Chapter 63 - 63: Dead, All Dead! (Asking for Recommendations)
With the addition of Du Gang and King Kong, the pressure on the Rocket Army guarding the spatial channel was greatly reduced.
The main reason was that Du Gang was immensely powerful. Every spear he shot could directly nail a golden beetle, measuring twenty meters long and five meters tall, to death.
Even more terrifying was that every time Du Gang threw a spear, another one would materialize in his hand, as if he had an endless supply of spears.
However, in reality, when a new spear materialized in his hand, the one that had pierced the golden beetle would instantly disappear!
This was the ability to instantly summon the Spear of the Ancient God!
It was one of his five skills acquired after his last evolution.
[Marking: You can mark an object so that no matter how far away it is, it can reappear in your hand, bypassing spatial restrictions!]
This skill was tailored for him, rendering him completely unafraid of losing the Spear of the Ancient God.
“Too powerful!”
A soldier from the Rocket Army gazed at Du Gang at the mouth of the spatial channel, muttering to himself with admiration and envy gleaming in his eyes.
The previously busy Rocket Army suddenly had some downtime. There was no need for King Kong to intervene. Any golden beetle that emerged would immediately be killed by Du Gang.
Moreover, when there were no golden beetles emerging, Du Gang would take his spear and send it skimming across the ground like one would roll a bowling ball.
Each spear throw would inevitably pierce and kill dozens or even hundreds of black beetles.
Eventually, even King Kong, who had been venting his anger on the black beetles, stopped in his tracks. There were no more beetles within his sight.
“This guy is a real workhorse!”
King Kong silently stared at the giant figure who was ceaselessly throwing spears as if there were a game glitch, speechless.
Why did this solemn battlefield feel a bit weird?
It wasn’t just him. The other soldiers shared his bewilderment. Some even took off their chest-mounted recorders to take a picture with Du Gang!
“He single-handedly defended this spatial channel!”
Wang Dezhen watched the video feeds from the front line and sighed. If everyone around the globe were like Du Gang, humankind would be invincible and could even venture through the universe.
After a moment of daydreaming, he turned to his deputy and asked, “What do you think is the level of his superpower?”
“Uh… Orange Level? Or Yellow Level?” The deputy was also at a loss for words.
According to the data provided by the Arctic Circle, Orange Level power is defined as having the ability to pierce the body of a golden beetle, having undergone one metamorphosis, and being imposing in the face of ordinary people.
While others like the Blade King and the Sword King, who focus on attack power, can barely kill the golden beetles. However, none of them could do it like Du Gang, who was massacring the beetles effortlessly, one spear killing one beetle, not even one spear more!
Just then, a message from the walkie-talkie interrupted their thoughts.
“Report, sir, we have found the students of Nanyuan Experimental Middle
School!”
“Quickly, bring them here!”
Wang Dezhen excitedly responded, and then added, “Get Chu Zixuan over here as well!”
As far as he was concerned, if Du Gang’s parents were among the survivors, Du Gang would surely stay around. That would greatly reduce the difficulty of their team’s future withdrawal to the north.
Soon enough, Chu Zixuan walked in, his face devoid of expression. He gave the commander a meaningful glance without saying a word.
Wang Dezhen was indifferent to his gaze and smiled, “Chu Zixuan, we just received a message that the students from Experimental Middle School have been found. They should be your classmates…”
Chu Zixuan’s countenance turned somewhat peculiar.
In a little while, under the guidance of two soldiers, two female students walked in.
Wang Dezhen glanced anxiously around, noting that no one else had come in.
He looked at the officer who had led the two girls in, asking in a heavy voice,
“Didn’t you say the students from the Experimental Middle School were found? Chu Zixuan told me that when they left, there were still over twenty students…”
“They’re all dead!”
One of the pretty-looking girls stood there, her eyes vacant as she mumbled to herself.
Just by observing her mental state, it was obvious that she had suffered a great shock and was somewhat dazed.
Wang Dezhen’s heart skipped a beat. He hurriedly asked, “Around noon or afternoon yesterday, a middle-aged couple went to your school…”
“Are you talking about Du Gang’s parents?”
At this point, the other girl took over the conversation.
Seeing that there was still a calm girl, Wang Dezhen looked at her quickly,
“Yes!”
The woman let out a long sigh, without even bothering to greet Chu Zixuan standing there. She started to tell her story directly.
“My name is Wang Yixuan, this girl next to me is Mu Chuxue, we’re classmates…”
“After Du Gang and the rest left, we stayed in the dormitory all the time. Because he had us stock up on food from the supermarket, we didn’t even think about leaving and had a very comfortable afternoon…”
“Sometime in the afternoon, a middle-aged couple came to the school with their car. They wanted to get into the dormitory, but we had already blocked it…”
“They shouted Du Gang’s name and Ma Li’s name downstairs… We told them that Du Gang and Ma Li had left and went back to Luo An City!”
“They didn’t believe us, insisted on going up to check… It was already afternoon by then, getting dark, and we didn’t want to move the obstacles at the first floor…”
Wang Dezhen’s heart slowly sank.
“Finally, we compromised and opened a gap in the door for them. After they went up, we blocked the door again!”
“The nightmare began that night!”
“After the sun disappeared, a larger spatial channel appeared on the playing field and a giant gold beetle crawled out…”
“The truly terrifying thing was not the beetle, but the flying insects that came with them, bursting through the windows…”
At this point, Wang Yixuan paused, shaking her head. “They’re all dead!” The command tent fell silent.
After a moment of silence, Wang Dezhen asked, “How did you manage to survive?”
Wang Yixuan pointed to the stunned Mu Chuxue beside her and calmly said,
“She saved me, she is a superpowered.”
Chu Zixuan’s mental power was continually scanning the two girls in front of him. Although his face remained calm, he was moved inside, he said, “As long as I live, I will do everything I can to protect everyone!”
At his words, Mu Chuxue, who had been in a daze, suddenly became agitated.
“Dead! They are all dead!”
She started to run around wildly like a decapitated fly.
“It’s okay, It’s okay!”
Before anyone else could react, Wang Yixuan had instantly appeared at Mu Chuxue’s side, holding her and gently stroking her head to calm her.
At her touch, Mu Chuxue quickly calmed down.
“She’s been like this since that day it ended…”
Wang Yixuan, for the first time, showed a hint of pain, saying, “I hope you don’t question her anymore!”
“Sigh!”
Listening to this, Wang Dezhen heaved a heavy sigh, “No one will ask you anymore, just try to survive!”
On Chu Zixuan’s side, although there was no change in his facial expression, a hint of confusion could be seen in the depth of his eyes..