“Ah!”
A hair-raising scream interrupted Chu Yunsheng’s thoughts. The sound came from the darkness on the right side of them where the lights couldn’t reach. It was a little further away from the position of Chu Yunsheng and others, but it was very harsh in the silent night. It was clearly a dying scream.
“Old Feng, go and check what’s going on.”
Chu Yunsheng turned his head back and ordered Feng Yingxi. Based on the energy fluctuations, it was only about one or two red-shelled insects. There were now 13 awakeners under Feng Yingxi. If they could not even defeat one or two red-shelled insects, they would not go far in the dark wilderness.
Feng Yingxi knew that Chu Yunsheng was always very strict with the awakeners, so he went to check what happened without saying anything, and Yu Jian volunteered to help.
“Captain Luo, I have a task for you.” Chu Yunsheng looked at the road ahead and said with a helpless expression.
“What is it?” Luo Dalian stepped forward, holding an assault rifle.
From a small group that had around seven people until there were around fifteen soldiers that Luo Dalian, later on, gathered in the train station, basically all of them were from the former Xuzhou city Infantry Brigade. All their immediate family members had already been transferred to Shanghai before the darkness arrived, so they all just wanted to return to Shanghai and reunite with their families as soon as possible.
This was also one of the reasons why they were willing to follow Chu Yunsheng.
“There is still a long way to go if we want to get to Shanghai. In the dark, anything can happen. There are still many unexpected situations just like what is happening now. You are a soldier. Unlike Feng Yingxi, you should not run around in a panic when you encounter things. Stabilizing the formation is the most important thing. If you panic first, no matter who or where the enemy is, you will eventually collapse without a fight.”
Chu Yunsheng has seen too many examples of losing without a fight. Sometimes, just one insect jumping out of the darkness could make a team of awakeners collapse without a fight, and turn an easy battle into a chaotic scene where people were running everywhere in a panic.
Luo Dalian understood what Chu Yunsheng was referring to. He couldn’t help but be ashamed, and said: “We were indeed a little bit disorganized.”
“I can’t blame you all, because I didn’t explain it clearly in advance.” Chu Yunsheng said seriously: “So I have a task to ask you and your comrades, no matter what happens, no matter what you encounter, or where I went, your team can’t be disorganized again. Protect Gai Yi Ya for me. You must safely send her to Shanghai. If I don’t catch up with you, don’t give her to the military and the government. Find a place to settle down first, do you understand?”
“Understood! Mr. Chu, we wouldn’t have been alive without you. With this alone, you can rest assured that our brothers will fight for their lives and protect her.” Luo Dalian clenched the gun and said.
“There is no need to say things like that. Everyone’s life is important. I have heard many promises before but in the end…” Chu Yunsheng looked at the chaotic crowd and suddenly stopped. The way he looked at them as if he had been through a lot of traumatic events, it was out of keeping with his youthful appearance. In the end, he only murmured, “maybe, she is your only hope of survival…”
Luo Dalian smiled awkwardly. Although Chu Yunsheng’s words were very explicit, it was very straightforward. If Chu Yunsheng was not there, and if they fell into a life and death situation, would they really use their precious lives to protect a verbal promise, and protect someone that they barely know? He didn’t know, because it hadn’t happened, so he didn’t know.
The sound of fighting in front was getting stronger and stronger. The fierce gunshots and the hiss of insects floated in the icy air, and there was a faint smell of blood.
“Let’s go, it’s time to take a look.”
Chu Yunsheng estimated that without any experience in dealing with insects, Feng Yingxi and others might already be at a disadvantage. If he didn’t go to help them now, those awakeners might really be scared away.
The red-shelled insect with a thick black line on its back ridge also followed him closely. It seemed like it would follow Chu Yunsheng wherever he went, not showing any signs of wanting to leave.
Chu Yunsheng also felt a slight headache. It was not Shang, he could not communicate with it. Originally, it could be a good mount, but it couldn’t understand his command.
One person and one insect plus Luo Dalian and others quickly came to the battlefield on the right side of the crowd. The survivors around had already run away, leaving only one bloody body that had been split into halves, and Feng Yingxi and others that were fighting fiercely while shouting loudly.
Sometimes, shouting out loud in front of fear was also a way to give people the courage to face a desperate situation.
Said it was a battlefield, in fact, it was a piece of farmland. The crops in it have already withered. There was a fire awakener trying to burn the crops in the farmland. Probably, he was trying to use that to scare them away. Although the fire spread quickly in the farmland, it didn’t do any damage to the insects.
