electric scooter from her space and followed with Storm. They saw these dogs return to the place where they had been abandoned.
After arriving here, they placed the meat on the ground and whimpered towards the direction of the City, circling back and forth in place. They were still looking for their owners.
After getting food, the first thing they thought of was their former owners. Even if they weren't full themselves, they would leave a little for them.
When Ashira saw this scene, her usually cold and heartless heart suddenly felt a pang. For the most part, dogs were truly more loyal than humans. Especially the military dogs.
Once they recognized an owner, they would never abandon or betray them. Ashira hugged Storm's head tightly at this moment, saying. "Stormy, I'm sorry last life."
"Woof!"
Storm responded with a clear bark in her arms, nuzzling his head against her chest affectionately. Very human-like in warming her owner's heart. Although it didn't know why Ashira was so sad. Ashira watched the dogs in place for a while, then returned to her Base with Storm.
In the evening, she sent a pile of food to these dogs, plus re-bandaged their wounds. Seeing this, Storm was even more displeased with these dogs.
"Woof woof woof!"
Every time they met, he would growl at them, as if saying, you ungrateful dogs who eat my owner's food for free! The military dogs all whimpered in front of him, not daring to talk back, but were exceptionally close to Ash.
As soon as Ash arrived, they would gather around her and stay for a while.
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Two days passed in a flash...
This group of military dogs guarded outside Ashira's path every day, waiting eagerly. Every time a vehicle passed, they would follow for a while. After realizing it wasn't their owners, they would return to their original spot feeling dejected.
In addition, they also cleared the Zombies in the vicinity. All Zombies approaching Ashira's territory, they would kill them all, absolutely not allowing a single Zombie to enter Ash territory!
Seeing how determined these dogs were, Ashira returned to her Base after sending food once a day and checking their injuries.
The situation occurred on the evening of the third day. Ashira finished her Base duties that day and came to check on the dogs. From a distance, she saw them running rapidly forward.
Ash had never seen them acting like this before, they were incredibly excited. She took storm to the broken wall where she usually watched and looked forward, seeing a line of green-canopied military vehicles coming from the direction of the City.
Seeing this, Ash immediately understood. They had finally waited for their owners. The military dogs excitedly ran towards the several green-canopied vehicles driving over. Their appearance surprised the occupants of those vehicles.
One of the vehicles following behind stopped. A young Man walked out of the driver's cabin. He immediately hugged one of the dogs. The other dogs also excitedly surrounded them, barking in surprise.
One of the military dogs excitedly ran to their previous base and brought back a piece of meat for him. He was very surprised to see the fresh beef, but soon, he let go of the dogs.
He, also very hungry, returned the beef to them and turned to walk towards his vehicle. Because they had received orders from the Base to leave enough space for survivors and abandon the dogs.
This was an order, no matter how reluctant they were, they could only execute it! Seeing this, the military dogs rushed towards his green vehicle one by one.
From a distance, Ash still heard a chorus of screams.
"Ah! Why are there dogs!?"
"Go away! Go away!"
"They have the virus!"
"Scary dogs! Ahhh! Go away!"
The soldier who had gotten out got back into the vehicle, quickly starting it. The Dog he had just hugged, carrying the meat in its mouth, rushed towards him, but what greeted it was no longer an embrace, but the cold car door.
"Broom-" The vehicle started again, quickly catching up with the vehicle in front of it.
When that group of military dogs saw the vehicle leave again, they chased like mad, but unfortunately, the distance between them and the vehicle only grew wider. Until they could no longer catch up.
By the time they returned one by one from the end of the road, re-injured, there was no longer any trace of the earlier anticipation on the dogs. They wandered dejectedly, they no longer had owners. This was the cruelty of the apocalypse, no one had a choice.
If there was even a slight possibility, no one would be willing to abandon them. In the apocalypse, to protect the greatest interests, if a choice had to be made between people and dogs, the Base is what people choose.
"This time, you should come with me, okay?"
Ash appeared in front of them.
"I said, I will never abandon any of you, give me one chance to earn your trust." Ashira wasn't some great and righteous savior; she didn't want people, she wanted dogs.
This group of defeated dogs looked at the human who appeared before them. There was a brief silence among the pack. Soon, the two-legged Dog that ash had spent a lot to bandage walked out from the pack.
It circled Ash once, then whimpered and lay down at her feet. As soon as it joined, the other dogs also rushed forward one after another, surrounding Ashira.
When Ashira brought this group of military dogs back to her Base, the familiar system sound echoed in her mind.
[Ding-Detected 15 Base war dogs! Loyalty 100%!]
[Reward-Base dog health points restored to max level!
Base defense doubled! 150 points!]
Ashira's eyes lit up again upon hearing the prompt.
As she brought the dogs back, she saw that her Base's gate had been thickened again, and the barbed wire fence was twice as high! The mesh was covered in sharp barbs, and her air raid shelter had been upgraded inside and out. All the doors inside were brand new, and the walls were reinforced a hundredfold!
Just from the appearance, Her Base already looked like a castle!