Chapter 17 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Nicole was keeping her finger on the trigger, shooting left and right while keeping Lucia behind her. The electromagnetic rifle bullets could not hurt the giant commander beetles but were more than enough to force the ordinary ones back.

Under Qin Hao’s aggressive attack, the three of them moved forward rapidly. By the looks of things, they would be on the other end of the 1,000-meter path in under three minutes. It was achievable because both Nicole and Lucia were wearing powered exoskeletons.

“Stay close to me!” Qin Hao wielded his sword, immobilizing the giant beetles by cutting off their legs.

Nicole shouted her acknowledgment as she kept Lucia close to her.

Soon, they were already 500 meters out, and things were going to get tougher ahead. The previous 500 meters were relatively easy because most insectoids had not noticed them.

However, they were not going to enjoy that advantage for long. As they fought their way through, they would be bound to attract attention.

A giant commander beetle shrieked, beckoning the other insectoids.

“Watch out!” Qin Hao felt numbness on the back of his neck as a sense of danger hit him. He looked to his left instinctively and saw a plasma worm pointing its butt skyward, ejecting a shot of plasma.

“Run!” Qin Hao brought Nicole and Lucia along with him as he suddenly jumped seven or eight meters away. Nicole had protective body armor, but not Lucia. Qin Hao crashed into Lucia, and she cried out in pain because she had hurt her arm.

At that very moment, the plasma hit the spot where the three of them were standing a split second ago. It left behind a two-meter-deep hole in the ground with plasma still dancing around. The subsequent shock wave would have blown Lucia away if Qin Han and Nicole had not been holding on to her.

“Keep moving!” After the shock wave passed them, Qin Hao bounced back to his feet, grabbed the two young women, and kept charging forward.

Right then, the plasma worm that attacked them just a while ago was radar-locked and blown into pieces by a Gauss Cannon from High Ground Z3.

“Phew!” Qin Hao breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing that. If the plasma worm kept firing at them, they would not have the chance to approach High Ground Z3.

Soon, when they were about 200 or 300 meters from High Ground Z3, the soldiers on the high ground spotted them.

“Look! There are three humans out there!”

“How could it be possible?”

“There are survivors!”

“Holy moly, I can’t believe that they are actually humans! They cut down those bugs as if they were slaughtering chicks!”

“Even the most badass special forces aren’t this badass!”

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The soldiers guarding High Ground Z3 were dumbstruck upon seeing Qin Hao’s guts. The way he cut down those insectoids with just a sword was mindblowing.