Chapter 6 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The mess cook, whom they carried back was seriously injured. The insectoid’s forearm had torn into his chest and abdomen as blood constantly poured out of his mouth. Green mucus had begun to form on both his wounds.

It was a substance that came from the giant beetle—a very powerful neurotoxin. In the absence of timely treatment, most people would not even survive half an hour, and many would die an extremely painful death. Qin Hao had seen too many of his comrades die from this toxin.

“Rest in peace, comrade!” Qin Hao took out his pistol and shot the mess cook in the head!

Bam!

A gunshot later, the mess cook closed his eyes as if he had been relieved of his suffering.

“Are you insane?! Ol’ Four wasn’t dead yet, why did you kill him?!” another mess cook shouted emotionally. He had been good buddies with the dead cook, and watching his friend die in the hands of his comrade was incomprehensible.

“If you suffer a fatal injury, I’ll take you out of your misery! If it were me, I hope you’d do it too!” Qin Hao glared at the mess cook before he rushed toward High Ground Z3 without looking back.

“What should we do?” The few new recruits looked at each other. They did not know whether it was a blessing or a curse to follow such a cold-blooded veteran.

“Ol’ Four…” A couple of mess cooks gathered around the dead Ol’ Four and tried to leave with his body.

Hisss!!! Krrriieeekk… Following the sound of a whistling shriek, another swarm of giant beetles charged over!

“Move, now!” The first to react was the several new recruits. While they had no battlefield experience, all of them were trained combatants, so they could still assess the combat situation. They knew the worth of their weight, and without the veteran, they might not even be able to take on a single bug, much less a small swarm of them.

Therefore, the new recruits immediately followed Qin Hao and made haste toward High Ground Z3. Some of the mess cooks followed suit, leaving only three cooks who were good friends with Ol’ Four. They were pulling his body along and taking each step with much difficulty.

Since they were dragging Ol’ Four’s body, the three cooks were moving a lot slower. Coupled with the stench of blood coming from Ol’ Four’s body, the small swarm of giant beetles was immediately attracted by it.

“Argh!!” one of the cooks screamed in terror as he keeled over and his foot gave way.

“F*cking dead weights!” Qin Hao, who had already gone ahead, ended up turning back. Even though reason told him that the mess cooks were all dead weights, he was not a completely cold-blooded war machine after all. Despite not knowing the mess cooks for a long time, he could not watch them die there.

Tat tat tat…

Qin Hao’s electromagnetic rifle continued its bombardment as he shot out a precise line of fire. Although the scattered shots did not kill any of the giant beetles, the impact of the bullets and resulting pain still suppressed the swarm, preventing it from getting close.

Tat tat tat tat… Several recruits behind Qin Hao ran back and fired their electromagnetic rifles as well.