Vol 12. Jurassic Park
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Chapter 1
Still the same half-dreamy half-awake state. Zheng opened his eyes. This place
wasn’t a forest as he had expected. This was a dark warehouse. It took for his eyes
to adjust when he suddenly moved from the bright dimension to this dark warehouse.
The warehouse was not big and had no items in sight. The floor though was quite
clean. Three people lay on the floor. One guy and two girls. These were the newbies
in this movie.
Xuan and the other two people had already observed the state of this room. Xuan
said. “Do you hear anything coming from outside? Sounds like…”
“Vehicle engine?” They said at the same time and looked confused. Everyone immediately
turned to Xuan.
However, he stared at the three people on the floor instead, waited for a while and
said. “I thought of an issue. Even though we are only reviving the stronger members
that used to be in team China, but what if the team surpassed twenty people? I don’t
know what will happen but there are only twenty rooms in God’s dimension. The
most probable result is one person will get erased during revival or the person that
revives him gets erased. In the end, we will lose one important member.”
Zheng’s expression changed abruptly. He also thought of this possibility but couldn’t
come up with any solutions. “There’s no option to refuse the entrance of newbies
from God. We will probably reach this problem at some time. Do you have any
solutions?”
Xuan adjusted his glasses. “One, kill off the useless members in a team. Two, complete
all bonus missions we can think of in a movie and get enough points to revive
all the important members before we reach twenty people. I believe enacting both
options is the best.”
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Zheng sighed. He looked at the three young people on the floor and muttered. “No,
choose the second option. Complete as much bonus missions as possible. If that’s
not enough, we can go back to previous movies to search for missions. We can get
doubled rewards if we complete the next movie in the series in advance.”
Xuan shook his head and said with an indifferent tone. “This isn’t cost effective. We
have to spend rewards to unlock the worlds then five times the normal points to enter
it. Furthermore, we are not guaranteed to encounter bonus missions. Even if we do,
it will be at the highest difficulty. I don’t believe we have the strength to challenge
most movies. I disagree with your choice.”
Zheng said. “I am fine if it’s something else but I can’t kill innocent people from our
team unless they become a risk or attack the team. Do you think I have the eligibility
to take their lives? I can’t do it when it’s simply their existence obstructing us!”
Xuan said. “If you choose the second option, then I have a suggestion for this movie.
Perhaps we can get a ranked reward at that place. Back to the current state. This is
a warehouse and there are so many vehicles outside and it sounds so crowded. We
are either inside the city or close to it. This is certainly not the island of Isla Sorna.
The mission from the watch says…”
They all looked at their watch and Xuan read it out. “Obtain three Tyrannosaurus
Rex eggs from Isla Sorna and bring it back to this warehouse in safety. Just one
line, without any mention of rewards or hints. Hmm, there’s also 5 points for each
Stegosaurus killed, 5 points for each Velociraptor, 10 points for each Brontosaurus,
30 points for each Tyrannosaurus Rex. Which means God determines this mission
as simple. Plus, it’s only seven people difficulty.”
“Just like I thought, God cleared team China’s rating. We have become a normal team
and taking in normal missions. Our difficulty has been lowered.”
Zheng took a deep breath and said. “Then we just have to wait for the movie to begin.
Then find a yacht and head to Isla Sorna. This movie is perfect for our current state
since killing dinosaurs gives points. Let’s kill off all dinosaurs in the island before
bringing the eggs back since the difficulty is low. Or would there be dinosaurs in
Gundams if we kill too much?”
Xuan laughed lightly and said. “No. There’s probably a limit to the number of dinosaurs
because this is our main mission. Otherwise, we will have difficulty just surviving
and it wouldn’t be just three newbies. I believe killing all the dinosaurs is a
bonus mission on its own.”
The three people on the floor gradually woke up. First was an average looking,
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slightly curvy girl. Her hands subconsciously reached for the side then suddenly
noticed the environment had changed. She screamed the backed to the wall.
The guy was the second to stand up. That was when they noticed he was only about
sixteen years old. He was average looking. He looked around but didn’t panic then
quietly stared at Zheng’s group.
The last was a professional woman about twenty-four. She also screamed but didn’t
back off. She immediately checked her clothes to see them intact then stood up
quietly. It seemed like she calmed down.
Zheng thought for a moment then said. “Xuan, you come explain this world since
your weapons are at a disadvantage compared to us for killing dinosaurs. I think you
will obtain the least points in this movie.”
Xuan didn’t hesitate. “Were all of you surfing the internet before you came here?
Either during work, playing games, or looking at websites.”
The three newbies seemed cautious. And the woman answered. “Right. I doing
bookkeeping for the company then saw…”
“The choices Yes and No. It happened to all three of you, correct?” Xuan smiled.
“Then congratulations. The same thing happened to us and we came here. This is a
world of horror movies.”
Zheng listened as Xuan explained the exchange system, the worlds, and the current
movie in a well-organized manner. He lowered their guards with just one line, the
same thing happened to us. This gave them a sense that they were in the same
boat.
Xuan still hadn’t changed. He easily placed himself among the side with the majority.
Although these three newbies still had a little doubt, they were looking much more
calm and willing to listen to Xuan.
The guy said. “My name is Luo Gando. Currently a senior in high school. My interest
is in driving and has quite a talent with it. No one ever won against me in moto or car
race games in the arcades. Those very real simulation racing games.”
Though no one paid much attention to him and turned to the woman. She readily
answered. “Wang Aiai. Accountant. I am good with finances.”
The girl blushed a bit and said with her head looking to the floor. “I… I am a babysitter.
I was using the computer without the owner’s permission and came here. I am good
with cooking.”
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Zheng was a little disappointed. These three were normal people without any fighting
abilities. Fortunately, they didn’t have to fight during this movie. It shouldn’t be a
problem just staying in the city.
As Zheng was feeling agitated, the lights of the warehouse suddenly turned on. The
world had begun.
Zheng took a deep breath. He walked over to the gate and pushed it open. The
weather was bright and sunny. Right outside the warehouse was an open area. Further
back were residential houses that surrounded this warehouse.
Zheng looked at the sky then turned to Xuan. “Xuan, analyze our current situation,
our location, how to get to Isla Sorna, and the possible threats.”
Xuan nodded. “We should be at a seaside city near the island. Though we don’t
exactly know where Isla Sorna is located. However, it should be easy to find out on
the internet. After we find out its location, we can rent a yacht and sail over. But
something’s not right and I haven’t figure out what it is yet. Perhaps there are not
enough data points. Let’s find a place to exchange our gold into cash first.”
Zheng then said to the others. “Then I will assign our positions. Xuan, Kampa, and I
will go exchange the gold. The four of you wait here in the warehouse. WangXia can
contact us via the communication device if there’s an emergency. Also act according
to the situation.”
WangXia nodded. Then Gando said. “Can I go with you guys? Can you take me to
look at the United States? I know you are going to bars and black markets. I won’t
cause any trouble. I just want to see the dark side of the U.S.”
Zheng asked curiously. “Aren’t you afraid of those places? We might get into fights
and robbery. If that happens, we won’t be able to take care of you.”
Gando laughed. “I am quite confident with my judgement. I don’t know how you are
as a person but you guys are strong. These two were definitely in the army. However,
I feel that you are even stronger than them. It’s just an intuition.”
Zheng laughed then headed out the warehouse and said. “Intuition? A sixth sense
toward the strong? Are your they usually right?”
Gando followed after them. “It’s not sixth sense. Just an intuition. When you are driving,
sometimes intuitions are more important than skills. I won against many people
more skilled than me because of these intuitions.”
A thought came to Zheng and he asked. “What kind of vehicles can you drive? Any
aerial units?”
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Gando’s face turned red. “I am just a poor student. What I know all comes from
arcades, motorcycles, race cars, helicopters should be fine. But not anything else.”
Zheng sighed. “Not a big issue. You can practice actual driving in the training room
once you get to God’s dimension. Xuan, Kampa, are you skilled with driving?”
Kampa replied. “I am just a gunner. Why would you think a gunner should be skilled
in driving?”
Zheng muttered back. “Just admit that you don’t know. Looking like you are so proud
of it. What about Xuan? Any thoughts about the mechanical fields?”
Xuan was thinking before Zheng asked then he nodded. “If he really has strong
intuitions with driving, there might be a sci-fi item that suits him. The cost is expensive
but if he can move up the tiers one after another, he can become as strong as you. I
am 70% certain based on your current situation.”
“Oh?” Zheng and Kampa were both surprised. Xuan was still looking the same. And
Gando became excited. He pointed at himself and said. “Really? Can I really become
as strong as you? What is it? Is it tanks or helicopters? That will be amazing.”
Xuan said calmly. “Impossible. At least we don’t have the means to bring a tank or
helicopter into the movie worlds. The teleportation beam has a fixed diameter. Or
you can just bring the cockpit with you. I looked at some enhancements and saw a
tier C item, micro robotic suit. It looks like a standing teddy bear but allows you to
pilot it. The height is about 1.9 meters, so you can sit inside it and enter the worlds.
The tier B counterpart is the VF-1 from Macross. Tier A is the original Gundam.”
Gando was screaming. “That can’t be real? Are there Gundams in that God’s dimension?
Are you just fooling around with me? Do you know how powerful Gundams
are? Every movie will be so easy if we can fight with a Gundam.”
Xuan interrupted him. “The first issue is its energy source. These robots don’t have
unlimited amount of energy. Once they run out of energy and you haven’t returned
to God’s dimension, they are just a piece of metal. Second issue is weapons. The
robots themselves can only fight in close range. However, being in close range with
the enemies is dangerous in movies such as Star Wars. There are also movies where
you can’t do anything like The Grudge or Final Destination. Do you still Gundams are
invincible?”
Zheng nodded. “Like we just discussed a few days prior, we can rely on sci-fi
weapons in the early and mid-stages but eventually we can only rely on enhancements
and abilities. You can get killed in an instant against other teams with just
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robots and sci-fi weapons. Take psyche force for example. Someone a bit stronger
than Lan can take control of pilots who has low mental capacity. Similar to the
Newborns in Alien. Their physical power is strong enough to kill me easily but their
mental capacity is extremely weak. That was how we survived that movie. This is
the same feeling Gundams gives me.”
Gando nodded in accordance but he was still quite excited. “No matter what, piloting
mobile suits is my dream. I wish there’s a day I can fight in a mobile suit. Haha. Don’t
laugh. Everyone has dreams and this is my dream. I want to try it before I die, even
if it’s just the micro robotic suit.”
The other three people didn’t say much more. Though they seemed to have a little
hope with Gando. Piloting robots might sound absurd but considering the expensive
price of them, they felt a bit better. Anyway, they had some hope with Gando’s
development.
At the same time, they walked pass the open area and into the streets. To their west
was a bridge and over the bridge was a modern city. Zheng judged their distance
from the bridge and sighed. “Let’s hurry. Get into the city as soon as possible. Freaking
that we have gold but not any cash.”
They began jogging ahead. Gando might have a talent in driving but his physical
fitness wasn’t great. It was only a few minutes and he was already panting heavily.
Kampa looked around then saw a car driving over. He ran directly in front of the car,
forcing it to break. A bald white man rushed out looking enraged but he shut up as
soon as he saw Kampa’s body.
“Sup bro. Want to earn some cash? Drive us over the bridge and we will pay in gold.”
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Bald man turned cautious and asked. “Dude, what are you trying to do? I am from
the Anthony gang. Don’t try anything weird. Get it?”
Kampa laughed out. He waved his hand on the back slightly, seemingly asking Zheng
for something. Zheng immediately took out a gold bar and broke off a little piece,
then handed it to Kampa.
Kampa acted like taking something out from his pocket then threw the piece of gold
to the bald man. The man was surprised then checked the gold and them over and
over.
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Kampa moved closer to him and saw in a low voice. “Bro, we international mercenaries.
Don’t worry. We are here on vacation but we lost our luggage. So all we have
left is the gold on our pockets. I am looking for a capable gang that can exchange
these gold for cash. We will sell fifteen gold bars at 70% market price. Is your gang
interested?”
Thirty percent of fifteen gold bars were quite a lot of money, especially for the smaller
gangs. The bald man was shocked as he stared at Kampa and the people behind.
Ignoring Gando and moved on to Zheng and Xuan, they both gave off the qualities
of a leader. Zheng had been in this position for some time and Xuan could be seen
as confident and calm. After a while, he picked up the phone and started talking.
A few minutes later, bald man said to Kampa. “My boss wants to see you in the east
district. You can choose to go or not.”
Kampa chuckled. “Go, why not? We are really looking to sell the gold. Go start the
engine.” He went into the passenger seat.
Zheng and Xuan then seated themselves in the back. However, Gando hesitated for
a bit before going in. He immediately asked Xuan. “Aren’t you guys scared? Those
are mafias. If you have gold bars on you, they might not play with the rules. And we
are going to their headquarter where they can kill us easily.”
Xuan said calmly. “Kampa and I still can’t defend against firearms but Zheng had survived
numerous life threatening battles. He has become strong during those fights.
You can confirm it with your own eyes in a bit.”
(Confirm it with my own eyes? That means we are really going to fight?) Gando
suddenly felt the seats were stiff and uncomfortable. He moved his body and his
eyes glanced at the bald man, then moving onto Kampa, Xuan, and finally Zheng
who was smiling. The three of them didn’t look the least bit worried. However, he
still couldn’t keep his body steady.
The car drove onto the bridge. The other side of it was a big city. The river led to
a sea and this city had a port by the sea. Cargo ships sailed in and out of the port.
That was probably where they will have to sail out also.
The bald man conversed with Kampa on the way. It could be inferred that he was
probably in the army and he knew a bit about mercenaries. Since Kampa was actually
a mercenary, he could answer all the questions readily. Twenty minutes later, they
reached a tall building. However, the four of them knew that the bald man was driving
in circles the whole time. The questions about mercenaries were just probes.
