Chapter 43: Joining the Battle

Qian Deduo used to be an ordinary student at Dongshen University. With the ability to kill three red-armored beetles, he secured three spots on Bus No. 1 and was appointed by Captain Zhong Nan as the leader of the Fifth Squad.

In the Sunny Era, he wasn't the type of boy who was very popular with girls, but now he had become a sought-after bachelor. Qian Deduo proudly boasted to Yu Xiaohai about how the department's beauty used to look down on him, but now she was constantly clinging to him. His vivid descriptions made Yu Xiaohai's heart race, and Qian Deduo, patting his chest, repeatedly promised to find Yu Xiaohai an exceptional girl.

When Chu Yunsheng was sending Lin Shuiyao to Bus No. 1, Lin Shuiyao told him that during the Sunny Era, she had been invited to an event and stayed at the same five-star hotel where Chu Yunsheng had saved Yu Xiaohai.

After the bugs appeared, they tried to retreat to the command base under the protection of a military unit. Along the way, they were attacked on a large scale by the bugs. Her agent and personal assistant were unfortunately killed, and the remaining survivors had to return to the hotel. Later, when Chu Yunsheng arrived, during the final evacuation, she was completely lost in the crowd. She thought she was doomed, but was mysteriously pulled away and ran by someone. Chu Yunsheng knew the rest.

Chu Yunsheng didn't know what she was trying to express with her rambling. He wasn't particularly interested in Lin Shuiyao's background. He guessed that after temporarily feeling safe, she urgently needed to vent her experiences. However, he wasn't a psychologist and didn't plan to offer her any psychological comfort. In this collapsing world, being able to comfort oneself was already a miracle!

After settling Lin Shuiyao, Chu Yunsheng returned to the truck. Despite the inconvenience of the battle armor, he quietly sat on the truck bed, seizing every moment to absorb the elemental energy. Qin Heng and the others didn't dare to disturb him.

The Fifth Squad originally had two people: Qian Deduo, the squad leader, and Zhou Tingyun, a female squad member. Qian Deduo and Yu Xiaohai's enthusiastic conversation annoyed Zhou Tingyun, but as a squad member who had just awakened and could only kill one bug, her status was low. Although annoyed, she didn't dare to say anything.

She had wanted to exchange insights about awakening with the man who could instantly cut through a red-armored beetle's shell with a single sword strike, dressed in ancient armor like a steel barrel. However, she only saw that the man, since returning, had remained silent, sitting quietly with his eyes closed, showing no inclination to speak.

Time slowly passed in this atmosphere.

After a while, Chu Yunsheng suddenly opened his eyes and jumped up, alerting the others around him.

It was the smell of blood, a strong, pungent smell of blood!

However, that wasn't the important part. What was important was that the smell of blood was coming from the front, not the back, clearly indicating that something had happened ahead!

Chu Yunsheng immediately drew the Qianbi Sword. He was always on high alert, never letting his guard down.

The crimson and sharp sword caused a stir among some of the people on the truck. Many of the team members were still haunted by the unstoppable sword momentum he had displayed earlier.

Chu Yunsheng didn't care about the others' thoughts. He lightly leaped onto the roof of the truck, put down the night vision goggles, and carefully searched the situation ahead, wanting to understand the source and intensity of the danger as soon as possible.

However, his night vision goggles couldn't see very far. Everywhere was a chaotic crowd, and all he could see were heads, nothing but heads!

Just as he was getting anxious, a signal flare was fired from the front. Although only one, it was very bright against the dark sky.

Qian Deduo, stroking his chin, muttered, "Brothers and sisters, get ready, the captain has signaled!"

The truck had lost its mobility, stuck in the middle of the crowd.

Zhang Zicheng had arranged for the newly joined Fourth and Fifth Squads, a total of nine people, to lead the action. Under the leadership of the two squad leaders, they all jumped off the truck, and the crowd automatically made a narrow path for them.

Chu Yunsheng knew that Yu Xiaohai's dark energy had not fully recovered. He could only rely on his body's natural recovery, which was much slower than Chu Yunsheng's. However, Zhang Zicheng had reported Yu Xiaohai's condition and would develop a suitable training method based on his situation.

Yu Xiaohai estimated that he could now only fire an ice arrow with half the power. Despite this, Qian Deduo, thinking that something was better than nothing, still brought him along.

The closer they got to the front, the denser the gunfire and the more intense the screams of the injured.

Many people were fleeing in panic, creating a significant obstacle for the Awakened Guard Team's advance.

By the time the nine of them squeezed to the front line, Zhong Nan had just withdrawn from a battle with a red-armored beetle. Seeing them, he angrily asked, "Why are you just getting here?"

The leader of the Fourth Squad, Jiang Ye, said dejectedly, "Captain, it's not our fault. The truck couldn't move, and everyone was rushing to the back. We had to fight our way through!"

Zhong Nan's face was grim, possibly due to the intense battle. He said tiredly, "You Fourth and Fifth Squads, half of you are new. Remember, your job is to break through the defenses. The rest is up to the troops. There are twelve bugs left. Get going!"

Although Jiang Ye was dejected, he didn't dare to delay, as the bugs were almost breaking through the soldiers' defenses.

The ground was covered in blood, and it felt sticky underfoot!

Bodies of men and women, soldiers, students, and children lay scattered around. Some had their bodies crushed, others had large holes, and their internal organs were spilling out. Fortunately, Chu Yunsheng had seen such scenes before, and although they were gruesome and bloody, they didn't overly affect his fighting.

Qian Deduo added at the last moment, "Watch out for bullets. Getting hit by one or two won't kill you, but a continuous burst from a machine gun will. Oh, I forgot to get you bulletproof vests! You two be careful!"

Chu Yunsheng naturally didn't need a bulletproof vest. Even Yu Xiaohai's Six Jia Talisman could resist ordinary bullets, let alone his battle armor. Seeing the four or five red-armored beetle corpses on the ground, Chu Yunsheng immediately jumped over the car and rushed toward the rampaging bugs. He had to quickly cooperate with the others to kill all the bugs; otherwise, the longer it took, the less elemental energy would be left in the bugs' bodies!

In front of him were three soldiers, frantically firing their automatic rifles at the bugs charging at them. One soldier, driven by a bloodthirsty rage, pulled a grenade and shouted, "Qiangzi, you guys retreat! I'll take them down!"

Chu Yunsheng couldn't stop him in time. The soldier charged suicidally at the unstoppable red-armored beetle, colliding with its blade-like legs. He was impaled and hung on the bug's leg, grinning maniacally, "Damn your ancestors! Die!" He struggled to move forward, dragging his intestines, and the bug's leg pierced him even deeper!

The soldier, with his left hand holding the grenade, shoved it into the bug's open mouth, even breaking his bones in the process, but he continued to push it in!

Boom!

A loud explosion. Despite its strong defenses, the bug lost its entire jaw. In pain, it prepared to vent its anger on the remaining two soldiers.

At that moment, Chu Yunsheng was already charging with his sword!