Chapter 68 (1/2)

The appearance of the monster gave Chang gooseb.u.mps all over his body. He fought with the urge to vomit and glanced at the colourful monster.

It was an insect for sure. Its slender body and sh.e.l.l reminded Chang of a centipede. The difference, however, was that it had more legs, yet they were shorter. The insect looked hideous, but the sh.e.l.l was s.h.i.+ny and rich in color - an aposematic signal.

”Is this a millipede…” Chang struggled at recalling the name of this monster. Although every species was evolving, it was still too soon to produce new species. Therefore, no matter how it looked like right now, it must come from a previously known species.

”It is! It is a millipede!” The image of a tiny millipede overlapped with the image of the gigantic creature in Chang's mind, and he realized that they are almost identical.

”Is it coming?” Crouching behind the tree, Ming Yi whispered to Chang.

”It's almost here! Run!! It's fast!” Chang pulled up Ming Yi and they sprinted back.

”What is that?”

”An insect that looks like a snake and as wide as a wine barrel. I only know it was wide, but I a.s.sume it is long too” They ran extremely fast, and within a few words they got back to the troop.

”What is it?” Qing Shui knew that there must be something unexpected when he saw Chang rush back.

”An insect, millipede, wide as a barrel, about 35 meters in length, seemed poisonous from its colors.” Chang answered with the key features he observed.

”How fast is it? Any chance we can avoid it?”

”I don't know, it wasn't at its full speed, but it definitely moves faster than any of us.” Chang looked back in a rush, the shadow had showed its huge head from the red fog.

”We can't run away from it, here it is!” He shouted out loud and squeezed into the center of the troop.

”There! Over there, fire!” Chang straightened his index finger, pointing at where the millipede was coming.

”Fire! Fire!” Qing Shui screamed ”Its acidic secretion may blind you, stay away from it!”

Most of the soldiers had never known what a millipede was, nor did have they seen the shadow 10 meters away from them. It was an inherent instinct that they wanted to avoid such a creature.

FRRRRRRRRAK!!!

Four soldiers shot their a.s.sault rifles at the same time. The bullets tore through s.p.a.ce and the air shattered. They bolted out as if it was their fated mission.

Although they weren't far away from the monster, most of the bullets were off target.

Their accuracy was low because even if it were a sharpshooter, without seeing the target it was impossible to hit.

Fortunately, the a.s.sault rifles had a decent rate of firing, one or two bullets completed their mission and collided against the millipede's body.

Bang!

The hit was crisp and sharp, as if metal had hit metal. The two bullets struggled to penetrate the monster's armor, causing negligible damage.

Creak!