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Bald man got off the car and said apologetically. “Sorry. My boss wanted me to
confirm if you guys are real. We are negotiating with another gang at the moment so
we can’t afford any surprises. Now please put your hands up.”
A few men had surrounded the car. Their pistols were pointing through the windows
at Zheng’s group.
Zheng put three gold bars in his shirt before putting up his hands. So when he moved
his hands away, the gold bars dropped to the ground. The men’s eyes twitched a bit
at the sight. After the four of them got out of the car, bald man picked up the gold
bars with a smile. But his smile froze as soon as he turned back around. The men
were lying on the ground and Zheng’s group was standing their without a dent.
Bald man forced a smile and said. “Hey, bro. We are just following the rules. My
boss said we have to check that you don’t have any weapons. Aren’t you making it
difficult for me? This is the Anthony gang’s headquarter. It will be difficult for you to
leave even if you are strong.”
Zheng put his hands up and said with a smile. “Don’t worry. We don’t have any
weapons. You can get people to check again, but don’t point any guns at us. It
makes us nervous. We are mercenaries, so we don’t know what happens when we
get nervous.”
Bald man’s lips twitched. A few more man ran out from the building. As their hands
were reaching inside their jackets, bald man stopped them. “I will have some ladies
search you guys. We will go see my boss if there are no weapons.” He held up the
gold bar that had two fingerprints on it, and a piece of it was tore off. Then he walked
into the building by himself.
Since all their weapons were in the Na ring, everything went smoothly. They wouldn’t
have been able to walk the streets normally if Kampa had his EMP rifle out anyway.
As a few sexy girls searched their bodies, Gando’s face turned red. The other three
people had no reactions. The girls made some gestures at the wall then they heard
a voice through the speakers. “Our three guests please follow them. I will be waiting
at the reception room.”
The voice was young. They had no choice but to follow the girls into a luxurious room.
A blonde young man was sitting on the sofa. The bald man was standing behind him.
The three gold bars were placed on a table in front of him.
Gando looked reserved but Zheng and the other two were rather relaxed. After they
sat down opposite to the blonde young man, he said with a smile. “My friend please
take a seat. Don’t feel so tense. We can have a delightful exchange this afternoon.”
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Zheng nodded at Kampa then Kampa said. “These are three of the gold bars. We
hid the rest in another place. Get to the point and give a price.”
Blonde man said. “The purity is over 99%. But as you see, our gang don’t need
this money. Aron mentioned you are mercenaries on vacation and we have a little
problem currently. So I wanted to ask for a little help. Then I saw this…” He pointed
at the fingerprints on the gold.
Blond man turned excited. “This is amazing! I have always believed there’s Chinese
Kungfu unlike those fake MMA. This is the real deal. Which one of you knows kungfu.
Can you teach me for 5 million dollars? How about 10 million?”
Zheng smiled bitterly. He intended to surprise them with the gold not wasting his time
on movie characters. Xuan suddenly said. “Do you know about Isla Sorna? Anything
happened there recently? I can faintly make out a few small destroyers on the port.”
Blonde man paused for a moment then said. “Of course. The navy has blocked off
the island. I heard that aside from dinosaurs, the plants were also mutating toward
their ancient species. The insects were huge. Uh? What’s with it?”
Big problem. They thought as they looked at each other.
Zheng said bitterly. “Increased difficulty again? Xuan, didn’t you say God spared us?”
Xuan adjusted his glasses then asked the blonde man. “Do you have a computer?
Let me use it.”
The blonde man was confused at their reactions. He subconsciously pointed at the
desk behind him. Xuan walked over to it and turned on the computer.
Blonde man halted bald guy’s attempt to stop Xuan and frowned. “Can you tell me
what happened? My family only has influence in this city but it should still be of some
help to you.”
Zheng shook his head. He didn’t know how to explain this. Even though a change of
plot happened in almost every movie he had been to, but this time he was especially
disappointed. He thought he could farm a lot of points for once and had high hopes,
then go back and revive a few members.
Bang! Zheng punched the table and bended it to an acute angle. The three gold
bars were forced into the floor. He forgot to control his strength during this disappointment.
Bald guy panicked and reached his hand into his pocket. Several men also charged
in from the door. Blonde man yelled. “What are you doing? Out! All of you get out!
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You too!” He pointed at bald guy.
Bald guy immediately said. “But your father said…”
Blonde man replied. “I don’t care. This place belong to me! Out! Don’t make me
repeat. Do you think a gun can defend against martial art like this? In the novels, Chinese
kungfu could kill people with a finger or hit a target miles away with a dagger.”
Bald guy glared at Zheng then walked out the door. Blonde man immediately kneeled
down and said. “Shishou please take me in as a disciple. I can endure any hardships.
I will do anything even if you want me to kill people or break apart families.”
Zheng didn’t know whether to laugh or not. Though Kampa and Gando watched with
their eyes wide open then laughed out. Kampa almost choked himself from laughter.
The blonde man was still on the floor and didn’t seem angry at all. Zheng didn’t know
how to take care of it.
“Don’t you know the circulation path of your qi? Teach it to him.” Xuan suddenly said.
Zheng knew Xuan wouldn’t do anything pointless. He helped the blonde man up.
But the man ran to the door and shouted for tea. He came back and said to Zheng.
“I know disciples need to pay respect with a cup of tea before learning kungfu. So I
stocked up high quality tea year round. Haha.”
Kampa and Gando laughed out again. Zheng almost found it difficult to hold the
laughter to himself. He couldn’t even show a bitter smile as he looked at the blonde
man’s fanaticism.
Xuan came back from the computer and adjusted his glasses. “The difficulty didn’t
increase. In fact, we are not at the Lost World time. This should be after the movie
happened. The existence of dinosaurs became widespread. There are numerous
news about dinosaurs on the net. A while ago, a mad scientist entered Isla Sorna and
done some unknown experiments. The number of dinosaurs increased drastically
shortly after. Plants and insects are evolving toward their primitive species. The
navy was forced to intervene. Zheng, do you still remember? The rewards we get is
equivalent to the dangers we face. Currently, I am certain finding the mad scientist
or the secret to the sudden increase in dinosaurs is a bonus mission.”
Zheng let out a sigh of relief but still looked worried. “It’s true that the rewards is
equivalent to the dangers but… forget it. It’s decided. We are not giving up on any
possible bonus missions. Are there any others?”
Xuan said. “Another possible bonus mission is return to the Jurassic Park on Isla
Nublar. I could not find any news from that island but it is surrounded by a naval fleet.
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The government is also gathering scientists in secret. There might be something
more dangerous than an increase in dinosaur numbers, or something more important.
This bonus mission should have a considerable amount of rewards!”
Zheng took a deep breath then said. “Fuck it! We are doing this. If we are doing one
bonus mission we might as well do the other one. But didn’t you say this movie is
easy?”
Xuan nodded. “Yes, quite easy. From the information I gathered about the navy, they
found three T-Rex eggs in Isla Sorna and will give them to a ship to transport them
back to a museum in this city. The transportation ship will depart this city tomorrow.”
“There should be an easy solution to the main missions as long as you can find them.
However, these solutions elude the average mortals. But as I said, your rewards are
equivalent to the dangers you face. If you want to revive your team members then
enter Isla Sorna and find out its secret. The best outcome is finding the mad scientist
or his dead body. If you want even more then go back to the first Jurassic Park island
and find out what happened.”
Zheng clenched his teeth and pondered. He looked at Kampa then at Xuan and
finally nodded. “We have done so much preparations and exchanged the weapons.
We will become weaklings if we run at the sight of danger. Let’s go to Isla Sorna and
complete the bonus mission there. Find the scientist or its secret.”
Xuan nodded. Kampa also laughed. “Right, I want to see how dinosaurs fare against
my EMP rifle. Haha.”
Xuan then turned to the blonde man. “I can have Zheng teach you kungfu but we
need you to do one thing.”
Blonde man was listening to their conversation and knew what was coming. “Just let
me know what you need in this city. My father has quite some influence here. Do
you want me to help you enter the transportation ship?”
Xuan snapped his fingers. “Correct. I have searched your family’s history. There’s
also a senator named Anthony. So I think it should be simple for you. Just inform
them that we are specimen experts and want to gather samples from the island. You
can’t influence the navy but a little museum shouldn’t be difficult.”
Blonde man took out a phone and dialed it. He seemed like he was rejected then
after begging, a smile came back to his face. He hung up and laughed. “No problem.
My father said he will call the curator. Then shishou, can you teach me kungfu now?”
This was a deal on verbal agreement. Zheng had no reason to refuse it. He began to
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explain qi circulation while pointing at his own body. Afterward, he channeled a little
qi into the blonde man. This qi wasn’t offensive when he wasn’t doing any attacks.
Blonde man said it was a like warm current moving inside his body.
That wasn’t so easy as Zheng returned to the sofa with sweat on his forehead. The
blonde man continued sitting in a cultivation pose with his eyes closed. The only
thing that differentiated him from Chinese martial artists were his hair and nose.
Kampa and Gando were still laughing. Xuan said calmly. “We will get prepared to
board the ship tomorrow. There are two points I have to remind you.”
“First. Our main objective is finding the mad scientist and not killing dinosaurs. They
give too little points unless you kill them by the thousands. But that might attract the
Navy’s attention and put us in risk.”
“Second. If we are forced into a fight, don’t hold back no matter who your enemies
are, not even innocent Navy soldiers. If the Navy become our enemies then sink at
least one of their destroyers to cause chaos. This will attract their carrier fleet so we
can slip into Isla Nublar with the Sky Stick.”
“So remember if a fight starts, cause as much destruction as possible. The more
people we kill the higher the chance we can attract the carrier fleet over.”
Zheng, Kampa, and Gando gulped and didn’t said a word. That was simply crazy!
“Crazy? No. This is the result with the highest success rate from calculations. We
can cause huge destructions if we ambush them during the night. With the Sky Stick
and gravity mine on hand, it is possible to sink their carrier with sneak attacks.” His
smile seemed scornful and excited.
(This is no doubt the Xuan I remembered. Crazy and logical.)
Zheng said. “We are doing it! Fuck everything. There’s no turning back when we
decided to complete the bonus missions. Find the mad scientist or the secret in Isla
Sorna then give the American Navy an ambush!”
Kampa took a deep breath. “The Americans again. I wonder is the EMP rifle effective
against Navy ships. Haha.”
Gando turned to the blonde man and muttered. “Are you planning to kill him by
talking in front of him?”
Kampa laughed then lightly pushed the blonde man. He fell to the floor seeming
unconscious. Zheng scratched his head and said. “When did you notice I knocked
him out?”
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Xuan said. “When you touched his carotid before walking away. This should last half
an hour so we still have a little more time to discuss the details. Then we will wait for
him to wake up.”
Zheng smiled. “It’s decided. Complete the bonus mission first, then ambush the
Navy, then slip into Isla Nublar using the Sky Stick. We still have to discuss what to
do with the three newbies and each of our roles during the ambush. Attacking the
Navy sounds a little excessive but it makes me feel bold just imagining it. We are
going to put our lives on the line.”
Xuan nodded. “The thing is I believe sinking a Navy ship is also a bonus mission.
Though I am unsure of how many points that is worth. If we attack the correct location
with the gravity mine, it can easily sink a ship. Then we will fly near the ocean surface
to avoid getting detected by radar. The Sky Stick has anti detection built in so we
don’t have to worry much at night.”
The blonde man yawned. As soon as he woke up, he saluted in traditional Chinese
style then said. “Haha, that was amazing, Shishou. I fell asleep while training. It’s just
like qi in the stories.”
Zheng and the others looked at him weird. Xuan smiled and said. “Now that you
have learned qi and become his disciple, do you know how a disciple pays respect
to his Shishou?”
Blonde man nodded. “Of course. If you want me to kill anyone…”
Xuan interrupted him. “Not that kind of things. We need you to help us find a place
to rest. There are three more members in our team. And finish the task from before.
We have to board tomorrow’s ship.”
Blonde man nodded again in agreement. He ran out of the room then came back
after a few minutes. “Shishou, I arranged several suites for you. Twenty seventh floor
in this building. These are the keys. You can pick any rooms from that floor. I know
it’s difficult to learn qi and I won’t see much result in the first few years. But I will
persist and won’t make you lose face. Haha.”
That saved Zheng some excuses. His mouth twitched as he realized this guy was a
real fanatic. He held his laughter and contacted WangXia through the communication
device and had the blonde man’s subordinates drove them over.
After dinner, blonde man gave them each a permit from the museum. Then he asked
Zheng to show him qi again. Zheng had no choice but to knock him out again afterward.
He woke up admiring the miraculous effects of qi while the others almost
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fainted from laughter.
The next afternoon, Zheng departed for the harbor. The three newbies were left in
the building. Zheng gave Gando a communication device and promised to pick them
up once they obtained the T-Rex eggs.
The transportation ship sailed out at two in the afternoon. Isla Sorna wasn’t too far
away. They reached the island by 8pm. The island inhabited with dinosaurs, ancient
plant species, and ancient insect species.
As soon as they sailed near the island, they could hear the loud howls of beasts.
Zheng also saw the naval fleet surrounding the island. It consisted of several cruisers,
destroyers, and some smaller destroyers. Some ships were sailing in and out of the
island. It looked like groups of scientists and soldiers together.
“Are you all prepared? Let’s enter the dinosaur island!”
Chapter 3
After the transportation ship arrived at the island, two smaller destroyers sailed to the
ship. Then a few navies came over to Zheng and tell them the motorboat was ready
to take them to the island.
One of the navies was a lieutenant. He said as they were walking over to the ship.
