Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Wei Xiao Bei remembered that a local god could not leave the territory they governed, yet Ge Da Tian was actually coming to him.
Could it be?
Wei Xiao Bei shook his head and temporarily threw the matter to the back of his mind. After all, he could just ask Ge Da Tian the specifics when he arrives.
Afterward, Wei Xiao Bei returned his attention to the soldiers.
The soldiers were very tense.
Since the local god was coming soon, Wei Xiao Bei was not in a hurry to have the soldiers swear their allegiance. This was just a formality to stop them.
However, once the local god comes, he could ask him for a favor. After all, with Ge Da Tian’s age, he should have a good proposal in mind.
After thinking about it, Wei Xiao Bei made a gesture to make the soldiers follow him.
Facing the command, the soldiers did not dare disobey and followed behind him.
Wei Xiao Bei did not bring them toward the fiery mountain range as that would just be sending them to their deaths.
He decided to become a caretaker and let the soldiers kill a few Sacred Beetle Descendants.
For these soldiers, only the Fishmen were safe for them to fight. If it were insects or monsters, it would be easy for them to kill the soldiers.
Wei Xiao Bei took the lead and let the soldiers follow behind him as if he was not on guard against them. This made the soldiers doubt his actions, wondering if he was brave or just stupid.
However, when they thought about the battle, they could only stay obedient. Two of them were not just staring at Wei Xiao Bei’s back and were instead looking at the surrounding desert.
Eventually, a few carbine rifles appeared to the side of them as they continued forward. These carbine rifles were actually the ones that the soldiers threw away after running for their lives.
The two soldiers immediately bent down to pick up a gun, as well as felt around for some bullets.
Faced with the two’s actions, none of the soldiers called for Wei Xiao Bei’s attention. Although they did not dare defy him, they would not sell out their comrades who did dare to defy him.
They did not know that even if Wei Xiao Bei did not turn his head to look, their every action had actually been grasped by him, not overlooking a single thing.
On the path were many weapons that had been thrown away. They included carbine rifles, rifle grenades, and even anti-tank missiles.
Seeing Wei Xiao Bei confidently walk forward without looking back at all, the remaining soldiers had also gone wild and picked up weapons.
With weapons at hand, although the soldiers did not rebel against Wei Xiao Bei for now, they were starting to harbor a rebellious intent in their hearts.
This could not be helped.
If there was a Sacred Beetle walking in front of them the soldiers would not even dare to bend down, to prevent the other party from having a misunderstanding of their actions.
No matter how strong Wei Xiao Bei was, he still appeared human and had skin and flesh, unlike the invulnerable carapace of the Sacred Beetle.
Just like that, the threat Wei Xiao Bei posed in the soldiers’ eyes had decreased.
It was just like the reindeers that Wei Xiao Bei encountered close to the World Tree. Although they were 2-Star Elite Creatures, they still made others feel fear.
It could be said that some modern concepts would cause humans to make a mistaken judgment.
If Wei Xiao Bei had tusks or two horns, the soldiers would be obedient and not dare to have these kinds of thoughts.
If there was something to blame, then Wei Xiao Bei’s human face was to blame.
Soon, Wei Xiao Bei stopped. He could already perceive a group of at least a thousand Sacred Beetle Descendants hiding on the left side ahead. This was the biggest group of Sacred Beetle Descendants that he had encountered upon entering the Dust World this time.
“From now on, no one can use modern firearms.”
Wei Xiao Bei turned around and smiled. There was a logic behind this as Wei Xiao Bei had already tried using modern firearms to attack a monster. It admittedly had some benefits, but there were more benefits in using more classical weapons.
However, the soldiers did not know what Wei Xiao Bei was planning and thought that he just wanted to get rid of their weapons, immediately creating an uproar.
Although the soldiers had previously thrown down their weapons, now that they had picked them back up, throwing them away again was a hard thing to do.
Some of the soldiers immediately pointed their guns at him.
Some of the soldiers had even pointed anti-tank missiles at him. They did not speak as they did not dare to do so. They had already witnessed Wei Xiao Bei’s speed, making them afraid that he would begin killing them once they opened their mouths.
“Okay, since you guys are unwilling to give up, come and shoot me.”
Wei Xiao Bei tightened his muscles. Although his words sounded pretty, he would not do anything as he stood on the spot.
