Chapter 22 (2/2)

“Trot trot trot….” On the way down High Ground Z3, Qin Hao’s long knife sang, and any giant beetles that got close to home were all felled, but more and more were converging around him.

With the power of the exoskeleton, Qin Hao’s speed increased to the maximum, and even the six-legged bugs could not catch up to him. After a few minutes, Qin Hao had rushed down High Ground Z3.

“Hufff!” Qin Hao glanced back. Although the swarms of bugs behind him were still pursuing him, with the power of the exoskeleton, he was faster than the bugs, and he was beyond their reach.

Plus, right then, there were no foes before Qin Hao. The plain below High Ground Z3 had been cleared by the incendiary bombs earlier. While the flames have already been extinguished, the ground was still boiling hot, and the air extremely dry. Qin Hao felt that his skin was about to crack under the heat.

The bugs were extremely sensitive to their surroundings, so before the ground cools down they would not enter such a dangerous place, and that gave Qin Hao time to escape.

The direction where Qin Hao and the rest had returned to High Ground Z3 could no longer be used. The jungle there was also struck by the incendiary bombs, with its trees ablaze. Running in there meant certain death. So Qin Hao could only choose another direction and ran with all his might.

After running wildly for more than half an hour, Qin Hao hid inside the jungle. The trees were very dense there and were not suitable for the giant beetles’ large-scale march. Hence, the possibility of encountering a foe was low, and that gave Qin Hao a respite.

“Huhhhh… Uhhhhhh…” After Qin Hao slowed down, he started to replenish his energy. Fortunately, he had the habit of storing bug legs for food, or else, in this rain forest here, he might not be able to find food at all. After all, he was not part of the special forces.

Bib bib bib… Not long after Qin Hao relaxed his mind, his battlefield recorder rang.

“What the f*ck?!” Qin Hao turned his head to look at the battlefield recorder, but that sight almost scared him to death!

“Tactical nuclear bombs will be launched on Coordinate XXX. XXX! All personnel in the area, please evacuate immediately, time to launch, 10 minutes!”

“F*ck me! You monsters!” Qin Hao could care less about the bug leg in his hand. Tossing it away, he started to run wildly again.

It turned out that after the 106th Division had completely evacuated, the battleship’s radar had detected a massive concentration of bugs near High Ground Z3, so the fleet high command decided to launch tactical nukes to wipe out all these bugs in one fell swoop.

As for Qin Hao, in everyone’s eyes, he had already KIA-ed, and even if he was still alive, what was sacrificing a soldier when it meant the destruction of hundreds of thousands of bugs?

From the perspective of the war command, the commander’s decision was completely reasonable, but Qin Hao did not think so, because he was that sacrificial lamb. So as he ran, he cursed the ancestors of those commanders from back to forth, and back again.

As the countdown from the battlefield recorder drew closer and closer, Qin Hao was running till he saw stars. With the help of the powered exoskeleton, he was more than ten kilometers away from High Ground Z3 and was outside the epicenter of the nuclear bomb. However, he was still within the range of its destructive shockwave!

“Five… Four… Three… Two… One…” Seeing the impending explosion, Qin Hao leaped forward and jumped into a pool of water.