Chapter 557: Carmic (1/2)

Chapter 557: Carmic

Translator: EndlessFantasy TranslationEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Sandscorpion colonies were a deadly threat in the Desert, just like the sandstorm. A colony of sandscorpions could stretch out for miles, and they moved at an astonishing speed. An encounter with a scorpion colony would be pretty much like signing your own death warrant. A sandscorpion was about the size of a human fist. Just a drop of venom from the tip of its tail would be fatal. Besides, the sandscorpion could release a highly corrosive poison from its tail.

Sandscorpions always appear in the thousands. They could move much faster than a normal human. Shooters who encountered a sandscorpion colony never make it out alive. There was no way to deal with so many sandscorpions.

Xuan Ning looked troubled. ”We're really down in luck. First it was all peaceful but now look what we've got in our hands.”

Sha Ya had already made her decision. She turned to Ye Chong and said, ”We should run fromthem.”

Every field of expertise has its advantages and disadvantages. A close range fighter like Ye Chong would be able to outrun the sandscorpions. Any capable combat expert would be able to run for at least a few days non-stop. Shooters, however, could not do this. Their weak bodies could not carry them fast enough away from the sandscorpions. Besides, sandscorpions were known to be tenacious in pursuing their prey, making it difficult for anyone they had set their sights on.

Even a Level 9 shooter like Xuan Ning would not be able to handle the sandscorpions.

The Spider was not fast, but it was still faster than the scorpions. Nevertheless, if they ran for it, their schedule would be interrupted. The disgusting insects were famous for their tenacity.

Ye Chong did not bring the Spider to a run. Instead, he went to the storage room and disappeared inside.

The sandscorpions had discovered the huge spider by then. The Spider presented itself as a feast for the sandscorpions. It was terrifying to see the huge colony of insects marching towards the Spider. Xuan Ning and Sha Ya both look stricken.

”Are you trying to test the Spider's anti-corrosive properties?” Xuan Ning looked deeply unsettled.

Sha Ya had already reached for her laser gun. The feel of the weapon gave her a sense of security. She watched the approaching sandscorpions on the screen nervously.

Both shooters did not know how to pilot the Scorpion, or they would have had the Spider running by now.

They did not know what Ye Chong was up to. It was not Ye Chong's nature to give up so easily, but they could not fathom what he could do given their current situation.

No sound came from the storage room after Ye Chong disappeared inside it.

10 minutes passed.

Finally, Ye Chong came out from the storage room with two test tubes. The first test tube was filled with a green coloured solution, while the other was filled with a light yellow solution. The solutions were clear as crystal and sparkled under the light.

Xuan Ning forgot about the sandscorpions for a moment and stared wide-eyed at the solutions. ”What are these?” Sha Ya was also looking at the two beautiful test tubes with great interest. Women seemed to be innately drawn to pretty glowing things.

”Shavill root extract and Wanda extract.” Ye Chong offered two technical terms that were foreign to both Sha Ya and Xuan Ning, but he did not elaborate further.

Ye Chong directed his attention to the screen. While he was inside the storage room just then, the sandscorpions had already gotten very close to them.

The insects were at most 500 meters away. This was a difficult situation for anyone to be in. When Xuan Ning looked at the screen again, he was shocked by what he saw. ”Run! Run -”

Even Ye Chong was surprised by Xuan Ning's loud shriek. Who knew that a Level 9 shooter could be shocked to this extent. Sha Ya could not help rolling her eyes. She felt her cheeks turn red out of embarrassment. How could Eastern Cloud's number one shooter turn out like this? His name was enough to tame even the most arrogant and powerful shooters of their time! As a professional in the same field, Sha Ya thought he was an embarassment.

Crack! Ye Chong planted a chop from behind Xuan Ning's neck. The man's eyes rolled upwards as he slumped quietly to the ground.

Sha Ya gaped in bewilderment at Ye Chong. How could anyone treat a Level 9 shooter like that? She could hardly believe what she saw.

”He's too noisy,” Ye Chong explained calmly.

Sha Ya threw a sympathetic look at Xuan Ning, but blurted out, ”How long will he be out? Should we give him a tranquilizer? It's safer that way.”

Ye Chong held the two test tubes in his left hand while his right hand flew across the control panel, keying in commands.

The Spider began to retreat backwards. The soft footing beneath it did not affect its movements. They began to distant from the sandscorpions. However, the colony was too big to escape so easily.

Sha Ya could not understand him. If he wanted to escape, why wait until now? Was it not a little too late now? And what were the liquids in the two test tubes for?

Suddenly, Ye Chong opened the firing chamber, where a cone shaped grenade with four tail fins slid out.

Sha Ya had never seen a grenade before. Aircrafts usually use photon grenades, powerful pure energy weapons that ran on energy crystals. She had never seen a solid weapon like this.

Nevertheless, it felt natural to see something unfamiliar whenever Ye Chong was involved, especially weapons. After all, he was the Chief Weaponsmith.

Ye Chong put down the two test tubes in his left hand and took the grenade instead. He had made preparations for their expedition. He knew that pure energy weapons were only suitable for a narrow range of situations. Besides, these creatures had outer shells that were very resistant to energy base attacks. Other weapons like corrosion grenades and high compression explosive grenades were more up to task. Ye Chong had a thing for auxiliary grenades. He was a wide variety of experience in putting them to good use.

For this reason, Ye Chong prepared all kinds of grenades for this expedition. He had space to store them. Right now, he was using a high explosive grenade, fitted with a miniature engine at its tip. Without using any tools and with the other hand controlling the Spider, Ye Chong opened the bottom part of the high explosive grenade.

Sha Ya simply stared. She had never seen a human hand move so deftly!

Besides, she was curious as to what Ye Chong was about to do.

Ye Chong removed the explosives inside the grenade and replaced them with the solutions in the two test tubes. He then secured the casing at the bottom of the grenade very carefully, leaving the Spider's control panel while he focused on this task.