“You people are specimen experts right? Remember not to cross the warning lines
we set up. There are more than just dinosaurs. Several insect species are just as
dangerous as T-Rex. We put a lot of insect repellents on the warning lines.”
As Zheng was about to reply, Xuan pulled his shirt and said instead. “Are you afraid
of their numbers or size? As far as I know, ancient insects should be huge.”
The lieutenant nodded. “Right. These insects were normal until a few months ago.
They started to grow big and their numbers multiplied rapidly. A mosquito grew to the
size of an arm just last month. However, these insects started dying in large groups
this month. Is this the reason they told you to come gather insect bodies?”
Xuan was thinking so Zheng took over and replied. “Yes. It is. But we are ordered to
also gather plant and feces specimens.”
The lieutenant said. “I don’t know much about it. Anyway, we navies don’t want to
step into the island again. When we took over the shore, we had to bomb it with fleet
cannons until the whole ground was wasted. Yet dozens still died after boarding.”
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They came to the edge of the transportation ship then boarded a motorboat. The
island was picturesque when they looked at it from afar. Reddish light shone on the
island from the sun setting gave it a fairytale atmosphere.
The lieutenant muttered. “Beautiful right? This island was mostly a barren before
everything happened. Yet along with dinosaurs and insects, the trees grew to hundreds
of feet tall. These trees were just ferns before. Those scientists even wanted
to bring edible plants out to solve world hunger.”
A five meter long fish with armor like exoskeleton leaped over the sea surface. Fortunately,
it didn’t hit the motorboat.
“So that’s the reason.” Xuan said to himself. Zheng asked in a low voice. “What did
you find out?”
Xuan nodded. “Although there are not enough evidence, the speculated reason that
ancient species grew so large was due to a higher oxygen content in the air. Insects
are more fragile than reptiles in this respect. With the current oxygen content of Earth,
the reptiles would feel like they suddenly climbed up to Tibet Plateau as their sizes
grew. They need a long time to adapt. However, insects would not be able to survive
when they reach a certain size.”
“I can guess the mad scientist probably created a substance to degenerate species.
The fish we just saw before was also an ancient species. Perhaps there other
changes but ultimately, we are lucky.”
Zheng asked. “Lucky? How so?”
Xuan said. “Do you know that compared to killing dinosaurs with guns, the insects
would have been the real threat. These insects may not be able to harm large size
dinosaurs but they could devour us easily if they swarm us with their numbers. That
will be a different level of difficulty.”
Zheng nodded. They had reached the shore. The lieutenant jumped off the boat at
once and wiped off sweat on his forehead. “That was close. There are lots of strange
organisms in the sea. Like human size sea snail that can suck you in if you fall off.
We finally made it to the shore in safety. Why couldn’t they just wipe out this island
with missiles so we don’t have to guard this damn place.”
Two soldiers ran out from a bunker and pulled the boat up. The lieutenant said.
“Come with me. We prepared rooms at the hill.”
The distance from the shore to the inner island was about 1 kilometer. The shore led
up to a hill and on the other side of it was a barbed wire. Some rotted flesh and insect
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parts hung on the wire. The scene was rather disgusting to look at.
Zheng’s group nodded to each other quietly then followed the lieutenant. On top of
the hill was a newly constructed building. Not the best looking but the inside was
spacious and had furniture. There were even electrical appliances and computers.
After checking the documents and informing them several rules such as no one was
allowed to go out alone, the navy brought them a decent meal. If it wasn’t for the
environment outside, the living condition here was as good as some holiday inns.
The four of them quickly ate their dinner. After all the lights went out at 10pm, Zheng
took out their weapons and items from the ring.
Zheng carried the Gatling cannon with one hand and the Spear of Osiris with the
other. He might look weird but these two weapons were destructive in his hands.
The Spear of Osiris should easily kill one to two T-Rex in a hit.
WangXia took a regular rifle to fend off velociraptors. His role was to plant mines and
timed bombs. The large dinosaurs were left for other members.
Kampa looked the most stylish with his EMP rifle. Everyone else took a few more
glances at him which made him feel satisfied.
Xuan had no weapons in sight. His pistols were hidden inside his sleeves and could
attack at any moment.
Once the preparations were finished, Zheng brought out the Sky Stick. A few ropes
were attached to the Sky Stick. Then they moved toward the exit.
Kampa and WangXia sneaked toward the two soldiers by the door then quickly hit
their neck. The two soldiers fell unconscious. They gestured for Zheng and Xuan to
come out.
“Let’s go. The battle begins!”
Zheng stepped onto the Sky Stick and hauled the other three that were on the ropes.
They flew deep into the forest in no time. The security lights did not turn on when
they passed through.
“This is the bolbitis heudelotii species as expected.” Xuan touched the trunk of a
huge tree.
They were one kilometers into the forest and had decided to start running in order
to save the Sky Stick’s energy and kill some dinosaurs on the way. Plus, it wasn’t a
smooth ride flying in such a lush forest. So running wasn’t that much slower.
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“Aside from these two reasons, I am afraid of pterosaurs. Although we have the
equipment to take care of them, it will expose us to the navy. We might not be able
to avoid detection from their air forces or dodge the ballistic missiles. It is best to
not get into a fight with the navy until we find the scientist and complete the bonus
mission.” Xuan said.
Of all their weapons, only the Spear of Osiris and the gauss pistols could attack
silently. No one had actually seen him use the pistols but they shouldn’t be too bad
since the technology was there.
Xuan downloaded a map of the island. It had the shape of a bowl. The terrain were
progressively lower toward the center. At the center was an abandoned research
facility, which was also their target. This was their best option aside from searching
aimlessly in the forest. Furthermore, the mad scientist came to this island by himself
so he had a high chance of using the facility.
“We have to get pass three types of terrains. The outer island is a lush forest, past it
is a prairie, then a swamp near the facility. If everything goes well, we should arrive
by sunrise.” Xuan said while looking at the map.
Kampa kept looking around and asked. “Why haven’t we seen any dinosaurs yet?
Didn’t they say this place is filled with dinosaurs?”
Xuan replied without raising his head. “Most dinosaurs that reside in the forest are
herbivores. They don’t come out at night. The carnivores usually reside in the prairies.
That’s where you go if you want to find large numbers of them. Unfortunately, your
rifle is too powerful and loud. So unless it is an emergency, you shouldn’t use the
EMP rifle. Our goal is to complete the bonus mission quietly then ambush the navy.”
Kampa scratched his head. “Then head to Isla Nublar right? I know, haha. I will only
attack when you need the firepower.” He threw the rifle on his shoulder and laughed.
Zheng was listening to the conversation then he suddenly said in a low voice. “Shh.
Do you hear anything?”
The other three searched around cautiously. It was pitch black and silent. When they
turned to Zheng with a questioned look, he suddenly ran toward a tree and stabbed
the spear beside it. After Zheng ran back, they saw a arm size cockroach hanging
on the spear.
“Gigantic insects.” Zheng frowned. A putrid odor came from the spear. The cockroach
was still alive and wriggling its body.
Xuan didn’t mind the smell and put his near to take a closer look. “A cockroach. This
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is probably one of the few insect species that can survive under low oxygen content.
Furthermore, these cockroaches will eat anything. They can even survive by eating
wood. I am a little worried about our way.”
Zheng activated his red flame and let it burn all the way to the tip of the spear. The
cockroach was instantly vaporized. “I know you are referring to attacks from insects.
But I don’t think it’s worth worrying. These cockroaches shouldn’t be able to damage
us. There are also no points rewarded from killing them. We should just hurry to the
prairie and hunt dinosaurs.”
Xuan stood up and said. “Let’s move on. We don’t have enough information to deduce
a correct answer. We are following our original plan.”
The other three people nodded. The time was past 10pm. The place was pitch black
and there was no noise from insects where you would have expected from the wilderness.
Occasionally, they could hear the howls of dinosaurs coming from afar. However,
it was silent the rest of the time, so silent that made the three of them anxious.
The group exited the forest and into a prairie and finally saw dinosaurs. Several
stegosaurus were sleeping by the border of the forest. They were about seven meters
big and had their signature spikes on their backs. The stegosaurus were sleeping
calmly, not noticing Zheng’s arrival.
Zheng, Kampa, and WangXia were excited to see live dinosaurs for the first time
and the possible points. Zheng was about to head over with his spear when Xuan
blocked him off. “Wait. Finish the bonus mission before hunting these dinosaurs. So
even if the navy’s air forces finds us, they won’t be able to deal with us when we are
on the Sky Stick. Herbivore types worth too little points anyway. Go further in and
attack when we meet the carnivore types.”
Zheng shrugged. “Well, we can start to attack. The velociraptors are carnivores
right?”
Zheng had the best physical stats among them and could see the furthest in this darkness.
About ten velociraptors were running in their direction. These dinosaurs were
two meters big, running on two legs, and looked like mini size T-Rexes. There were
some colorful feathers stuck to their bodies. They were chasing after a triceratops.
Zheng might not be as good as Xuan in analyzing and planning but he was lived up
to being the leader when it came to combat. He briefly analyzed the situation and
said. “Xuan, take care of the velociraptors. I will get the triceratops.” He channeled
qi and blood energy into the spear until it glowed with a golden light. Then he threw
the spear at the triceratops that was still a hundred meters away.
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The triceratops was seven meters big and weighted at least four tons. It ran like a
tank. Rhinos seemed like toys in comparison. After Zheng threw the spear, Xuan ran
toward the dinosaurs and entered the unlocked mode at the same time.
The spear pierced into the triceratops’s head followed by a golden flash. The triceratops
didn’t even get to scream before it fell over. Its body slid for some distance
due to momentum before slowing down and left a two meter deep trail.
Xuan ran up to the velociraptors. His two gauss pistols slid out from his sleeves. Then
he closed his eyes. The pistols began firing at various directions. His movements
looked like a form of martial art.
The velociraptors were considered one of the smartest dinosaurs. They hesitated
for a moment when they saw a group of four but as soon as Xuan ran toward them
alone, they immediately surrounded him.
To everyone’s surprise, Xuan hit every shot with his eyes closed. The gauss pistols
were almost silent yet insanely powerful. They could blow up a velociraptor’s head
with just one shot or open a hole the size of plate in their bodies.
His shooting techniques were almost miraculous. Any velociraptor that jumped at
him got killed the next moment. Yet Zheng could see this wasn’t due to premonitions.
Xuan was shooting at various directions at a set pattern non stop, even where there
were no velociraptors. So he got Kampa and WangXia to the ground. It would be
pathetic if they got killed by a stray bullet.
After eight velociraptors died, Xuan opened his eyes and quickly finished off the rest.
Then he began ruminating in place.
Zheng pulled the spear out from the triceratops then walked over to Xuan. “That’s
your gun kata? It seems like shooting at a pattern but you didn’t have to close your
eyes.”
Xuan replied calmly. “It’s not exactly gun kata. The ability is too expensive. However,
I know the basic theory so I am testing if it is actually possible. It seems like the theory
is real. There’s still a few places that need modifications.”
Kampa and WangXia sighed as they looked at the dinosaur corpses. Neither of them
could use their weapons due to the noise they make. They envied Zheng and Xuan
killing dinosaurs and obtaining points.
The group continued moving ahead. Xuan suddenly said. “I remember you mentioned
about a watch that allows you to bring a movie character into God’s dimension.
What about non human beings? Like a pterosaur or triceratops or T-Rex.”
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Zheng paused for a bit then replied. “I am not sure. The description only mentions
movie characters. We will check it again after returning. What do we need that for?
It doesn’t seem too useful.”
Xuan shook his head. “Every movie may have a useful type of organism. Know the
Starship Troopers? If we bring back one of the stronger insects and gain control of
it, what do you think we can use it for? Bring them back is an issue but I also worry
about whether bring it into another world. How are they going to get inside the beam
with their giant sizes? If we can solve these two issues, there are a few good choices.
Like the dragon from Lord of the Rings, the eagles, or the Mumakil. There are infinite
possibilities hidden in God’s dimension waiting for you to discover.”
Zheng nodded and Xuan quickly added. “How long will it take your blood energy to
recover if you deplete it completely?”
Zheng said. “About five to six hours. It’s very fast already. Why? Do I have to use
Explosion?”
Xuan brought out a map and measured some places. “Summon the army of Anubis.
Have them hunt the herbivore dinosaurs and smaller ones. It takes over four hours
to reach the center of the island. Even if your blood energy isn’t completely recovered
by then, you should be able to use Explosion. We don’t have to waste a useful
resource and the points add up.”
That was a good idea. The soldiers couldn’t die unless their heads were destroyed.
They were three meters tall, bigger than some of the smaller velociraptors.
Zheng sighed at this normal difficulty. Every other movie since he entered this world
were at a team wipe difficulty. There was no searching for bonus missions for farming
points when surviving was at fate’s mercy. Walking in the Jurassic Park world safely
and earning points without any risks felt so good.
He took out the Bracelet of Anubis. The bracelet came off after he killed the Scorpion
King. He only had to put it on again to use it. His blood energy depleted and
hundreds of soldiers rose from the ground. These were humanoid monsters with a
dog’s head and carrying large swords.
Zheng ordered them to hunt dinosaurs and they split up into six groups of fifties.
These groups charged at the herbivore type dinosaurs like armies. But Zheng was
getting excited because one stegosaurus was down already. The dinosaurs were
large but the army of Anubis had the number advantage. These herbivore type dinosaurs
looked futile under their attacks and only smashed a few soldiers.
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Zheng, Kampa, and WangXia was getting more excited as they moved on but Xuan
frowned. An hour later, Zheng finally asked. “Isn’t this movie easy? Even though we
haven’t met a T-Rex yet but there shouldn’t be any problem with the firepower we
have. What are you worrying about?”
