249 Standing up for Chen Wudi (1/2)

At noon, the group found a slope downwind and decided to take a short break there. The buns everyone was carrying had frozen hard. But they had no other choice as this was what it was like in the wilderness.

Based on what the private soldiers were saying, it was quite good that they had buns to eat at all.

While the soldiers ate their field rations, someone suddenly complained, ”They're really inhumane for making us march in such accursed weather!”

”But what can you do 'bout it?” One of the soldiers took a bite of the cold, hard bun and said, ”If I hadn't stocked up on some buns last night, I would've starved to death along the way today. It's impossible to keep moving in this weather if we have no food to eat.”

”Hey, you don't say! Seeing Liu Taiyu's current plight can't make me any happier.” Someone said, ”All of our pay and entitlements must have been embezzled by that bastard, Liu Taiyu!”

”But I still feel like it isn't enough. Why didn't that Divine Arms officer just kick him to death?” one of the soldiers said angrily.

”We're still dozens of klicks away from the nearest mountain, Mt. Tantou, and Mt. Fengyi and Mt. Shuanglong are even further north. I wonder when we'll reach our destination since it's snowing so heavily now,” someone said in total despair. ”Moreover, those bastards from the reinforced company are even starting to keep an eye on us now, so there's no chance that we can escape.”

”Forget about it,” one of them said. ”Escape? It requires tremendous courage in this weather just to head into the mountains alone to seek a quick death. There's still a chance of survival if we stick with everyone. But once you become a deserter, death is certain.”

”Let me give y'all a suggestion.” Someone chuckled. ”When we set off again later, just pretend you've fainted. As soon as you faint, that idiot called Chen Wudi will come over and carry you. We can walk much less that way!” But as soon as he finished speaking, he felt a chill creep up behind his back, causing him to shudder even more in this already cold weather. But when he turned around to look, everything seemed perfectly normal. 'That's strange! What's going on?'

As Ren Xiaosu was furtively cutting pieces of cured meat to share with Chen Wudi and the students, he noticed Chen Wudi looked dismayed. ”Wudi, what's the matter?”

Chen Wudi whispered, ”Master, I've regained my super hearing.”

Ren Xiaosu was stunned. ”But Wudi, the Great Sage doesn't have that power.”

Chen Wudi replied, ”Well, the version of the Great Sage that I am does.”

”Hm.” Ren Xiaosu nodded. 'Alright, whatever you say.' Honestly, Ren Xiaosu did not even know which version of the Great Sage Chen Wudi was anymore. How amazing it was to be able to ”patch” oneself like that.

”Master,” Chen Wudi said dejectedly, ”I don't want to help them anymore.”

”Why's that?” Ren Xiaosu asked, ”What did you hear?”

”They said that they're going to pretend to faint when we set off again so that the idiotic Chen Wudi will carry them,” Chen Wudi answered.

Ren Xiaosu's eyes narrowed at the answer. ”Who said that?”

Chen Wudi did not mention the man. ”Master, you'd kill the man if I told you.”

”What's the big deal with killing some people?” Ren Xiaosu sneered.

”Master,” Chen Wudi said, ”I just don't understand why some people in this world are so evil?”

”They'll get their comeuppance,” Ren Xiaosu said as he looked at the private soldiers around him with a dark expression. For the first time in recent days, he was keen to kill someone.