Chapter 19: A New Use for Pig Brain Marrow

"Quick, get up!" Chu Yunsheng returned to his seat and asked, "Do you know where the hospital stores its medicine?"

Hearing this, the female teacher excitedly said, "You agreed?"

Chu Yunsheng smiled, "Yes, but first, tell me how to find the pharmacy. I don't know anything about it!"

Upon hearing his affirmative response, the children immediately turned their tears to laughter, clapping their hands in joy, "Yay!"

"Uncle, I knew you would agree, you're a good person!" A junior high school girl, about thirteen or fourteen, boldly approached Chu Yunsheng and said happily, "Xiaoxue has a chance now!"

"Uncle?" Chu Yunsheng was initially confused, but now he felt extremely uncomfortable. He didn't think he was that old.

It wasn't the students' fault. Chu Yunsheng always wore a night vision device, so no one could see his true face. Being called "uncle" was a normal thing.

Chu Yunsheng didn't have the time or inclination to correct the title. He urged the female teacher, "Do you know where it is? Also, I don't know much about medicine, so I don't know what kind of medicine you need."

After being urged a few times, the female teacher said apologetically, "Sorry, I was too excited. Don't worry about the medicine; my father used to be a doctor there. Later, he was... never mind. Just take me there, I know where it is!"

"No, you can't go in. I can barely protect myself, let alone you!" Chu Yunsheng refused without hesitation. It was a joke to bring an ordinary person into such a fierce battle; it would be a death sentence.

Chu Yunsheng thought for a moment and said, "Draw the location of the hospital pharmacy on a piece of paper, and I'll go in myself."

The female teacher knew that going herself would indeed be a burden. Without further ado, she took the paper Chu Yunsheng handed her and quickly drew the location of the pharmacy and the names of the needed medicines from memory.

There were two places in total: one was the regular medicine window with some common medicines, and the other was the hospital pharmacy with a security door, which was more difficult to open. However, Chu Yunsheng believed that with his energy-infused longsword, it shouldn't be a problem.

Chu Yunsheng left the restaurant and followed the map the female teacher had marked, moving stealthily.

He first chose a tall building opposite the hospital, which was relatively far away. He carefully observed with the night vision device. He didn't fully trust the night vision device; it was only reliable for navigation. As for detecting bugs, it was too unreliable.

Three, the night vision device showed three. He calmed down and sensed the disturbance of the elemental energy, but he didn't detect the same anomaly as at the Huailian supermarket. So, he was 90% sure there were only three!

But how to get in became a problem. The community hospital had two gates on two different streets. The three red-armored bugs wandered without a fixed route. No matter which corner he entered from, one would definitely spot him, and the other two would quickly come over.

Chu Yunsheng slapped his head. He had been thinking about how to attack, but he hadn't thought about luring the bugs out!

The more he thought about it, the more he felt it was a brilliant idea. Across from the hospital gate, there was a Jinbei van, a nine-seater, with its back to the hospital. The passenger-side window was broken, allowing him to sneak in directly.

Said and done!

It didn't take much effort. Chu Yunsheng smoothly entered the van from the passenger side. This old-style Jinbei van had a hand-cranked window. He extended the crossbow, and this distance was just right. If he had been in the building, he might have been out of range.

Taking a deep breath, this time he was actively provoking the three red-armored bugs!

The one closest to him appeared in his sight, suddenly stopping and looking alertly in his direction. Chu Yunsheng didn't hesitate and immediately pulled the trigger. He had been spotted!

A direct hit!

The other two were already on the move, moving at high speed. Chu Yunsheng knew that with his current archery skills, he couldn't hit such a fast-moving target with one arrow. The only option was to use the pistol, which had more bullets, increasing the chances of hitting one.

The 92-type pistol had 15 rounds, infused with about 2 units of energy. Chu Yunsheng fired all of them in one breath. By then, the bugs had already pounced on the roof, gnawing at the car.

He now realized how lucky he had been at the Huailian supermarket. Out of 15 bullets, only 1-2 hit, and the one hit was only lightly injured, still capable of a powerful attack!

The corrosive mucus quickly penetrated the roof, sizzling as it was deflected by the Hexagram Energy Talisman. Chu Yunsheng suddenly realized he had made a mistake. The original plan was to shoot the ice arrow and then immediately fire the gun. Now, with the added defense of the car, he had forgotten to use it. He should have waited until the bugs pounced on the car before shooting. This would have greatly increased his hit rate.

It seemed he lacked practical combat experience. No matter how many times he ambushed, he couldn't gain such experience.

Regretting now was useless. He endured the corrosive saliva and the sharp, spike-like bug legs, quickly changing the magazine. By then, the entire Jinbei van was riddled with holes, and a large hole had been corroded through the roof. The bugs were about to pounce in.

Bang... Bang...

Through the large hole, he aimed at the red-armored bug's abdomen and fired a barrage. One unit of energy was immediately depleted. Fortunately, the hit bug was engulfed in flames, waving its pincers and retreating in a frenzy!

The other bug finally entered the car, clamping Chu Yunsheng's body and dragging him out.

With the protection of the Hexagram Energy Talisman, the bug couldn't easily crush him, but even so, Chu Yunsheng felt his internal organs being battered, causing intense pain, and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.

Although he held a pistol in his right hand, it was tightly clamped by the bug's other pincer, and he was struggling to free it. For a moment, Chu Yunsheng felt his entire arm might be torn off.

Chu Yunsheng had no choice but to draw his longsword with his left hand and stab wildly at the red-armored bug's head. The same luck didn't happen twice; the bug didn't give him a chance to stab its mouth, wasting nearly one unit of energy.

By now, he had consumed five units of energy. One was frozen, one was burning, and the last one was still entangled with him. Neither could gain the upper hand, and they were in a stalemate.

Chu Yunsheng was anxious. He couldn't continue like this. Once the frozen one broke free or the burning one recovered some attack capability, the Hexagram Talisman wouldn't hold up against the combined attack of two red-armored bugs!

What else did he have? Chu Yunsheng calmed down and used his energy to enter the storage talisman, searching carefully!

Stored corrosive mucus, useless, red-armored bugs were immune to it; he had tested it before.

Red-armored bug legs, same, useless.

Pig brain marrow? Useless...

Pig large intestine! What a mess!

...

Wait!

Pig brain marrow! He didn't know what would happen if he smashed it on the red-armored bug's head. It was its favorite food. Even a momentary distraction would give him a chance to struggle free.

Right, he also had the Fire Talisman, a third-stage attack talisman activated by an ancient book. It was powerful, and he had almost forgotten about it!

Thinking of this trump card, Chu Yunsheng wasn't as nervous.

He quickly took out the pig brain marrow and smashed it all over the red-armored bug's ugly head, gathering energy, waiting for the moment it was distracted to break free!

Although the pig brain marrow was a bit stale, it was still genuine. The red-armored bug instinctively hesitated, seemingly deciding whether to eat the pig brain marrow or Chu Yunsheng's brain marrow first.

That moment of hesitation was enough. Chu Yunsheng immediately wedged his energy-infused longsword into the gap of the pincer holding his right hand, shouting and using all his strength to pry it open. He endured the intense pain, quickly retracting his right hand, aiming at the red-armored bug's head, and fired the last bullet, infused with one unit of energy, with a powerful blast!