“I am afraid this difficulty is too easy.” Xuan said. “Perhaps the dinosaurs are dangerous
to normal people or soldiers but they are too easy for us who are well equipped
and have magic and the army of Anubis. Although this fits my deduction for a seven
people normal difficulty, I am afraid the bonus mission isn’t going to be so easy.”
“If we choose to simply go back alive, or hunt a large number of dinosaurs, this movie
will probably give each of us 3000 points for free. However, I feel the two bonus
missions are going to be extremely difficult and might wipe us out. Judging from all
the traces I have seen on the way, our first bonus missions is probably…”
“Ancient insects!”
Chapter 4
One species countered another. Humans with heavy firearms could take on dinosaurs
just like the movie showed. If those people were trained, even the T-Rex
wouldn’t be able to come close to them. The giant insects were just normal size to
dinosaurs, but to humans, they were way more catastrophic than dinosaurs. There
was no efficient way to kill a large quantity of insects with firearms despite them
getting bigger in size.
“If a large number of insects are still alive in the center, that will be our biggest danger.
Remember about danger and reward? Do you wish for the points to revive team
members or go back safely?” Xuan said.
Zheng replied without hesitation. “We have gone so far already. There is no safe
place in the movie worlds to begin with. I’d rather complete bonus missions to the
best of my ability and grow strong enough to disregard anything God throws at me
than betting I will survive the next movie. I think this is the path my clone chose.”
Xuan nodded. “Understood. Then let’s go see what the scientist had done.”
They saw dinosaur corpses frequently on the way. That was the result of the army of
Anubis. There were no more notifications for simple killings so Zheng couldn’t know
how many points he had gotten. Though judging from the corpses he had seen, it
should be at least a thousand.
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Suddenly, they heard a roar coming from afar and the ground began to tremble. Image
of the T-Rex immediately popped into their heads.
A ten meter tall T-Rex appeared in a cloud of dust near a group of soldiers that were
attacking a triceratops. It crushed any soldiers on its path by simply stepping on them.
Each time it lowered its head for a bite, it would take two to three soldiers along. The
T-Rex crushed everything on its path like a tank, killing half the group of soldiers in
no time. When it saw Zheng’s group of four, it charged at their direction.
Zheng stopped Kampa from shooting and readied the Spear of Osiris. The spear
glowed as qi and blood energy filled it. At the same time, the T-Rex was less than a
hundred meter from them. Zheng threw the spear straight into its head. A burst of
light exploded on contact and the T-Rex’s head vanished. The huge body fell to the
ground.
The Spear of Osiris was as powerful as mini missiles. The only issue was that it
consumed both qi and blood energy and could only attack once. It would be near
impossible to retrieve it during a fight.
Zheng ran a few hundred meters away to pick up the spear. Then the ground was
trembling again as several T-Rexes were running at their direction. Xuan stopped
Kampa and WangXia and said. “It’s not the time yet. Zheng, use the Sky Stick. The
difficulty increased so we should be close to the bonus mission. Let us see the research
facility first, then we don’t have to worry about being discovered by the navy.”
Zheng brought out the Sky Stick as he ran back to them. The ropes were still attached
on it. After everyone secured themselves, Zheng piloted the Sky Stick away.
The Sky Stick was such a convenience despite only having one. The mobility it gave
was good enough for a group of four. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have considered
heading to Isla Nublar afterward.
As they flew closer to the center, the number of carnivore dinosaurs increased. Aside
from the T-Rex, there were other giant size dinosaurs and finally they saw the first
pterosaur.
The pterosaur looked like a giant bat. It was twelve meters wide when the wings
expanded. The sharp teeth indicated their choice of meals. When the pterosaur
noticed Zheng’s group, it screeched and flew at them. Xuan immediately fired his
pistols. The gauss pistols were silent but the bullet hits returned audible sounds.
The pterosaur didn’t even reach within a hundred meter of them when a dozen bullet
holes opened up on its body, especially several on its head. It then fell toward the
ground.
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Everyone let out a sigh of relief at the sight. Xuan took out the map and compared
it with the terrain beneath them. Just then, they heard several screeches similar to
before and ten large figures were flying toward them from afar.
Xuan said without taking his eyes off the map. “Kampa, WangXia, attack at will! We
will arrive soon. There’s nothing to worry anymore at this location!”
Kampa howled in excitement when he finally heard this line. He aimed the EMP rifle
at the pterosaurs that were at least seven thousand meters away. A distance that
Zheng’s Gatling canon couldn’t reach. The EMP rifle released air then fired a series
of bullets. The pterosaur flying ahead was tore into pieces. The pterosaur next to it
also had its wings shattered. These bullets were still piercing at such a distance and
caused large wounds at hit.
WangXia aimed his submachine gun at the ground. It had no problem killing velociraptors
so he sprayed as they flew past. The noise coming from the EMP rifle was
extraordinarily loud. This noise quickly spread outward from the island center in this
quiet night. Even the navies on the ships could hear a hint of it.
Another several minutes of flying passed. They were seeing less and less dinosaurs
on the ground and instead there were dinosaur skeletons. The ground was turning
muddy. The grass was replaced by shrubs and fungus. Large insects began to
appear in increasing numbers.
A shadow covered their excitement from killing dinosaurs. The giant insects con-
firmed Xuan’s deduction. These insects weren’t so easy to kill and neither was the
bonus mission.
“We arrived. That’s the research facility.”
Xuan pointed at a black building. Zheng flew the Sky Stick over. They could hear a
buzzing sound coming from the inside as they got near, like numerous bugs flapping
their wings.
This gave goose bumps to three of them. When they got closer, they made out that
the building was covered in a layer of soil. The whole building seemed like a hive as
insects the size of a hand moved in and out of it.
“The Lost World: Jurassic Park bonus mission. Find the research notebook from the
research facility within one hour and kill the queen bee. Rewards each person 4000
points and 2 rank C rewards. Failure to obtain the research notebook deducts 4000
points. Failure to kill the queen bee deducts 2 rank C rewards.”
This was indeed the bonus mission of this movie. Which meant their theory was cor-
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rect. There were many possible bonus missions like this. The T virus from Resident
Evil was probably one of the higher difficulty mission.
Zheng knew he made the right bet. Just like Xuan said, the amount of danger equal
to the amount of rewards. Team devil was searching for these bonus missions at the
same time. Team China had to keep completing these missions to just keep up with
them, to revive the team members, and to grow strong enough to rival his other self!
Zheng looked at the facility and said. “God wouldn’t give a time limit without reason.
One hour is probably the limit of how long it will take us with our abilities. It will
be pressing but we should be able to finish the mission. Xuan, analyze the current
situation.”
Xuan looked around for a minute then said. “These insect belong to an ancient bee
species. Firearms are not suited for this task due to there number and size. I don’t
think we can leave this place intact. If it’s an hour, I have a plan.”
This was how a team should be. Everyone had their role. This team China could take
on team Devil.
“The smoke from burning fungus and shrubs will make ancient bees leave their hive
temporarily. People still use the same method on bees nowadays. However, with a
hive this big, we need someone to enter the facility. He will have to hold his breath
for three minutes to enter.”
Xuan pointed out several place to start the fires. Zheng let out a sigh of relief and
laughed. “That’s not a problem. Qi also allows me to hold a breath longer. I never
tried it but I can probably hold it for five minutes.”
Xuan said mockingly. “I only said you have to hold the breath for three minutes enter
this building. The issue is do you know which notebook we are looking for? No,
you don’t have the knowledge to distinguish the one we need in a short time. Three
minutes is just enough for you to run away. You need my help unless you bring
out every notebook from the facility, which isn’t possible. Another method is bring
me inside. I will find the notebook within two minutes. However, I can only hold my
breath for three minutes. At the two minute thirty second mark, my thinking will begin
to degrade. Which means you have to bring me in within one minute. I will find the
notebook within two minutes. Then you have to bring me out before I die. However,
this is only the beginning.”
Zheng put a hand over his forehead and thought for a bit. “Wait. Let me repeat what
you meant. I have to run a three minute distance within a minute. Do you want me
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to use Explosion? If so, I won’t be able to fight once inside. How are we going to kill
the queen bee?”
Xuan smiled. “That’s basically it. But you don’t need to use Explosion for the running.
The movement technique along with the unlocked mode should reduce your running
time by two to three times. Then you have to kill the queen bee while I search
the notebooks. As I said, it’s only the beginning once we leave the facility with the
notebook.”
Zheng, Kampa, and WangXia looked confused. What else was there after they finished
the mission?
“Attacks from the insects!?” The three of them said simultaneously.
Xuan nodded. “Correct. The bees that fly away doesn’t die off. The issue isn’t coming
out alive but what we are going to face after we killed their queen.”
“Haha. We will be flying away on the Sky Stick while being chased by huge bees.
And we have to attack the navy on the way and enter Isla Nublar. I am in! This is so
exciting!” Kampa raised his rifle up and laughed out.
WangXia also laughed. “Since we have already been given a time limit, there’s no
other choice but to do it. Ha. Sink the American ships. We can’t do it in the real world
so let’s do it here!”
“Okay! We are doing it!” Zheng nodded. He howled while holding the Gatling cannon
and spear.
After the first few minutes of discussion, they gathered enough fungus and shrubs.
Zheng dried them out with his red flame then processed them like how you create
stink bombs. Once everything was ready, they only had ten minutes left. That was
the result of them working as fast as they could.
“The smoke will obstruct vision so we have to enter the unlocked mode to see. However,
my unlocked stage isn’t as high as yours. Even though I can’t feel pain, but I
won’t be able to move after a few minutes. So when we are coming out, you have to
tie me to a rope.” Xuan said.
Kampa was standing on the Sky Stick. WangXia was planting the stink bombs at
various spots and set them to explode simultaneously with timed bombs. Zheng was
holding two on his hand. He had to throw these inside the facility.
The group was a thousand meters away from the facility. The bees didn’t seem to
mind them. Bee type insects usually wouldn’t attack until you reach within fifty meters
of their hive. So they were able to plant the bombs easily. Even though they
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seemed so excited, they knew any mistake would result in death. They had seen
they bees carried a four meter stegosaurus to the facility. Then tens of thousands
of bees disintegrated the stegosaurus and smeared the mixture of meat and soil on
the facility walls.
This black outer shell of the facility was actually made up of dinosaur flesh. The
dinosaurs were futile in front of such a large number of bees at this size. Even humans
were helpless until they could research an insecticide to kill them.
Goose bumps filled their bodies as they watched numerous bees flying around.
Zheng carried Xuan on his back and took a deep breath. “Let’s begin!” He ran
toward the gate and shattered the black shell with his Gatling cannon. Then he
ignited the stink bomb and threw it inside.
Chapter 5
The bees took a while to respond. A few seconds later, they heard a horrifying sound.
The sound of countless flying insects flapping their wings. At the same time, the bees
on the outer shell began to charge at them.
Zheng yelled. “Detonate!”
WangXia indeed had the talent in modifying bombs. He created the stink bombs and
modified the timed bombs to remote controlled detonation in less than an hour. He
also removed part of the explosive powder so as to not destroy the stink bombs in
the detonation. This looked impressive to Zheng but Kampa and Xuan looked rather
casual about it. Perhaps this kind of talent was normal among the special forces.
WangXia pressed the detonation button as soon as Zheng yelled. Black smoke rose
along the explosion from several locations and covered the facility.
The looked up to see a black wave flying out from the facility. In the beginning the
bees were just the size of a palm. But as time went on, the bees were becoming
bigger and bigger. In the end, the twinbees were the size of an adult arm. Black
smoke finally came out from the facility behind the bees. Zheng took a deep breath
and carried Xuan and ran toward the facility.
The moment they went into the smoke, over a hundred bees jumped at them. Xuan
took out his pistols and began shooting at both sides and their back. Even with so
many bees here, not one could come near them.
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Zheng entered the unlocked state when they entered the smoke. He activated the
movement technique. In just a few seconds he approached the entrance of the facility
then jumped in.
A thick smoke filled the inside of the facility. Normal people wouldn’t have been able
to see a thing. A thick slimy liquid covered the walls. This liquid didn’t smell anything
like honey at all but rather smelled like blood. If you were to look closely, you would
find out the liquid was composed with blood.
Though Zheng didn’t have the time to care about this sort of thing. He was running at
his limit under normal conditions. In fact, he was jumping along the walls and pillars
which increased his speed by quite a lot. He reached the main lobby of the facility in
just twenty seconds.
This room could barely be recognized as a lobby. There were dark, red hives all over
the place. Inside the hives were either eggs the size of ostrich eggs or large maggots.
The density of these things agitated Zheng. His speed was reduced since even the
floor was covered with hives. Each step would drown his leg in thick bloody liquid.
This room felt worse than that of the Alien hive.
Neither he nor Xuan could speak under the smoke. Xuan pointed to the left side of
the lobby. Zheng then stepped hard onto the ground, crushing a hive and jumped
up. He jumped across seven meters then kicked the wall. He broke through the wall.
Behind it was a room for document storage. However, the room was a mess at this
point. No documents could be seen and the floor was covered in blood. A pungent
and rancid smell floated along with the smoke.
Zheng took out the axe and began clearing the hives in this room. Suddenly, they
heard a ding and their hearts skipped a beat. He put his hand into the hive his axe
hit and pulled out a safe.
A minute had passed at this point. Zheng had no time to waste. He hacked open the
safe. Xuan also got down from his back. There was no need for them to exchange
any worlds. Zheng started running toward the door while Xuan began to go through
almost a hundred pieces of document from the safe.
Time! Time! Zheng could hold a breath for over five minutes but not Xuan. He had
to kill the queen bee within a minute or else Xuan would die from suffocation or get
swarmed by the bees.
The lobby was actually the size of half a soccer field. Which was reasonable since
this facility was designed to research dinosaurs. But due to this size and the number
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of hives residing here, it looked extremely creepy. Yet, Zheng had to look for the
queen bee in this environment.
