Chapter 131: Fallen like demons due to selfish desires, noble for the sake of righteousness

Humanity is a race full of contradictions.

When there are no external enemies, they can use any means for their own interests, wage wars for power and wealth, and kill each other for selfish gain.

It can be said that every page of history books is stained with countless blood.

However, when a real crisis arrives, this race can erupt with astonishing cohesion, building a Great Wall of flesh and blood.

Today's Da Xia is exactly like this.

This disaster in Qingshan County displayed the most dazzling light of human nature; the Tianshu Academy soldiers, knowing they were outmatched, still built the final defensive line with their own lives, until the very end.

They interpreted the meaning of "not retreating" with their lives.

This near-instinctive spirit of sacrifice is the most dazzling light of human nature.

Perhaps darkness has never been far away, even now with the recovery of spiritual energy, there are many dark existences among humans that ordinary people cannot imagine, but just as the brightest stars in the night sky often appear in the darkest night, the brilliance of human nature is always most dazzling in the darkest moments.

This time, those heading to Qingshan County are not just Stage Three and even Stage Four superpowered individuals like Gu Che, Lu Jing, and Lin Ruoxi, nor just the reinforcements from the Yunshan City Tianshu Academy, but also reinforcement troops organized by surrounding cities.

Countless soldiers are ready to go, stepping onto the journey to Qingshan County without hesitation.

They know they will surely win this war, and they understand even more that in this war, they or their teammates will die because of it.

However, no one is afraid.

In the not-so-distant past, their predecessors, without being able to see the future of Da Xia, were willing to use their own lives to carry out their will and save the country! Now, in a war where they know they will surely win, how could they be afraid?

The will of their predecessors shines upon them, and they are fearless!

Even the various forces within Da Xia are the same in this regard.

In peaceful times, without affecting Da Xia, they can appropriately seek some benefits for their families and friends, because this position is not the result of one person's efforts alone; but in the face of such major issues of right and wrong, all wills must be unified, and Da Xia is above everything else.

"All units, move out!"

In the morning light, the airflow stirred by helicopter rotors brushed across everyone's faces; young soldiers checked their equipment one last time and smiled at each other.

This is humanity—they can fall like demons due to selfish desires, and they can also be as noble as gods for the sake of righteousness.

At the crossroads named the future, they once again chose the most difficult yet most glorious path: protecting life with life, dispelling darkness with light, just as they have every time they faced an existential crisis in the past.

The directors of the Tianshu Academy in various cities watched their departing backs, their eyes filled with a trace of daze, their figures seeming to merge with the figures of the predecessors they imagined in their minds.

Were they in the same mood back then?

It's just a pity that they are people abandoned by this era, having neither obtained treasures from the cosmos nor awakened superpowers; if not for that, they might have been part of those heading to Qingshan County.

"This era belongs to them."

A slight smile appeared on the corners of their mouths; one generation should be more outstanding than the next.

At this time in Qingshan County, the reinforcements from the Yunshan City Tianshu Academy had arrived and were fighting the mutated creatures in Qingshan County.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Zhang Mo's sidearm spat fire, a three-round burst piercing the eye socket of a mutated lynx. Blood plasma splashed onto his tactical mask; he had no time to wipe it off, pulling out a dagger with his backhand and stabbing it fiercely into the throat of a mutated wolf dog lunging from the side.

"Click—"

The blade got stuck in the cervical vertebrae, and the mutated wolf dog's dying struggle almost overturned him.

Zhang Mo pressed his knee against the mutated beast's chest, his left hand pinning down its rotting fur, and his right hand gripped the knife and twisted it fiercely! Amidst the sound of shattering bone, foul-smelling black blood sprayed all over him.

"Boom!"

Not far away, a mortar shell blew a spider-type mutant in the ruins of a shop into fragments, the blast wave flipping Zhang Mo's helmet, revealing his young, blood-stained face.

"Three o'clock direction!"

The teammate's voice came through the earpiece.

Zhang Mo rolled to avoid the splashing concrete blocks, looking up to see a mutated pangolin nearly the size of a car crashing through the outer wall of a building, its scales embedded with bullet heads, like it was wearing a suit of metallic thorns.

"Damn it."

