Chapter 69 (1/2)

Chang looked around in the ruin for a while, and found the half of the millipede that was charred. The power of the missile blew up its hard sh.e.l.l and separated it into two parts. The fire extinguished most of its bodily fluids, making the remaining more viscous.

”It seems like it was killed, but I don't want to confirm whether it is dead or not.” Chang stared at the corpse that hung onto the tree.

Qing Shui rolled up and wiped off the nosebleed, ”Fortunately, there weren't too many pieces of shrapnel that got blown to where I was, otherwise, I would have died.”

”Good for you…but that man had bad luck.”

One soldier pointed at the wounded soldier who was carried by Qing Shui before the explosion - the shower of shrapnel killed him.

His death reminded Chang of Jing. He immediately turned around, but only saw Pangzi lying on his stomach.

His back was bruised and lacerated from the shockwave of the missile, and half of his hair on the back of his head was burnt. He seemed like he was right under the center of the explosion. What was even worse was that Jing was nowhere to be found.

”Pangzi, Pangzi!...” Chang pushed Pangzi fretfully, as he asked with great concern ”Can you hear me? Where is Jing?”

”Ah…” Pangzi was awoken by Chang and was barely able to lift his eyelids. He took a while to digest what had happened in the last few minutes, and he revealed what he had been covering- Jing. ”She is fine, but I feel like I am gonna die.”

Pangzi sat up and stretched his hands to touch the back of his head and lightly touched his skin ”I probably got a concussion from the shock. My head keeps buzzing. Oh and the tinnitus! Ah! If the missile exploded even one meter closer to us, I am not sure if the monster would get blown up or not, but I am positive that none of us could have endured that explosion.”

”I am sorry… I didn't know we were so close to the target…” Realizing the missile caused irreversible damage to everyone, the soldier apologized to the troop.

”Don't worried, be glad that your missile eliminated that millipede, otherwise we would have died in a different way.” Ming Yi comforted that soldier with a light laugh. Apparently, his skin was so solid that only 2 or 3 pieces of shrapnel sliced his body, and there was almost no visible wound.

”I wish I had your body!” Pangzi smacked Ming Yi's chest, ”we should have asked to fight it one on one, so that we don't need to be in such a tight spot.”

”Come on, I can be easily killed by it.” Ming Yi joked back.

However, the troop strived through the disaster, and without further delay, they set off again to Zhengzhou.

Now there were only 9 people left.

Almost everyone teetered forward, as they didn't know if they were the ones to die next. The fear and insecurity haunted them, but the hope of getting saved in Zhengzhou kept them alive.

”Don't worry everyone, it wasn't a bad thing that we ran into that millipede.” Qing Shui tried to encourage the troop lightheartedly.

”Yeah, sure, it wasn't a bad thing. Without the wounded, we can even speed up.” Someone in the troop taunted. Apparently, people became more aggressive when they were in deep fear.