He heard a buzzing sound and immediately turned his head over. Several gigantic
bees were flying at him from the ceiling. These gigantic bees were almost half his
size and didn’t seem to be affected by the smoke. They could see Zheng from afar
and were approaching at an incredible speed.
Zheng suddenly remembered Xuan said the queen bees were different from queen
ants in that they didn’t just reproduce, but also had the highest attack power among
all the bees. There should also be ten or more male bees guarding the queens.
These male bees were the kings and were larger than normal bees.
“Insects have much higher strength and reaction speed than reptiles. Ants can lift
twenty times their weight, something no other species could achieve. Even though
it is uncertain if they retain the same multiplier as their size grows, but reptiles would
never surpass the strength and reaction speed of insects at the same size.”
Zheng only had time to recall this conversation. As soon as he lifted the axe to block
in front of him, a male bee had slapped its tail at the axe. The huge force almost
knocked the axe off his hands. Zheng was under the first stage and using qi at this
moment, so his strength was several times higher than a normal person. Which meant
the male bee’s strength was at least ten times that of a normal person.
“Ah!” Zheng was pushed back several meters. The insects’ strength was beyond
his expectation but he had been through so many trials already. He fought his way
through Aliens, ghosts, zombies, nemesis, and other strong fighters. Those enemies
were nothing less than these insects. He entered the second stage of the unlocked
mode. His arms enlarged and his reaction speed increased. As another male bee
charged at him, he swung the axe horizontally and slashed the bee in half.
Danger also meant rewards. He had grown stronger and stronger each time he survived
the life and death trials. He could fight these insects even if he didn’t use
Explosion. If it was anyone else in his place, like Kampa would not have the reaction
speed to catch the bees despite the EMP rifle was powerful enough.
Sci-fi weapons were useful, but they couldn’t be all. Evolution and becoming strong
was the best way to deal with danger!
Zheng slashed another male bee then charged at where they were coming from!
Insects in general had greater speed and reaction than reptiles. The male bees
were at least 30% faster than Zheng’s first unlocked mode. They also had incredi-
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ble strength. Zheng crouched down as he sensed danger and a male bee charged
from behind. It missed Zheng but kept charging forward for at least ten more meters
before stopping, crushing all the hives on the way. Then the bee flew back out from
the bloody liquid. Their bodies were also tough.
Zheng continued moving forward while attacking the bees. He also silently counted
the time he had left. If there wasn’t enough time in the end, he would have to use
Explosion or Destruction to destroy out this facility.
“Forty-two seconds and seven male bees.”
He surpassed these bees in speed when he entered the second stage but he couldn’t
just leave them behind in case the bees gave up chasing him and went after Xuan.
So he kept attacking the bees.
Zheng had been well experienced with the second stage after all these times. He
could easily dodge their attacks with his instincts and counter with the axe, slashing
them in half without giving the bees time to react.
Twenty-seven seconds left and two male bees. The bees suddenly raised their height
and gave him a greater feeling of danger. Zheng immediately backed away but he
was still too late. A sharp pain registered on his left leg and at the same time, the bees’
lower bodies broke off. A stinger along with part of its body pierced into Zheng’s leg.
Fortunately, he was quick enough to dodge the other one. The other stinger shot
destroyed a large hive next to him.
Zheng immediately pulled the stinger out. It was still connected to a venomous sac
and was instilling venom into his body. His leg was feeling numb in just this short
moment. That was thanks to his incredible immunization strength already.
Zheng was getting anxious. He ran on a layer of bloody liquid toward where the male
bees came from. Several seconds later, he finally found a large bee that was slightly
bigger than him hanging on the ceiling above. As soon as Zheng saw the bee, it
jumped down towards him.
Clank! Zheng barely moved the axe to the front and the bee had hit the axe with its
tale. What scared him was that the tail pierced through the axe, which was made of
titanium alloy. That stinger stopped several centimeters from his head. He could see
the black venom dripping off from the end. This stab would have taken his head if
the axe wasn’t in time to block it.
Zheng just brought out his red flame when the bee immediately backed off. Its speed
was even faster than him in the second stage. The flame didn’t catch the bee.
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The bee seemed to be able to tell the situation. It kept backing away while the flame
covered Zheng’s body. He had no choice but to deactivate the flame. Each time it
attacked, another hole would be added onto the axe. The damage was giving Zheng
chills and the two were at a stalemate for ten seconds. Zheng had to put all his efforts
in defense, not to mention catching up to the bee’s speed. Finally, the bee got his
left shoulder. It opened up a piercing hole instantly. His whole arm turned black.
If he didn’t scare the bee away with the flame immediately, those teeth that were
approaching would have taken half his head.
Less than ten seconds left. Zheng came to a complete halt. The queen bee charged
at him and as it came close, he activated Explosion.
He felt as though time slowed down. It was so difficult to catch the bee’s movements
but now it felt slower than normal people. Zheng could feel the movement partially
through instincts and partially through vision. He blocked the axe in front and let the
stinger pierce through. Then he covered his hand with qi, grabbed the stinger and
snapped it. The stinger was now stuck onto the axe so the queen bee couldn’t back
away without pulling Zheng along.
Time was as valuable as life during Explosion. He didn’t wait for the bee’s next action
and leaped onto its back then punched it with both fists. These punches were as
strong as cannon shots when his strength was ten times higher than usual. The
queen bee was crushed to two pieces with merely two punches. Zheng then stepped
on it, completely shattering its body and all the hives several meters around him. The
metallic floor also sunk a few centimeters.
Zheng felt a strong sense of fatigue as soon as he came out of Explosion. He had only
used it for three seconds. His leg and left should was numbing and painful and made
him want to scream. But he endured this awful sensation through determination and
began to ran at full speed toward Xuan’s location.
He didn’t have to find the way again so it only took a few seconds to reach the room.
Xuan’s body was trembling but he was holding onto a piece of document. There
were two smaller safes next to the one from before. The hives on the floor were
moved again. It seemed like he searched the room once more when he didn’t find
the document from the first safe.
Zheng had no time to confirm if this was the document they were looking for as Xuan
was in a suffocated state. He grabbed Xuan and channeled qi into his body just like
how he tested it on blonde man. Then he began running the same way he came.
The trembling stopped. Xuan opened his eyes and immediately looked to his hand
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to find the document still there. Then he looked toward the outside of the facility.
The pistols slipped into his hands again, but the shaking of his hands showed a lack
of strength.
Zheng saw the smoke was subsiding and he could hear the buzzing sound coming
from outside. The amount of buzzing was horrifying. It gave him images of being
surrounded by insects. The male bees and queen bee were strong but the real horror
was those palm sized bees outside the facility.
Xuan’s face was turning pale again. Zheng also felt discomfort in his chest. He was
almost out of oxygen. Finally, they charged out of the facility and out of the smoke.
“Completed bonus mission. Each member on the island received 4000 points and
two rank C rewards. Obtained quest item DNA restructuring document.”
Zheng and Xuan took several deep breaths as soon as they came out. Since they
were still in the unlocked mode, they could see the countless bees trying to get at
them through the half dissipated smoke. Fortunately, the smoke could still delay
them off a little longer and Kampa and WangXia were shooting at the bees from not
far away.
Zheng ran toward the two of them like wind, reaching them in just a few seconds. He
put down Xuan and stepped onto the Sky Stick. However, his body shook uncontrollably.
The others then noticed his shoulder and leg were swollen and dark, as if the
cells were dead.
Kampa and WangXia both took out their knives. They looked at each other then
Kampa stepped back a bit. WangXia sliced a cross shaped wound on Zheng’s
shoulder. Black colored blood flowed out along with an almond scent. Kampa and
WangXia’s expressions immediately turned terrible. Zheng stopped WangXia from
trying to suck out the venom and said. “Not an issue. I brought antidotes. Though I
won’t be able to control the Sky Stick.”
Xuan took his place and said. “I unlocked the first stage of the constraint. I will control
it.”
WangXia sliced open the swollen areas on Zheng then instilled two syringes into the
wounds. After the three of them stepped onto the ropes, Xuan took off with the Sky
Stick. They flew along the smoke and broke through the layer of bees. Xuan was
piloting the Sky Stick as good as Zheng. It flew without wavering a bit at maximum
speed.
“Our speed is slightly slower than them.” Xuan muttered.
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The other three people turned their heads around and saw the bees flying after them.
It was such a horrifying sight. If the sun was shining at that direction, the amount of
bees would have completely blocked off the light. Even the dinosaurs wouldn’t stand
a chance against these bees.
Kampa shouted then aimed the EMP rifle at the bees. The sound of the rifle was
much louder than normal guns, plus the bullets generated a loud noise as they broke
through the sonic barrier. The air in front of the gun barrel was wavering visibly. It
was like looking through a fire.
Numerous bees got shot down by the bullets and dropped like rain. However, that
was still such a small amount with respect to the whole species right here. The bees
were still closing in. A a group of bees at the forefront came close to less than a
kilometer, WangXia took out a timed bomb and adjusted the timer. Then he threw
the bomb over.
After flying away for a little bit, they heard the explosion. The blastwave reached
them and broke the balance of the Sky Stick. Xuan immediately seized back control.
Zheng asked curiously. “This… isn’t this too powerful? That’s like three high explosive
grenades.”
A small mushroom cloud was still rolling up in mid air. All the bees caught in the
explosion were dead and many nearby were shattered by the blastwave. This explosion
nearly wiped the bees close to them. A still larger swarm was further away and
wouldn’t catch up for a while.
WangXia laughed. “Correct. That’s the amount of explosives of three high explosive
grenades. You can use it safely with some modification as long as you throw
it far enough, or like how we were moving at a high enough speed. Otherwise, the
blastwave alone would kill us.”
Zheng let out a sigh of relief and patted WangXia’s shoulder. His arm and leg had
recovered by now. the antidotes were extremely effective plus his own recovery rate
and immunization strength. He could basically start to fight again.
Zheng then said to Xuan in excitement. “This is great! We obtained another quest
item. Hurry, what’s the use of this DNA restructuring document? Does that mean we
can alter our DNA at will like the fourth stage?”
Xuan replied. “Impossible. This is merely the formula for the potion to revert evolution
and the DNA blueprint of some ancient species. It is useless to us but may be
connected to the third bonus mission in this movie.”
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The other three were surprised. They only knew of two bonus missions. The second
one being in Isla Nublar, even though they had no idea what happened there yet. So
was there a third island?
Xuan continued. “Zheng, have you noticed that we didn’t receive a time constraint in
this world? Which means we can stay in this world for ten years or more if we don’t
come to Isla Sorna to complete the mission.”
Zheng paused for a moment, then said in a surprise. “You’re right. There’s no time
constraint this time. So can that mean we spend time training here? My qi and blood
energy is improving slowly but if there’s a lot of time…”
“That’s not possible. Although I did consider of this possibility. Do you know why I
decided to come to this island so soon? I was suspicious of why would God leave
such a big exploit. Our mission is very simple since we only have to steal the T-Rex
eggs from the museum so why didn’t God give us a time limit? The only possibility is
we will be in danger if we stay in the city or this world for too long.”
Xuan continued slowly. “Have you noticed the closer we got to the center of the
island, the more insects we saw. It wasn’t just the bees. There were several other
insect species and some had bigger numbers than the bees and larger bodies. Know
what this signifies? They are still evolving to adapt to the oxygen level of this world.
The bees have obviously adapted. Once the other species finished adaptation, they
will begin to reproduce. The end result can only be the annihilation of human society.
That’s why the longer we stay here, the lower the chance we will survive. In five years,
the insects will be all over the world and we won’t be able to obtain the T-Rex eggs.
That will be the consequence of living peacefully for those years. Danger equals
rewards. And time will be that reward.”
Zheng finally got it and said. “So the third bonus mission only appears after finishing
the first mission. We have to fully understand the potential threat of these insects
and the significance of this document to complete it.”
“Correct. Handing over this document to the government of this world in order to
change the fate of humanity. This is the meaning of the bonus mission and will
change the original plot.” Xuan adjusted his glasses and said calmly.
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Chapter 6
Everyone felt relived upon hearing this. It was a sense of trust toward their comrades.
The only ones who could take on the burden of this trust at the moment were Zheng
and Xuan. One for his strength and one for his brain. Zheng also had the determination
of not giving up team members under any circumstances which made them
willing to entrust their backs to him. Perhaps this kind of trust was naive in God’s
world but it also bonded the team together. Team China would be a joke without
him. Not even Xuan could unite together a complete team.
Their trust toward Xuan was different. He didn’t have the charisma for them to entrust
their safety to him. But his intelligence and near perfect plans gave them an illusion
that no situation was difficult.
When Zheng and Xuan were working together, they formed the core of team China.
A team with trust toward each other, with Zheng as the strongest sword, and the
intelligence of Xuan as the strongest shield that could reach a solution for any danger.
Zheng laughed and said. “Understood. Let’s go ambush the navy and also lure the
bees over to them. Xuan, is the Sky Stick waterproof?”
Xuan paused for a moment then smiled. “No problem. Its energy system is a magical
part. This is a little different from the original one from the movie. I get what you
mean.”
Zheng said. “Then we will go straight to Isla Nublar. Haha. Complete the bonus
mission over there then we will do the third bonus mission. That will be three rewards
in a single movie. That’s way beyond my expectation. Haha.”
Xuan asked calmly. “Are you not scared of dying? Two rank C rewards worth of
danger also took your life. Or do you think an island that needs to be guarded with
a carrier fleet is easier?”
Zheng replied without showing any weakness. “We wouldn’t have been here if we
want to survive this movie risk free. Don’t worry. I have pushed any consideration of
my life back the moment that I decided to revive our team members. I wouldn’t be
here if I didn’t have the determination to die at any second!”
