Chapter 180: Boss Dog, You're an Ancestor!

What does it mean?!

Chen Jianhai's hand trembled, spilling some tea.

Then, a massive system panel popped up in mid-air, displaying the situation on Xiao Maji Island as if it were a live broadcast.

Are these people... building a dike?

The more Chen Jianhai watched, the stranger his expression became. In the stormy weather, familiar faces whose names he couldn't recall were all wearing raincoats, pushing carts loaded with soil bags to the coastline. The torrential rain and fierce winds made them look less like fishermen and more like disaster relief workers.

"No wonder Feng Di sent me that cryptic message tonight," Chen Jianhai muttered to himself. "Was he trying to warn me about the weather?"

Chen Jianhai was puzzled. He didn't remember having such a good relationship with the island folks.

"Warning: This human interference will to some extent affect system progress. Please make a decision quickly!" The system's voice echoed in his mind again.

Chen Jianhai was in a dilemma and nervously asked in a small voice, "What's expulsion? What's interference?"

"It can't harm their safety, right?"

Chen Jianhai's anxiety was understandable; those terms sounded quite intimidating. The islanders were, after all, trying to help by building a dike. He didn't want them to be harmed by the system.

"Ding!"

"The Ocean Star Luxury Hotel system's primary purpose is to assist the host in expanding and strengthening the hotel to achieve glory."

"All system actions are designed to reasonably upgrade the hotel without harming others."

"Expulsion: Use uncontrollable external factors to forcibly drive personnel away from the construction site."

"Interference: Force personnel into sleep."

"Please make a decision quickly."

"Expulsion... I guess?" Chen Jianhai hesitated for a moment.

The system's hand chop was notorious. When it struck him, he would pass out until morning. With such heavy rain, if the islanders were knocked out and left unconscious on the beach all night, they'd likely wake up with severe colds or worse. This wasn't some ancient drama where characters could kneel in the rain all night and wake up perfectly fine the next day.

Given the prior condition when Langai Hotel upgraded to a 15-story high-level hotel—that no one could be present during the upgrade—for safety and to ensure smooth progress, expulsion seemed the more appropriate choice.

"Ding!"

"Order received. Please choose an expulsion method."

Several options appeared before Chen Jianhai. After a brief hesitation, he chose "Strong Wind."

Given the current stormy weather on the island, using wind to blow them away seemed the most reasonable.

"Ding, order received. Strong wind expulsion commencing!"

...

Xiao Maji Island.

"Whoa! Why did the wind suddenly get so strong!" Han Ke lost his balance, his right foot slipping off the pedal. If not for the high stack of soil bags and Fatty, Chili, and Flower Enjoyer supporting the back, the entire cart might have been blown over.

At the northern shore, the Ocean Star barrier surrounding the hotel's construction site stood firm, but the lock on the gate enclosing the beach had been broken.

Grandpa in a vest bent over, carrying a soil bag on his shoulder, knees bent as if climbing a mountain, pushing against the wind towards the shore. But moving even a step was difficult in the storm.

It wasn't just him; everyone else was also being pushed back by the wind.

"This won't do... With this wind, if the waves come, the whole beach will be flooded."

"Then the hotel construction would be for nothing!" Grandpa in a vest turned and shouted at the approaching islanders, "Charge forward! If we don't hurry, it'll be too late once the waves come!"

Han Ke gritted his teeth. His raincoat was soaked through, water running down his legs. Although the distance was just a few dozen meters, it felt insurmountable, each step a struggle.

Looking at the crashing waves ahead and the hotel under construction behind him, he cursed, "Damn it, there's nothing I can't deliver on this island!"

With a shout, Han Ke summoned strength from within, and his right foot pushed hard. The cart, previously stuck in place, started to move! Chili, Fatty, and Flower Enjoyer also gritted their teeth, pushing the cart inch by inch towards the shore against the wind.

Everyone on the island had one goal: to transport the soil bags to the dike as quickly as possible, protecting the under-construction hotel behind them.

"Boss Dog! You ancestor!" Han Ke shouted, the curse seemingly invigorating him, and the cart moved forward a little more. Simultaneously, others carrying carts and cement bags also started shouting curses at the boss.

"Boss Dog! I watched a whole horror movie for you!"

"Boss Dog, next time you enter the group chat, I'm spamming it with curses!"

"Boss Dog,..."

The louder the curses, the more determined they became, and the closer they got to the beach.

Finally, all the soil bags were delivered to the dike. GERORO rushed to the beach, grabbing a bag of soil and throwing it into the roughest part of the sea.

For a moment, the wind and rain actually helped them. The weight of the soil bags kept them steady, and the wind even aided them in moving faster.

...

Inside Langai Hotel, Chen Jianhai paced anxiously. If it weren't for the storm preventing sea travel, he would've flown to the island and driven everyone home himself.

"Ding!"

"Warning: Strong wind expulsion failed. Please choose a new expulsion method."

Failed?!

Chen Jianhai's eyes widened. He had always thought the system was invincible, that nothing and no one could resist it. How could it fail now?

"Ding!"

"This human interference could have unpredictable consequences, potentially causing significant impact on hotel construction!"

"Please decide quickly."

What should he do?! Chen Jianhai gulped down a mouthful of tea in worry. While his hotel was important, so were the islanders who were reluctantly helping him. In this heavy rain, he didn't want anything to happen to them.

As he fretted, a sudden idea struck him. "System, can you accelerate their progress or reduce the severe weather effects in a specific area?"

System: ???