But even then, the fire awakener was still much better than an ice awakener. At least, the fire could disrupt the red-shelled insects a little, but because of panic, an ice awakener always cast out his ability at the wrong place. He either froze other people or put out the fire that was deliberately set on by the fire awakened. It made Feng Yingxi curse constantly that this guy was clearly not here to help them fight but to cause trouble.
Only around four or five people were the real threat to the two red-shelled insects. If it weren’t for them, this small group of awakeners would have already been killed by those two insects.
Originally, Chu Yunsheng thought that Yu Jian and other SWAT officers would not be able to provide much help, but unexpectedly, they were able to keep their distance and then use their precise shooting skills to aim the gun at the eyes, mouth, and the important movable joints of the insects, causing a lot of trouble for the two red-shelled insects.
It seemed that they could survive in the dark field until now, it was not just because they were lucky, but they also had stronger adaptability and combat ability.
As soon as Chu Yunsheng appeared on the battlefield, dramatic changes took place immediately.
Another insect came out from the depths of the darkness at a very fast speed. Like a galloping horse, it was running at full strength. It may have discovered the movement here, or because of some other reasons, but when it appeared, and the black-ridged insect behind him also found it.
Then, contrary to everyone’s expectations, the rushing red-shelled insect directly ignored everyone and jumped toward Chu Yunsheng, who was outside the battlefield. While it was in the air, the black-ridged jumped out from behind Chu Yunsheng, collided with it in the air, and then two red-shelled insects started to fight each other fiercely.
Their sudden fight not only caused the people around them to gasp in shock, even the other two red-shelled insects that were fighting with awakeners also stopped to look at them in confusion.
The original battlefield suddenly cooled down, and the new battlefield gradually became bloody. The two insects that started the fight later seemed to have a blood feud. The intensity of the fight instantly escalated to the point that they wanted to tear each other arms and legs apart. It happened so quickly that even Chu Yunsheng failed to respond to it.
They gnawed at each other’s bodies, a pair of scary claws constantly tried to tear each other’s legs, and the corrosive mucus they spat out, was spread all over the ground, causing the hissing white smoke.
At the same time, they were also hissing at each other non-stop, as if they were conveying some kind of information. After hearing the hissing noises, the other two insects that were originally stunned, moved back and forth repeatedly. Based on their reactions, anyone could tell that those two hissing noises were two contradicted commands. One probably wanted them to attack Chu Yunsheng, the other one probably asked them to stay back. In the end, it made them so frustrated that they simply decided not to listen to anyone but carry on attacking Feng Yingxi and other awakeners instead.
The hissing sound was getting higher and sharper, passing through the dark farmland and flying deeper into the darkness.
Chu Yunsheng suddenly understood something in a trance, and immediately took out his bow, endured the pain of the injury, and shot two frost arrows at the two red-shelled insects that attacked Feng Yingxi and others awakeners one by one. Then he lifted the sword and charged toward the last insect that was fighting with the black-ridged insect.
The other insect was locked by the black-ridged red-shelled insect, so it was not difficult to kill it. The blade cut across its head and body with flames, and suddenly a large body of green body fluid was ejected from its chest cavity and landed on the ground. However, its head still squeaked into the sky unyieldingly.
This was the insect, a powerful and terrifying creature that the floating monsters couldn’t compare at all.
Then there was a violent vibration that could be clearly felt without the need for Yuan Qi’s detection ability. It felt like there were thousands of horses running on the ground.
Feng Yingxi’s complexion suddenly became pale, others were not much better. Although they often heard Chu Yunsheng mention that once they encountered a large swarm, they could kiss goodbye to this world, after all, no one has seen it or felt it personally, so no one would really keep it in their minds. But now, although they haven’t seen it, they could clearly feel death was coming toward them.
“Let’s go!”
Chu Yunsheng was the first one that reacted, he immediately ordered everyone to retreat.
At this time, the black-ridged red-shelled insect that quickly climbed up from the ground desperately used its head to push Chu Yunsheng. It seemed like it wanted Chu Yunsheng to run away as quickly as possible.
Only until this moment, did Chu Yunsheng notice that its legs were broken. Knowing that he would not be able to take it with him, Chu Yunsheng gritted his teeth and then left.
Seeing Chu Yunsheng finally leave, the black-ridged insect turned around slowly and then did something that made Feng Yingxi and other people couldn’t understand. Dragging its crippled leg and limping, it rushed with difficulty and determination toward the huge army that was storming toward them in the darkness.
Looking at the lonely shadow of the black-ridged red-shelled insect limped farther and farther in the darkness, Chu Yunsheng held the sword in his hand tightly.