Zheng aimed the Gatling cannon at the front. A few seconds later, two military helicopters
flew out from the hill. The searchlights scanned back and forth in this darkness.
As the helicopters were turning to the Sky Stick’s direction, Zheng clenched his
teeth and pulled the trigger. Numerous bullets sprayed across. Multiple sounds of
impact emerged from the first helicopter. It was only a few seconds when it was filled
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with bullet holes from the side. The pilot was killed in the process. The helicopter
crashed toward the ground then exploded.
Kampa also aimed the EMP rifle as he laughed. Then he fired at the other helicopter.
This helicopter shot a missile at them but the bullets from the EMP rifle pierced
through the missile along with the helicopter. The Gatling cannon only shot down
the helicopter but the EMP rifle caused the helicopter to explode in midair, showing
the difference in power.
“Haha. Let’s begin. Don’t hold back or take anything into consideration. Let us go
tackle a fleet and sink a ship. Xuan, leave everything to us!” Zheng roared.
The Sky Stick flew across the sky and was approaching the coast. The bees were
still chasing after it, clearing a path on the way. All the dinosaurs that didn’t run away
in time was surrounded by these bees and turned into skeletons. Be it T-Rex, or
brontosaurus. They were futile in front of the tens of millions of bees.
Suddenly, there was a hiss coming from the Sky Stick. Xuan said. “We are locked on
by the radar. One that’s from the satellites. There are missiles coming our way from
an unknown location. Seems like the anti detection of the Sky Stick isn’t perfect. I
will have to do some improvements after going back. It would be best to combine
the anti-detection system and interference system…”
Zheng shouted from below. “This is not the time to discuss about the systems! What
missiles? Normal rockets or what? What would you use if it was you?”
Xuan replied. “The helicopter from before probably sent images of us and the bees
back to the base. If they simply want to kill us, any missile will do. However, if they
want to wipe off such a large quantity of bees, or at least delay them, they would
probably use a fuel-air explosive. It will create a blast wave of 10km and turn this
space to high temperature.”
Zheng felt a chill down his spine and instantly entered the third stage of the unlocked
mode. He simulated Zero then shouted to Kampa. “I will help you aim! Fire along
with your feelings! I can’t promise I will get the correct spot but there’s definitely a
missile coming from this direction.”
Zheng focused his sight at the distance. The Sky Stick was flying a hundred meters
above the ground. The coast was coming into view and allowed Zheng to see a little
further in this darkness. He could only rely on Zero’s vision and the sixth sense of a
sniper to find the location of the fuel-air explosive. Otherwise, the four of them were
going to have their ashes buried here.
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He could see a small faint white glow in the distance. No, it was actually three glowing
dots. Zheng aimed the EMP rifle over that direction without any hesitation. “The
gauss sniper rifle has a range of 80km. This is an assault rifle so the range is shorter.
But its still one tier above the gauss rifle. So let’s pray. Go ahead, Kampa, right at
that direction!”
Kampa roared then pulled the trigger. The glows were probably over 10km away. Any
little movement and the bullets would be dozens of meters off from the aim. This was
a test to Kampa’s shooting skill. That was all they could do.
Zheng had taken out the Spear of Osiris and began charging it with qi and blood
energy. He didn’t know if the throw could reach so far at full strength. However, he
had to try if Kampa failed.
Kampa didn’t stop roaring the whole time. A bright light exploded near the coast. It
was as dazzling as a mini sun. Then they heard three consecutive explosions. The
light was getting brighter and brighter followed by a heat wave that swept at them.
They could still feel the heat at such distance. Xuan turned the Sky Stick around and
headed directly into the warm water.
The water resistance was quite strong especially due to the high speed of the Sky
Stick. They were almost pushed off the Sky Stick. Xuan had to lay low on it and the
other three had to grab onto the rope tightly.
About a minute later, Xuan piloted the Sky Stick out of the water. The air was still
warm. A reddish fire was burning from afar. However, the bees didn’t stop there.
They were swarming toward the fleet as expected. The first of their victims were the
buildings near the shore and the soldiers inside. Numerous soldiers were screaming
as they ran to the barbed wires where the insecticide was.
As soon as the Sky Stick got out of the water, Xuan piloted it toward the nearest ship.
They had to fly near the surface to avoid getting detected by radar and the three
hanging on ropes were dragging on top of the water. Fortunately, since it was the
darkest hour before dawn, no one would notice the unusual rolling water.
Zheng suddenly felt a sense of danger from beneath, a chilling sense of killing intent.
He shouted to Xuan immediately. “Go up!”
Xuan piloted the Sky Stick upward. It was capable of lifting ten meters in just a moment.
At the same time, a round mouth swam up to where they were. Countless
teeth the size of a finger filled the mouth. When the owner of this mouth came out
of the water, they saw that it was a giant starfish, or perhaps a species related to it.
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The three people hanging on ropes gulped and felt a chill over the body. Dying in
a battle, to a gun was acceptable. Death wasn’t scary, but getting chewed by that
mouth was a different kind of horror.
Xuan said. “Then we will fly at this height, but that’s taking another risk.” The Sky
Stick accelerated to its maximum speed. They could feel the strong wind blowing
past. Then the ship came into sight.
Zheng counted the time and distance quietly. When it was only 500 meters away,
he shouted. “Attack!” He pulled the ring on the grenade he was holding for some
time and threw it over. It exploded in the center of the deck and caught dozens of
soldiers around it. The main gun nearby was destroyed. Though the missiles didn’t
get set off.
The EMP rifle roared loudly. The gun showed its full power being at a height advantage.
Needle like bullets caused a scraping sound from the metal deck. The sound
went all the way to the bottom of the ship as if it were being torn apart. All the people
on the deck were easily shredded to pieces, including some weapons.
Zheng and WangXia were shocked. The gun seemed too powerful even as a sci-fi
weapon. Furthermore, it had unlimited ammos. Kampa would have been able to take
the ship on his own if he just continued like this.
As the Sky Stick flew over the ship, the EMP rifle basically sprayed every area of the
deck. A few missiles were caught and caused explosions. After they crossed the
ship, another bigger explosion occurred. They looked back to see half the ship had
sunk in a sea of fire. More explosions were happening inside the ship and soon it
slowly slid into the sea.
Everyone aside from Xuan was shocked by their weapons. Even as a sci-fi weapon,
the EMP rifle was more powerful than the average energy weapon and had a horrifying
range and speed. When given unlimited ammos, it was the king of mid to long
range battles.
WangXia was shocked by the explosion radius of just a small bomb. It was almost
equivalent to a nuclear bomb of the same size and mass. Furthermore, he still had
many of these timed bombs on hand, enough for him to sink a ship on his own.
Xuan said. “Kampa, is the gun barrel boiling hot?”
The other three people looked at the barrel and saw that it had turned white. That
temperature seemed even higher than softened metal that was burned to red. However,
the alloy used in the gun didn’t seem soft or going to melt at this point.
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“Kampa, don’t use the gun again for some time. It originally had a shooting time of
a few seconds then a cool down time during reload. However, the unlimited ammo
version took away the cool down time. Continuous use will cause the metal to fatigue.
If you don’t want to ruin this gun, don’t use it for half an hour.” Xuan said calmly then
headed toward another ship.
“Wait! Didn’t you just say he should use the EMP rifle? What are we doing over there?”
Zheng immediately shouted.
Xuan replied. “Did you not heard the notification? Each of us obtained 1000 points.
Furthermore, just sinking one ship might only seem like an accident to the Navy.
Since we already sunk one, it doesn’t hurt to sink another.” Xuan said without stopping.
The ship had caught them in the searchlight. Several helicopters took off and headed
toward them. The artilleries were also firing at their way. Fortunately, the Sky Stick
moved fast enough and Xuan was still in his unlocked mode. He dodged all the
projectiles while flying toward the ship.
Kampa thought of firing but the whiteness of the barrel made him stop each time he
raised the gun. At the same time, several anti-air missiles shot out from the ship and
air-to-air missiles from the helicopters. These missiles had their guidance system
locked onto the Sky Stick. They were two kilometers away.
Zheng’s eyes defocused. He aimed the Gatling cannon at the missiles. The trajectory
paths appeared in his head as if something pre-calculated them. Then he pulled the
trigger of the Gatling cannon.
As the Gatling cannon fired, the missiles exploded mid air one by one. Xuan seemed
to know that Zheng would do this in advance. He flew the Sky Stick toward the ship
without stopping. Those on the ship stared with their mouth wide open at this never
seen before aircraft, and the unbelievable shooting accuracy. No helicopter would
have thought about shooting down missiles. It wasn’t just an issue with accuracy but
also reacting fast enough to aim for one missile after another.
However, Zheng did it under the enhanced reaction speed in the unlocked mode.
Those on the ship watched as the hoverboard flew through the explosions. The
Gatling cannon also aimed at the deck.
When the Gatling cannon began the next round of fire, numerous bullets hit the surface
of the ship. Unfortunately, it wasn’t even near the power of the EMP rifle. The
cannon shots didn’t even penetrate the metal layer of the deck and only got the
soldiers on the surface. At the same time, WangXia threw a timed bomb and two
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mines. A huge explosion occurred after they flew across the ship. The heat waves
nearly caught them into the blast. This explosion was much more powerful than the
missiles that exploded before. They turned around to see the whole deck was torn
apart. Though the explosion only impacted the top of the deck and wasted most of
its force.
Xuan said. “Not enough. We haven’t received the reward notifications yet, which
means the ship isn’t sinking. Zheng, WangXia, use the gravity mine.”
They paused for a moment. Then WangXia took out the gravity mine, a black sphere.
Who would have known this little sphere would destroy anything within two hundred
meters?
Zheng took the mine from WangXia. The activation weight was set at 5 kilograms.
Then he said. “Fly back. I will throw it.”
Xuan flew the Sky Stick back over the ruined ship. Zheng had already thrown the
gravity mine down. Then he threw a grenade without pulling its ring. After the mine
landed, the grenade hit the mine. A suction force immediately pulled everything
toward the mine. They could feel this force even in mid air. Thankfully, the Sky Stick
was able to fly them out from this force. The force became smaller and smaller as
they flew further away. After they reached a kilometer from the ship, they turned
around and was appalled.
Most of the ship was rolled into an incomplete ball with many parts of it filled with
water. Explosions were occurring inside the ball. Fire from the explosions escaped
but then immediately got sucked back. Before long, this ball sunk into the sea.
This destruction left the four of them standing in place for a moment until horrifying
buzzing sounds brought them back to reality. Miserable screams were coming from
every ship nearby. Countless bees had swarmed these ships. The navy and solders
were running but that was only futile. Each time a group of bees caught them, they
would soon turn into skeletons.
Originally, Xuan’s plan was to cause chaos by sinking two ships so the rest of the fleet
wouldn’t have time to look for them. Then they could take the chance to enter Isla
Nublar. However, the current consequence would likely be the whole fleet getting
destroyed, differing from Xuan’s plan.
Zheng and the other two couldn’t bring themselves to look at the scene. Xuan turned
the Sky Stick around and flew away. Then they dived into the water just like before.
The Sky Stick flew underwater for about two minutes before surfacing. Kampa and
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WangXia immediately coughed and breath in air.
Zheng was silent for a while before he asked. “Have you thought of this situation?
To let the insects attack the navy and wipe them out so we can enter the island in
this chaos?”
Xuan’s voice was indifferent. “No. Things often differ from expectations. I am not a
god. I can’t consider every possibility. That’s god’s domain.”
“If you can…” Zheng said with his head down. “Although this may sound hypocritical,
since we have decided to attack the navy in the beginning. But try to kill less when
we are guaranteed to live. It’s understandable to kill to survive but people in this
world don’t know that they are part of a movie. They are also living humans. I hope
this kind of tragedy doesn’t happen again.”
Xuan disagreed decisively. “That’s impossible. If I have known this, I will definitely
lure the bees to the fleet. This will offer the biggest advantage to us. Chaos that’s
enough to wipe out this fleet will definitely incur a reaction from the carrier fleet. We
can take this chance to enter the island. Furthermore, the governments will only
pay attention to the documents we have after they realize the potential threat of the
insects. That’s the key to completing the third bonus mission. So your suggestion is
unreasonable. I won’t agree unless…”
“Unless?” Zheng knew that he was being unreasonable and expected this reaction
from Xuan, but he was shocked to hear the unless.
Xuan said. “The reason we are doing this is because we lack the power to complete
the missions with just ourselves. If you are strong enough, or if the team is strong
enough to disregard these tricks then we won’t have to involve so many people. If
you are as strong as the clone you described then you could totally avoid everything
that happened.”
In the end, it was still the problem with strength. Zheng felt a bit down but then he
realized that strength was what he had been searching for. Strength was the basis to
completing the bonus missions, to reviving his team, and to fighting his clone! If he
didn’t want people in the movies getting used and massacred, his only choice was
to become strong, strong enough to ignore everything!
Even though the fight ended with a tragedy, all four of them here were tough. A
minute of silence later, Kampa and WangXia returned to normal and discussed about
their weapons. Kampa kept mentioning the limitation of the EMP rifle and begged
Xuan to come up with something.
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“That’s out of my capability. This gun is a sci-fi weapon to begin with. The technology
is approximately 150 years beyond the real world, one level higher than gauss
weapons. EMP is on the same level as laser weapons. Its biggest limitation is supposed
to be the reloading time but your weapon doesn’t have this limitation. And
you still want it to fire without stopping? That will raise the worth of this weapon to
tier B or at least higher.”
That was true. Since a single person with the EMP rifle could sink a ship. So Kampa
didn’t say anything after grumbling for a bit. WangXia was also quite dissatisfied with
the bombs. He was going to ask Xuan on how to insert the bombs into the target
before detonating when they heard ten jets flew over them. The jets were heading
toward the almost destroyed fleet.
