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After some thought, it seemed unlikely that Lin would mistreat the dogs, as there was absolutely no need for that.
So I looked up the news reports from that time on my phone, and that's when I found the reason.
It turned out that these dogs had already been through Ghost Gate Pass once. The first time, someone had rescued them from the dog meat market, but somehow, they ended up being sold again. This rescue was like their second lease on life.
There was only one explanation: these dogs, having witnessed countless of their own kind being butchered alive at the dog meat market, were utterly traumatized.
Helpless, Suming could only stop trying to communicate with them and instead used his spiritual power to simply comfort them, hoping they could find some peace. However, the effect wasn't very good; after all, most of the dogs still suffered from serious injuries, and both their physical and psychological traumas were equally lethal.