A deadlock had immediately ensued, causing the air to tense as time passed.
Naturally, the only side that had tensed up was the soldiers. They did not dare open fire and make such a gamble. They were afraid that once they did so and they were unable to kill the other party, none of them would live.
In the end, the soldiers’ backs were drenched in sweat, and the fingers they had resting on the trigger were beginning to spasm.
“Listen to my command. Aim thirty meters ahead to the left!”
In the air that was so tense that a droplet of water might just condense, Wei Xiao Bei had suddenly opened his mouth.
Hearing the familiar command, these soldiers’ brains could not respond, though their bodies automatically followed the command. No matter the weapon, every single one aimed thirty meters ahead to the left.
“Fire!”
Wei Xiao Bei had given the next order at the same time as the soldiers began to question why they were following his orders.
In an instant, the soldiers opened fire to the left of him.
In truth, when the soldiers had stopped moving, the Sacred Beetle Descendants had already begun to move under the sand. They were slinking through the sand, attempting to surround the soldiers and enjoy a delicious meal.
However, the Sacred Beetle Descendants never imagined that a disaster would suddenly descend upon them.
Explosions and bullets rained down on the desert.
Many Sacred Beetle Descendants did not even have the chance to exit as they immediately died.
Death had descended!
Many of the Sacred Beetle Descendants had been turned into a paste, shattered, or sent flying by the bullets and explosions.
The pressure of death that the soldiers had felt from entering the Dust World as well as the tense air created from confronting Wei Xiao Bei had made the soldiers go mad. They did not let go of their triggers as they continued to fire. They only came to when they heard the clicking sound of an empty magazine, noticing the sand that had endured an insane amount of firepower.
What’s wrong with me? Why did I shoot everything I had towards the sand?
“Reload! Continue firing!”
Wei Xiao Bei’s gaze landed on the soldiers. As a retired soldier, he could tell that these were good soldiers and that some of them had probably participated in real battles.
Wei Xiao Bei’s voice carried the effect of [Law Intimidation]. Its effect could be controlled to be either be very powerful or very weak, though both were the same as releasing [Law Intimidation] once. The used up energy would not decrease just because he decreased the power behind it.
However, it was all worth it.
Under Wei Xiao Bei’s command, the doubtful soldiers stopped doubting anything. They changed their magazines and once again continued firing at the insects that were continuously climbing up.
Unless they used heavy artillery or dropped napalm bombs to clear the desert, there was no way to kill every one of the Sacred Beetle Descendants with just this much firepower. It was simply impossible to do.
No matter how much they fired, some Sacred Beetle Descendants had survived under the cover of the sand.
The rain of bullets and explosions lasted for more than ten minutes, only stopping when the last soldier emptied his magazine.
“Okay. Everyone should try to remember the feeling of change in your bodies. Then use these daggers to kill the bugs. Otherwise, they will eat you!”
Wei Xiao Bei pulled out a bunch of daggers made from the T-rex’s teeth and placed them in the soldiers’ hands while pointing at the Sacred Beetle Descendants that were continuously climbing up.
There was no doubt that these soldiers’ thoughts were following the law of inertia, as in their subconscious minds they had treated Wei Xiao Bei as their commander due to various influences. Thus they easily followed his order and charged at the Sacred Beetle Descendants with daggers in hand.
Naturally, not every soldier was like that. Wei Xiao Bei noticed that at least one person was thinking for themselves. It was clear that he was not affected by Wei Xiao Bei’s [Law Intimidation]. Yet, in order to act as though he was the same, he pretended and imitated the lifeless soldiers.
If it was before Wei Xiao Bei would have already pulled him out and punished him to create an example.
But, Wei Xiao Bei felt that subduing this kind of person would actually help him a lot. People like these were called talented.
The soldiers held daggers in their hand and began killing the Sacred Beetle Descendants.
They were very lucky.
Or at least they were compared to the first time Wei Xiao Bei had encountered these bugs, as he was chased by millions of them and did not ever want to experience such a thing again.
But now, these soldiers only needed to deal with Sacred Beetle Descendants that had been reduced to a number in the hundreds. The majority of them had already been killed by the gunfire, while the remaining ones were confused and disoriented. Their speed had slowed significantly, making it easy for the soldiers to kill them.