Chapter 7
As the jets flew past, Xuan piloted the Sky Stick over the sea. It went under the jets
with the help of the darkness. The jets obviously wouldn’t notice such a small object
during the night. They continued flying ahead at a high speed.
The group let out a sigh of relief after the jets went away and Xuan said. “Everyone
can take a break. It takes around an hour to reach the island since the weight of four
people lowered the speed of the Sky Stick by 10 to 20 percent. The island is over
600 kilometers away so we will see it in around an hour.”
Fatigue struck their bodies once they became relaxed. The series of fights and the
torrents underwater put their bodies and mind in a tensed state. One of the main
reason they came out without a dent was due to Xuan’s piloting technique. Otherwise,
one wave of bullets and missiles would have shot them down. Their powerful
weapons wouldn’t be of much use in that situation.
After several minutes of resting, Xuan said calmly. “I will take this time to analyze the
current situation and rewards.”
Zheng and the other two people looked at each other. Their eyes were filled with
delight. These risks were dangerous and almost put them in a desperate situation.
They could still feel a chill deep in their bones when they thought of those bees that
covered the whole sky.
“The reward from the bonus mission is 4000 points and 2 rank C rewards. Sinking
two ships is 2000 points. Even without counting the dinosaurs we killed on the way,
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each of us got 6000 points and the rank C rewards. However, we were deducted
4000 points so that put us at 2000 points in the end.”
The three of them were excited until that last sentence dumbfounded them. Xuan
continued. “You probably didn’t pay attention to the notifications during battle. We
caused a large amount of insects escaped Isla Sorna in advance and were rewarded
negative 4000 points. Fortunately, God only took away the points. This is what we
are discussing.”
“Changing the plot doesn’t always end in a reward. To the contrary, some changes
may cause a chain reaction that will result in a punishment from God. The negative
reward was one of such. Furthermore, that notification included the whole team
China. The three newbies may not make it out alive.”
This shocking news left them unable to react. After quite a while, Zheng said .”Aren’t
there two more bonus missions? We can’t bring them to Isla Nublar but they should
be able to join in on the third bonus mission. I think…”
Xuan shook his head. “This is what I am planning to say. But before that, let’s organize
the information we have on bonus missions and their patterns. First, the bonus
missions will change the main plot in an unpredictable way. The bigger this change
is, the bigger our reward is. The reward from this change can be positive or negative
reward. However, completing a bonus mission will give us a positive reward. This is
the first pattern.”
“Second, the more dangerous a situation is, the higher the reward, which can be seen
from the research facility. We were lucky to have gone there at a time when many
insects were dying. We had a high speed transportation tool. If it was a helicopter or
airplane instead, we would have gotten caught by the bees. And we had someone
that could quickly identify the document and Zheng to complete the mission. Without
any of these, the male male bees and queen bee could have killed us in the facility.”
“Third, the more people required for the bonus mission, the more that will obtain the
reward. Only the four of us were rewarded when we completed the bonus mission
in Isla Sorna. However, the negative reward included everyone in the team. Do you
still remember the Scorpion King mission? Even though I participated in the mission
but you were the only one that obtained a reward. So that means the number of
participants is determined by the bonus mission, not by us. For example, if a bonus
mission only rewards five people and a team of twenty participated, the five that did
the most work will be rewarded.”
Xuan’s tone was still calm and indifferent. “Based on these three rules, the third
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bonus mission probably has a very low reward, and only includes one person. You
can choose one of the newbies to save. However, whether it succeeds is still dependent
on the how much is rewarded. I personally favor Luo Gando.”
Kampa and WangXia turned to Zheng. He clenched his teeth in silence. Everyone
could feel the struggle he was experiencing. Even though he didn’t want to abandon
any newbies, he must make a decision in this situation,
Zheng muttered. “Is there no other way? Only one of them can live?”
“There is. Based on our current situation.” Xuan fixed his hair and turned toward
the rising sun. “We can pick up them now and head toward Isla Nublar together.
Since the first bonus mission was enough to reward four people, the chance that the
second mission rewards even more people is high. However, that will decrease the
speed of the Sky Stick further by 30 to 40 percent. This is the first problem. Secondly,
if we are attacked during the mission, can these normal people face the situations
calmly? Are they certain to not drag us behind? It’s your choice.”
Zheng knew what Xuan said was true. Yet, truth wasn’t always easy to accept. If
someone were to say that either you or a stranger could live, would you give this
chance away? No, you would seize this hope for yourself. Such was human nature.
There was no one to blame for selfishness.
Xuan said calmly. “If you can’t make this decision, I will do it.”
“No.” Zheng said. “I understand the responsibility of a leader. That is to protect the
team members’ lives and interests. We are still rebuilding our team and the three
of you don’t have another chance to revive. I can’t exchange your safety for a few
newbies. This is a cruel decision but we proceed with the original plan and give the
third bonus mission to Gando. This is my order as the leader of team China!”
Kampa and WangXia both sighed and felt relieved. Even though this was cruel but
the merciful would not take charge of an army. Sometimes, a decisive leader was
the needed for the majority to survive. Furthermore, the three newbies still weren’t
part of the team yet. At least not part of the team revolving around Zheng.
Zheng said in a serious tone, “In the end, we are still too weak. Not just in exchanges
but also in creating our own powers. Perhaps it’s too early to say this but if we happen
to live through movies easily in the future, I will revive the newbies and give them a
second chance. Hoho, hope that day comes.”
Xuan’s voice came from above. “Ok, now that’s been decided, we will continue on
to the difficulties of bonus missions. Basing off other rankings in the system, the
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lowest difficulty is D, then DD, then C and so forth. The one we just completed is a
CC difficulty. The one Zheng completed in The Mummy is B. You only receive double
rewards for doing it in advance. If we are to categorize them, C should be considered
hard. However, with the right methods, it shouldn’t be too dangerous. Just like how
we used smoke to enter the facility.”
“B difficulty is life threatening. Judging from the Scorpion King mission, it’s set at
around 80% chance for a team wipe. So BB should be 90%. I can’t imagine how difficult
A and above is. That kind of missions might even cause casualties at those who
didn’t participate. Based on our performance, the hardest difficulty we can complete
safely is CC. We should avoid B and above missions.”
Zheng thought for a bit. “You mean the mission in Isla Nublar might be too difficult?”
Xuan said, “Basically. We can see from this document that the mad scientist discovered
a method to manipulate genetics. He originally planned to enhance humans
in order to make humans evolve. This is similar to what God is currently doing, except
he tried to play God and do it with external forces. His method is successful in
some ways. The substance he developed can stimulate an organism to unravel the
secluded genes of their ancient forms, such as those large bees.”
“Secondly, when one of the organisms undergone this change, its genes mutated
and DNA reconstructed into something unusual. The document said he placed that
infant life in Isla Nublar. Dragon is the only name that suits this mutated organism.
This makes me worry.”
“Dragon? Dinosaur? It couldn’t be Godzilla right?” Kampa laughed.
The others also smiled. They didn’t worry much about dinosaurs, even if it was a
Godzilla. The Sky Stick could keep them in a safe distance to gun down the Godzilla.
They had absolute advantage over life forms that couldn’t fly.
The sky was still a little dim. A trace of sunrise crept up in the horizon and they finally
saw the fleet. All the ships were well lit. It seemed like what happened in Isla Sorna
had forced this fleet to head there. Hope they wouldn’t encounter the swarm of bees
and become the next victims where everyone died but the ships were still intact.
Xuan lowered the Sky Stick near the surface of the sea after he saw the fleet. They
were still some distance away so the chance of being detected was slim unless the
fleet was specifically searching for them. Soon, they flew past the fleet and Isla Nublar
came into view.
“The island where the first movie took place and our possible second bonus mission.”
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The group landed on the beach. They wanted to move around a bit after hanging
there for so long and this flight had put excess burden on the non-official Sky Stick.
It was better to let its energy system cool down a bit.
The sky had gotten brighter by this time. Half the sun was up in the horizon, shining
over this yet to be polluted beach. If the dinosaurs didn’t exist, this would be a holiday
resort.
They moved around for a bit. Zheng took out the solidified water and compressed
food. It was necessary to refill their energy after a night of fighting, and to take on
the possible, more intense fight.
After a while of resting, Zheng said to Xuan. “Can you deduce what this mission is
going to be about?”
Xuan shook his head. “Not possible. We know too little at this point. Although it can
be certain to be related to that organism, but this island is bigger than Isla Sorna. It’s
too difficult to find a specific organism. Furthermore, we can’t be certain if the whole
island is polluted with that substance, which might mean another attack by swarms
of insects. I can’t known something out of nothing unless you give me enough information.”
Zheng looked at Kampa and WangXia. They provided a lot of help in the previous
mission. So this unknown mission made him hesitate. All three of them were important
but aside from their weapons, they were not that much different from normal
people. There’s a high chance to get killed if they were ambushed by dinosaurs.
Zheng thought for a bit then asked. “How long will the Sky Stick take to cool down?
Is an hour enough?”
Xuan nodded. “The fact is, we can use it now but its value is irreplaceable until I can
create it. So I wish to let it cool for forty minutes to an hour.”
“That will be enough. I am going to probe inside the island in the meantime. Kampa,
protect this place. If you see something else moves, shoot it. WangXia plant mines
around here and set the trigger weight to 300 kilograms. We don’t need to use mines
on the smaller velociraptors.”
Zheng then took out the Spear of Osiris. The axe was left in the facility when it was
stuck to the queen bee’s stinger. There was no time for him to take off the axe so
he had to give it up. Now, he didn’t have a close combat weapon. The spear would
have to do for now.
Zheng ran into the forest. Kampa entered an alert state. And WangXia began planting
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mines in a two hundred meter radius.
This forest was planted by humans. There was a set distance between each tree.
However, it had been abandoned for too long. Withered branches and leaves filled
the ground. Though this didn’t affect Zheng’s running. He continued heading deep
into the forest.
The atmosphere was strange. He didn’t see a single dinosaur on the way, not even
the remains of a dinosaur. There were also no giant insects. The insects here were
still in their normal sizes. Which meant this island wasn’t polluted with the substance.
Zheng let out a sigh of relief. The insects from Isla Sorna gave him a lot of stress.
With the insect problem gone, he was getting confused on why was it so quiet here.
So quiet that it seemed like there was no large animals.
A quietness like being at the border of a beast’s lair. A beast that had eaten all its
preys.
Zheng continued going forward with this feeling of uncertainty. He still hadn’t found
a single dinosaur no matter how deep he was into the forest. Or had the navy cleared
all of them? Then why did the fleet garrisoned outside the island?
Curiosity and nervousness rose in his heart. The feeling of danger became increasingly
vivid as he went deeper into this island. This was an instinctive feeling of an
animal. Like walking toward a beast, stressful and unbearable.
Zheng continued running for ten more minutes. After counting the time, the Sky Stick
would finish cooling down if he were to head back to the beach now. So he stopped
and was about to turn around when a red bone caught his eye. The bone seemed
fresh. Zheng immediately ran over.
This bone seemed like it belonged to a giant animal, a shoulder blade. The blood had
dried up but still looked red. Its owner obviously died not long ago. However, Zheng’s
attention was focused on a row of large holes on the bone. The holes pierced through
the bone and was as thick as his arm. How big was the owner of the beast with such
large teeth?
Zheng gasped. In fact, judging by the shape of these holes, those teeth might be
even bigger because this seemed like just the front portion of the teeth. So the size
of its owner would be several times bigger than a T-Rex. That was simply horrifying.
There hadn’t been any carnivores of such scale in Earth.
A sudden, loud noise came from outside the forest. Zheng immediately used the
movement technique to jump up to a 10 meter tall tree. A large T-Rex was running at
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his direction while roaring. It didn’t look like it was chasing after a prey. Just simply
running. As he was about to turn around and get away, he halted in place. He stared
at the T-Rex’s direction with his eyes wide open.
Dragon! That was a real western dragon! With horn, scales, wings, and a lizard
shaped body. The dragon had a body length of about 30 meters. It was running
after the T-Rex. Due to the difference in size, it quickly caught up to the T-Rex then
bit its head. The bite almost took away the T-Rex head in whole. Zheng finally found
out the origin of the holes to that shoulder blade.
“The Lost World: Jurassic Park bonus mission, slay the dinosaur mutant. The slayer
receives a rank B reward and 5000 points. Assisting members each receive a rank C
reward and 4000 points. This organism belong to magical beasts. Long range high
tech weapons are nullified. If the organism isn’t slayed within 24 hours, all members
that participated in the attack will be erased.”
Zheng gulped as he heard the notification because he saw the dragon tore off the
upper body of the T-Rex as it raised its head. That strength was horrifying. Its size
was equally shocking. The stress coming from a 30 meter long organism made his
body tremble despite being so far away. He wasn’t scared, but his body felt the
danger.
Zheng immediately turned around and ran toward the beach without a second
thought. Fortunately, the dragon was focusing its attention on devouring the T-Rex
and didn’t notice the tiny human running away. After Zheng ran for a kilometer, he
heard a roar coming from behind. An unconscious roar that signaled it was full. The
roar was loud as thunder. It made his ears painful despite the distance. But he had
no time to pay any attention and focused all his energy on running.
After charging out of the forest, Zheng saw Xuan, WangXia and Kampa standing by
the shore safely. He let out a sigh of relief and headed over to them. There were
obvious traces of mines on the beach but they didn’t have to disguise the mines
against dinosaurs. Zheng easily bypassed the mines and reached the group.
Kampa and WangXia asked simultaneously. “What was that noise just now?”
They looked at each other then Kampa said. “Shit, is it really a Godzilla? So they
actually come from genetic mutations?”
Zheng didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. He sighed. “More scary than Godzilla. I
saw a dragon, a real dragon.”
