Chapter 154: Repel

He Ying and Qian Fei had been leaning against the window for a long time, and when they saw Chen Mu and the others coming up, they hurriedly made space.

Chen Mu looked down from the glass window and saw a flickering tongue of flame shooting upward with all its might; because the stone ball was lodged in the door crack, the flame clung to the door's exterior, and it looked like it would ignite soon.

Although the flame was high, the illuminated area was not large; at least Chen Mu could see no human shadow.

The people from Yi Zhong were obviously scattered everywhere, but they wouldn't go far; they were probably waiting nearby to catch them all when they escaped.

"What should we do?" He Ying asked.

"Class monitor, please make the light bulbs as quickly as possible; the more the better."

Dong Junwei didn't ask further, answered affirmatively, picked up the box of plastic balls that Wei Dalei had brought up, and started working.

These plastic balls were prepared by Chen Mu in his spare time, so they could be turned into light sources when needed.

And the grenades were all ready-made.

After the elevator was finished, Chen Mu carried up a box as a precaution; plus another box that Wei Dalei had just brought up, making two boxes in total.

These wooden boxes for holding grenades were also made by Chen Mu; inside, cotton threads separate them to prevent shock, and a full box can hold fifty grenades.

When Dong Junwei trained, she made the most grenades, because grenades are the most useful, and besides, only this item can be stored for a long time.

Now, Qiming's ammunition depot holds exactly three hundred grenades.

These grenades have all been taken out; one hundred were brought to the watchtower, the rest left on the ground for Tang Jing to command and use, to prevent the enemy from suddenly bursting through the door crack.

While Dong Junwei was busy working, Chen Mu pulled Wei Dalei over.

"Old Wei, look outside."

"What to look at?"

"Look at whatever you can, so your eyes get used to the darkness quickly."

"Oh." Wei Dalei didn't ask further, and together with Chen Mu he looked out the window.

Soon.

Thirty light bulbs were already finished.

Dong Junwei making these is the least laborious and the fastest.

"Are these enough?"

"Not enough; make as many as you can." Chen Mu said without turning back.

"Hmm."

The next moment.

Chen Mu reached out and placed his hand on the glass window.

The whole pane of glass melted into an irregular chunk, which he tossed aside.

Originally, to maximize the view, this pane had been designed like a floor-to-ceiling window; now that it was removed, it was as if a door had been opened in the wall, and one could easily fall out if not careful.

A gust of outdoor wind rushed in, refreshing everyone.

Chen Mu wiped his hand at his waist, then a metal chain shot out backward, fastening securely to the watchtower railing, becoming a safety rope.

He did the same for Wei Dalei, making him one as well.

The two stood side by side at the edge of the "cliff," looking down.

At this moment the view was clearer, but still no human figure could be seen.

The flame continued to shoot upward; fortunately they were high enough not to be burned.

"What do we do? Boss!"

Even if Wei Dalei were dull, he roughly understood what needed to be done next; the fighting maniac Old Wei showed no tension, only great excitement.

"It's simple," Chen Mu said: "Scatter all the light bulbs downward."

Having said that, he turned and grabbed a few already-glowing plastic balls.

"Just like this."

He threw them out in a handful.

The plastic balls, fist-sized, Chen Mu could take at most three or four at a time with both hands.

After being thrown, they quickly landed.

Dong Junwei's ability grew quickly; the plastic balls' glow was much stronger than at the start.

But because of their size, once they hit the ground the area they could illuminate remained quite limited.

When Chen Mu turned back to get more, Wei Dalei snatched both the items and the box from him.

"When are you going to finish throwing those?"

Old Wei laughed heartily, held the box, turned sideways, and then, like splashing water, dumped it all out.

A box of thirty light balls, like meteors, scattered down toward the ground.

This lit up the area near the door considerably.

Chen Mu soon saw several shadows moving quickly.

In fact, although these light balls illuminated a large area, from this height it was still not very clear; if those people remained lying motionless on the ground, Chen Mu and Wei Dalei would probably still not find them.

But for the people below, the sudden illumination of their surroundings exposed them, so they naturally panicked and sought a new hiding place.

The soaring flame actually concealed Chen Mu's position.

The Yi Zhong people still didn't know where these light balls came from, as if they had fallen from the sky.

"Throw them at people!"

Chen Mu was no longer polite; after greeting Wei Dalei, he swooshed out two grenades.

Wei Dalei grinned.

He loved doing this kind of thing the most.

One after another, grenades were hurled from above, exploding on the ground, and the steel shot inside scattered outward.

Because of the distance, Chen Mu couldn't hear anyone screaming, but with the light he could clearly see several silhouettes running and suddenly collapsing.

Their throwing accuracy was actually not high.

But they made up for it with sheer numbers.

Especially Wei Dalei — his throwing speed was practically like a machine gun.

Precision strikes are good, but firepower coverage is the truth.

Old Wei faithfully carried out this principle.

The second batch of light bulbs was finished under Dong Junwei's supervision, while He Ying and Qian Fei acted as logistics officers, diligently delivering ammunition to Chen Mu and the other.

Another twenty or so light balls were scattered down.

Below was already a mess.

More and more people were affected by the grenades, while at the same time, countless crawling figures scattered and fled from the gap in the door.

Recalling Sun Yuan's words, these seemed to be some kind of reptile.

Why would there be reptiles?

Aren't the people from Yi Zhong afraid?

Or maybe these reptiles were brought by them?

Thinking of this, Chen Mu's mood grew heavy again.

He had heard He Ying talk about the Special Ability to control insects, and Du Jia Jia's ability was somewhat interesting as well.

In that light, having such a Special Ability user in Yi Zhong wasn't surprising.

But.

During the earlier battle with Qingbei, they never deployed such an ability user, yet Yi Zhong places such importance on Qiming?

Chen Mu gathered his thoughts; at this point, thinking more was useless.

Fortunately, the reptiles had been startled by the grenades; the steel balls struck the stainless steel pillar beneath the door seal, producing a sharp sound and ricocheting, hitting many of the reptiles.

"Did they run?"

Wei Dalei held two grenades, carefully scanning for any moving objects below, but within about two minutes the area below was already deathly still.

"It seems they've left."

"Boring." Wei Dalei curled his lip.

"Let's go down."

Chen Mu felt no joy of victory.

Even if everyone on the other side had retreated, that fireball would still be a major problem; once it ignited the door, even if they could escape in time, all the effort they had put in these days would go up in flames.