He tossed aside his empty pistol and pulled two grenades from his waist.

The pangolin spotted him.

Those amber vertical pupils locked onto Zhang Mo, its thick tail sweeping away a lamppost, steel bars and concrete flying everywhere like toys. Zhang Mo retreated rapidly in the rain of steel and concrete, simultaneously biting open the safety pin of the grenade with his teeth.

"Come on, you animal!"

The moment the mutated pangolin charged over at high speed, Zhang Mo performed a sliding tackle, passing under its belly and taking the opportunity to shove the hissing grenade into a gap in its scales.

"Boom!"

The blast wave sent him flying several meters. Amidst the ringing in his ears, he saw the mutated pangolin rolling in pain, large chunks of flesh with scales splashing everywhere; but soon, the guy stood up shakily again.

"It's not over yet..."

Zhang Mo spat out the sand in his mouth and pulled out two more grenades; this time he tore open his combat uniform, revealing an entire row of grenades tied to his waist.

"Let's get this straight, I'm no Jade-Faced Grenade King."

"Secondly, you damn thing, have a few more!"

He charged toward the mutated pangolin, leaping violently the moment they were about to collide; the mutated pangolin instinctively raised its head and opened its mouth, and Zhang Mo took the opportunity to grab four or five grenades, throwing them all into that bloody maw.

"Rumble—"

Amidst the continuous explosions, the mutated pangolin's body burst open like a watermelon. As the foul-smelling rain of blood fell, Zhang Mo took a deep breath, picked up the assault rifle on the ground, and turned to look for the next target.

Zhou Lie leaned against a broken load-bearing pillar, his chest heaving violently, the alloy longsword in his hand already chipped, the blade covered in viscous blood.

There was a claw mark on his left arm that was deep enough to see bone, and blood dripped down his arm, pooling into a dark red puddle on the ground.

Five mutated wild wolves surrounded him, their ghostly green beast pupils flashing in the dim shopping mall; they were twice the size of ordinary wild wolves, fangs exposed, saliva dripping from the corners of their mouths, their pupils full of beastly desire.

"Think you've got me?"

Zhou Lie smiled, his laughter growing louder, revealing blood-stained teeth.

"Awoo!"

The mutated wild wolf on the far left lunged first!

Zhou Lie didn't retreat but advanced, his right-hand longsword slashing horizontally, the blade cutting a bloody gash in the wolf's belly; but another mutated wild wolf had taken the opportunity to bite his calf!

"Get lost!"

His left palm pressed down violently, his palm suddenly erupting with scorching flames, the fire sweeping out like an angry dragon, instantly scorching the head of that wolf.

The smell of burning flesh permeated, but the remaining three wild wolves were instead enraged, lunging at the same time!

Zhou Lie spun and swung his sword, the blade carrying flames as it slashed at the first lunging wolf. The moment the blade cleaved into the wolf's neck, the high temperature carbonized the wound directly, and the wolf's head flew off!

But the claws of the other two wild wolves had already torn open his back!

"Ah!!!"

The intense pain made Zhou Lie's vision go black; he bit his tongue to force himself to stay awake; his right-hand longsword stabbed into the ground to stabilize his body, and his left hand swung backward violently!

"Boom!"

The bursting flames erupted in a fan shape, swallowing the two mutated wild wolves behind him. They howled as they rolled on the ground, the crackling sound of burning fur chilling to the bone.

The last mutated wild wolf took the opportunity to lunge for his throat!

Zhou Lie saw it, but at this moment, he had no time to draw his sword.

"Squish!"

He directly raised his left arm and shoved it into the wolf's mouth, the sharp fangs instantly piercing the muscle; as the pain struck, he picked up the sword with his right hand, his hideous face full of ferocity.

"Die!"

The longsword pierced directly from the mutated wild wolf's eye socket into its brain. The wolf's body twitched violently a few times before finally going limp.

Zhou Lie panted heavily, pushing the wolf corpse away. His left arm was a bloody mess; he stood up staggeringly, using the longsword to support his body.

"Is it over..."

He wiped the blood and dirt from his face, his vision somewhat blurry, but the next second, his pupils contracted sharply.

From the shadows ahead, a behemoth slowly walked out.

(End of chapter)