Global Catastrophe: I Became the World Tree-Chapter 363 - 238 The Statue Exerts Power, Supporting Europe_1

In fact, the theft of the Dragon King Statues started in the second hour after Ye Feng’s breakthrough, at one o’clock noon.

You see, those who had made it to Yang City on their own were all without a place to stay.

Of course, they could apply with the municipal department to obtain the right to live in a makeshift prefabricated house.

But everyone knows that the prefabricated houses are located in North City, which is full of construction sites, so unless it’s necessary, no one is willing to go there.

In fact, many people would rather cram into tents in South City than move to North City.

After all, staying here means more job opportunities and the ability to support oneself.

Old Man Hu was one of them, over fifty years old, he arrived at this unfamiliar city with his granddaughter.

As for other family members, they had all sacrificed their lives in the earthquake.

The open space where they took refuge just happened to develop a fissure, causing many people to fall to their deaths on the spot, including his son, daughter-in-law, and his partner as well.

At that time he was standing next to his granddaughter, protecting her as they both fell down.

Luckily, they were not killed instantly, but unfortunately, he was badly injured, his arm almost broken, with bones about to protrude through the skin.

In such a dire situation, the only thing that sustained his will to survive was his granddaughter, not even six years old, in his arms.

He dared not give up because he knew that if he died, no one would be there to support his granddaughter, and she would continue to fall, decreasing her chances of survival even further.

When he was losing too much blood and his consciousness was gradually blurring, on the verge of despair,

a Mutated Sparrow flew down, grabbed the two of them, pulled them up, and the medical staff even fed him a fruit, forcefully pulling him back from the brink of death.

Later on, he discovered that it was the Animal Army of the Dragon Hall that came to rescue their city, which allowed the injured to be quickly rescued.

As for that fruit, named the Fruit of Life, it was also created by the Dragon King.

From that moment on, he understood who was the savior of him and his granddaughter.

Later, when he heard that people were heading to Yang City, he immediately spent a large amount of his savings to buy two tickets to Yang City.

Grateful, he came to the outskirts of Sunset Valley, and with a heart full of sincere devotion, he genuinely kowtowed inside to thank the Dragon King for saving their lives. freewёbnoνel.com

Originally, he hadn’t thought much about it, but after he finished kowtowing, a hovering Dragon King Statue suddenly appeared in front of him.

What surprised him even more was that he and his granddaughter, able to move the nearly 200-pound Dragon King Statue, found it too heavy to lift.

At that moment when he was somewhat at a loss, the Dragon King Statue suddenly became as light as a feather.

All of this could only be attributed to the Divine Douze of the Dragon King.

After obtaining the Dragon King Statue, his luck seemed to turn for the better. While others couldn’t find housing upon entering the city, he did.

Although it was just a tin house added hastily beside an existing building, when the landlord heard about their plight, he was quite generous and waived their rent for a month, even introducing him to a hardware processing factory.

That factory wasn’t short of workers at all, but when they heard that Old Man Hu was recognized by the Dragon King and had obtained a statue, their attitude did a complete 180-degree turn.

Not only did they hire him on the spot, but they also arranged a relatively easy position for him, and the salary was immediately set at the regular employee rate.

Old Man Hu knew that all of this was thanks to the Dragon King.

So when someone came to him, wanting to buy the Dragon King Statue,

even though the offer had reached as high as 500,000 yuan, a sum that could completely change their living conditions with just a nod, he refused without a moment’s hesitation.

At noon, during the lunch break, he returned to his residence and made a simple lunch, which he then shared with his granddaughter. After advising her to stay home and behave, he went out again.

What Old Man Hu didn’t know was that less than ten minutes after he left his home, three men wearing baseball caps and masks that covered their faces tightly arrived outside their tin house.

The lead man, wielding a crowbar, easily pried open the insecure door and led the other two men inside quickly.

The little girl who had been lying on the table, doing her homework, stood up with a face full of panic when she saw the three men barge in.

"Keep quiet, or I’ll kill you right now," one of them took out a butterfly knife and spoke with a somewhat sinister tone.

Meanwhile, the eyes of the other two men immediately landed on the Dragon King Statue placed on the altar.

"It’s indeed here. Third, go get the handcart, second, tie up this little girl and gag her," one of the more robust men ordered as he walked toward the Dragon King Statue with delight, as if he had seen the most precious treasure.

Just a few hours earlier, a buyer was willing to pay a high price of 5 million yuan for a Dragon King Statue.

Although he didn’t understand why the buyer was willing to pay so much more than the market price,

these details weren’t important; what mattered was that the buyer had already paid the deposit.

However, at that moment, the little girl who had previously been scared stiff now seemed to muster up courage from somewhere, and she unexpectedly stood in their way.