The other three turned theirs eyes toward him. Xuan nodded. “These dinosaurs can
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be considered dragons. We are insignificant when compared to them in size.”
Zheng scratched his head and drew in the air with his hands. “Not dinosaurs, a
dragon from the legends. Uh, I mean a real dragon exists in this island. I received
a notification from God as soon as I saw it. Killing the mutated dinosaur rewards the
slayer a rank B reward and 5000 points. Assisting members receive a rank C reward
and 4000 points. Sounds nice but God also said that long range high tech weapons
are nullified against the magical beast. Which means we can only fight it in close
range. But you didn’t see it with your own eyes. It was tens of meters big and bit a
T-Rex in half. Fuck, how could God not allow long ranged weapons.”
Xuan was looking at him calmly the whole time. He thought in silence after hearing
the whole thing. Then he asked some details about the bonus mission, such as the
time, location, or other restriction. He began pondering again when he heard the 24
hour time limit.
“Your Spear of Osiris isn’t a long range high tech weapon. The gravity mines are high
tech weapons but belong to close range. Which means we still have a pretty good
chance. I don’t know if missiles count since the explosions are close range but they
are launched from distance. So we have to test.” Xuan muttered.
Several minutes later, Xuan said again. “Then let’s go take a look at the dragon first.
I will attack with the missiles from the Sky Stick. If missiles are effective, we can kill it
easily. Otherwise, you will have to attack with the Spear of Osiris. There’s no time to
waste. Let’s go since the carrier fleet hasn’t gone too far away. We can lure it to the
fleet if missiles are effective.”
Zheng thought for a bit and replied. “Let me go alone. You haven’t seen the dragon
yet so the bonus mission hasn’t activated for you. Instead of dying together if we
can’t finish the mission, it’s better for me to fight alone. I can control the Sky Stick
and use the Spear of Osiris. If I do die, then you can go back safely and revive me. I
still haven’t revived through the Book of Amun-Ra.” Zheng took out the Book of the
Dead and the Book of Amun-Ra from his ring then handed them over.
Yet, no one took the books from him. Kampa shouted. “Fuck. Who do you think you
are? Superman? And what are we? I have been fighting with you as part of team
China! How can I watch you go fight with your life by yourself while we escape back
to God’s dimension like a dog? I will never be so worthless in my life!”
WangXia also said with a low and deep voice. “He’s right. My bombs aren’t long
range high tech weapons so I can give you help. Let me go with you!”
Zheng didn’t say anything. He turned to Xuan with the two books. Xuan adjusted his
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glasses as if he hadn’t seen the books. “Although you sound like you are right but I
can’t be certain if we can revive someone by combining points from all three people.
If not, none of us has the points and rewards to revive you. Which means we will go
through one or more movies without a leader. Do you think we will ever get a good
chance to revive you if we don’t know what movie is coming next? Instead of losing
the leader and most powerful person in the team, let us make the bet with our lives!”
Chapter 8
Still Xuan who piloted the Sky Stick. The other three people hung onto the ropes just
like before.
Zheng wanted to pilot the Sky Stick at first but Xuan shut him up with a reply. “You’re
too impulsive. It will make everyone of us feel dangerous.” He had no choice but to
accept this reality.
They checked their equipments carefully before boarding. Their best weapon for
slaying dinosaurs, the EMP rifle, was rendered useless. In contrast, if bombs were
effective, the last gravity mine was probably the key to killing the dragon. Since it
was a close range weapon that was capable of killing the dragon. The question was,
how would they get the dragon to step on it?
“It has a pair of wings just like dragons in legends. God also said it’s a magical beast
so I think it can fly. Having the dragon step on the mine is the most difficult problem
we have now.” Zheng sighed.
WangXia touched the black sphere and said. “Isn’t there twenty four hours? Can this
be the time given to us to find the dragon’s pattern? Like where it would go everyday,
where it hunts for preys, the location of its lair. We can plant the mine at somewhere
it passes through.”
Xuan nodded. “Quite possible. That might be the use of these twenty four hours.
That’s why we need to observe the dragon now. Zheng, how far away from it were
you? We shouldn’t get past this distance when there are too many uncertainties.”
Zheng thought for a bit then said. “Around two kilometers. Since it was hunting for
the T-Rex, I am not sure if it saw me or not.”
They heard the dragon’s deep roar again as their conversation went on. They looked
at each other then Xuan piloted the Sky Stick toward the direction of the roar. In a
few minutes, they saw a black figure below.
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This western dragon was approximately 38 meters from head to tail, 20 meters in
height. The ground trembled with each step it took.
This was Zheng’s second time seeing the dragon. He didn’t panic like before.
Though Kampa and WangXia totally shocked with their mouths wide open. To be
honest, Zheng wanted to see Xuan’s expression right now. Even a totally logical
person should feel strange at something that couldn’t be explained with science.
“How’s it? Did you get the notifications yet?” Zheng asked in a low voice.
Kampa and WangXia both nodded. They weren’t looking that great. You couldn’t
imagine the this feeling by just hearing it from someone. They finally understood
why Zheng pulled out the two books. If the mine wasn’t effective, this bonus mission
might be the end of them.
Xuan had turned the Sky Stick around. They landed after flying for five kilometers.
The roars were still so clear despite the distance. The dragon was just too huge and
it didn’t hinder its speed. In contrast, the brontosaurus that had a huge body was
slow.
Their faces weren’t looking good. Xuan was frowning, perhaps because he was
thinking intensely or because he wasn’t in a good mood. He crouched down and
drew on the ground with a tree branch.
“Let’s sum up the descriptions of dragons in games, movies, anime, and novels. What
is the strongest dragon like? And what is the weakest one like?” Xuan muttered.
Kampa said first. “I like reading novels that follow D&D rules. Dragons usually know
draconic magic. Their strength tend to be proportional to their age. But this one is
too huge. A dragon this size is at least a great wyrm or even older. In the rules, this
kind of dragon can easily destroy a city with magic. Its breath attacks can rival an
army. Though we can’t even fight a young adult in close range following the rules.”
Xuan drew on the ground then said. “This dragon can’t be as powerful as you said
with a rank B reward difficulty. Setting its size aside, it’s certain the dragon can’t use
any magic, or we wouldn’t be able to kill it even with a surprise attack.” He then
turned to WangXia.
WangXia said. “I don’t have any idea on this. I usually spent my time training and
going on missions. There was not much time for this type of novels and movies.
Sorry.”
“No need to apologize.” Zheng patted his shoulder. “Everyone has their speciality.
Just like my attacks, your explosives, Kampa’s firepower, and Xuan’s analysis. We
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are a team. As to the dragons, I just saw the movie Eragon a while ago. That dragon
can’t use any magic. Aside from body attacks and flying, it can only use a fire breath
attack. However, its size is vastly different from this one. The dragon in the movie is
only several meters long, more like a flying lizard.”
Xuan drew a bit more then muttered. “To sum it up, based on the hint that this is a
magical beast, we can’t judge it with science. It is certain to be able to fly despite its
size. Secondly, it can use a breath attack, be it fire, ice, acid, or poison. These are
the characteristics of all magical dragons. In other words, we aren’t absolutely safe
even if the Sky Stick is faster than it. Third, there’s a 10% chance it can use magic.
If that’s the case, then we are done for. Lastly, is the question about its perception.
Does it has any special ability beyond scientific reasoning? Such as is it certain to
discover us when we get close enough? Will it discover the mine that we set? How
effective are other high tech weapons?”
Xuan stood up. “This is our current situation. My suggestion is not to fight it face
to face. We will start with a mine attack. If it works then the mission is completed.
Otherwise, we will test missiles to see whether it is completely or partially immuned.
This is important. If it’s the latter, we can lure it to the carrier fleet in the twenty four
hours and use the fleet’s power against it. Let’s set the mine first.”
They were being extremely careful. Xuan piloted the Sky Stick up, then he and Zheng
studied the ground. Places where trees were broken were obviously stepped on by
the dragon. A few places had large piles of bones, and one place stacked with a large
amount of trees and branches. Its shape seemed to be where the dragon rested. The
dragon was currently not far away from his resting place.
“WangXia, set a timed bomb here with a 5 minute timer. A second one behind this
with a 5 minute 30 second timer. Another one here with a 6 minute timer. Set the
gravity mine in between the 5 minute 30 second and 6 minute bombs.”
Xuan was pointing at a canyon. The canyon was huge enough that even the dragon
could enter. Its body would cover half the width of the canyon. Even though it could
still turn around but it would definitely get caught in the gravity mine’s area of effect.
“This is basically the only suitable place for the gravity mine. Instead of waiting for
luck to make it step on it, we can lure it over with some tricks.”
Xuan sighed after he finished talking. Kampa and WangXia didn’t feel anything different
but it was inconceivable to Zheng that he would sigh.
Zheng patted him on the shoulder and said. “Are you alright?”
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Xuan shook his head. “Not an issue. Let’s get through this crisis first. The risk is too
high this time. This bonus mission is obviously more than what we can handle. To be
honest, this is much higher than the Scorpion King mission. You were the only one
that received a reward for that quest but this one will reward anyone that participated.
I think there’s only a 30% chance the dragon will step on the mine. So I don’t have
high hopes.”
Zheng gripped his spear and slapped his hand on Xuan’s shoulder. Then he turned
to Kampa and WangXia. “Let’s go. No point overthinking it. Do what’s in front of us.
It’s our fate whether we succeed or fail. Go!” Zheng said this determination which
surprised the other three. But it also gave them a sense of security.
Kampa laughed and punched Zheng on the shoulder. Even WangXia patted him on
the shoulder. Xuan came over and said calmly. “My shoulder is swollen. No bones
are damaged. I will remember this.” He stepped onto the Sky Stick and waited for
them to get ready.
Zheng shivered and said in a low voice. “Don’t you feel that he’s scary? Never imagined
he would hold grudges.”
The Sky Stick lifted up and flew toward the canyon.
Twenty four hours was enough time that they didn’t have to rush. They split into two
groups with Kampa and WangXia setting up the bombs and mine while Zheng and
Xuan monitored the dragon.
This dragon was lazy. It rolled around in soil after finishing the T-Rex then slept on
top of a stack of tree branches. They could hear its snore from several kilometers
away.
The dragon didn’t seem like waking up after the bombs and mine were set. They
had a short discussion and decided to test the missiles with this opportunity. Even if
the missiles were ineffective, that would lure the dragon over to the canyon. There
was no need to wait for it to wake up before attacking.
Zheng stepped on the Sky Stick and said to the other three who were planning to
get on. “Go find a place to hide. Long range weapons aren’t useful anyway. We only
need to lure it to the canyon so let me do it alone. I also have the spear I can use.
Maybe this spear’s powerful enough to injure it.”
Kampa and WangXia halted. They looked at their weapons and fell to a silence. Xuan
nodded. “Right. Our weapons are probably useless against the dragon. More people
will just lower the speed and flexibility of the Sky Stick. Go do it alone but remem-
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ber not to fly too high. If this dragon can fly, it will fly to your height. There are no
requirement to speed and distance. Just stay in front of it and lead it to the canyon.”
Zheng nodded then laughed. The Sky Stick lifted up. After WangXia started the timer
on the bombs and everyone ran off, he began flying the Sky Stick toward the dragon.
In a few minutes, the dragon came into view. It was still sleeping on the stack of
branches.
Zheng activated the missile attack of the Sky Stick. Three mini air to ground missiles
struck its head. The explosion covered the dragon’s head in flame. The branches
and leaves also caught the fire. The dragon suddenly stood up from the ground.
Zheng looked over and saw its head intact. There was not even a trace of burned
mark from the explosion.
The dragon searched around with its eyes wide open. When it noticed Zheng in mid
air, it roared fiercely. Its loud voice struck Zheng’s head. He immediately entered the
first stage of the unlocked mode and focused his attention on piloting the Sky Stick
away.
After the roar, the dragon charged after Zheng. Its running speed was approximately
120 km to 150 km. However, that was still slower than the Sky Stick. Zheng had no
choice but to slow down and wait for the dragon. It seemed to get impatient as it
couldn’t catch Zheng. The dragon growled and a light smoke was coming out from
its nose.
A sense of danger suddenly struck him violently when he was about to slow down
again. The degree of this feeling was among the strongest he had felt. He changed
the direction of the Sky Stick without thinking and charged to the side. The Sky
Stick’s mobility was shown when it accelerated from 100km to 300km in under a
second. That momentum almost threw Zheng off. He quickly got down and hugged
the Sky Stick.
The dragon raised its head and breathed in. The air stretched its stomach quite a
bit. Then a pillar of fire spurted out from its mouth. The fire missed the Sky Stick by
just several meters and left Zheng staggered. A burned trail of ten meters wide and
a hundred meters long appeared in the forest. Everything on its path was instantly
vaporized, leaving nothing but heat behind.
(Horrifying power. Getting caught certainly means death. Is this the power of magic?
I wonder how does it compare to the clone’s black flame.)
Zheng still could felt the dread of the attack. When he saw the dragon turned its
head toward him, he immediately adjusted the Sky Stick’s direction and sped up.
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This time though, he got up at least 300 meters ahead of the dragon before slowing
down. Even then he didn’t let his guard down a bit. This dragon was living up to its
appearance.
Before long, Zheng lured the dragon to the entrance of the canyon then he entered it.
The dragon followed after without stopping. Within ten seconds of it stepping inside,
an explosion occurred in front of it and consumed it. Zheng looked back just to see
another pillar of fire spurted out from that explosion which scared him to immediately
fly forward.
The dragon came out from the fire intact. The explosion didn’t cause any damage
but it was at least effective and left traces of smoke on its body.
As the dragon continued charging forward, another explosion consumed it. It
seemed to be entering a frenzy state as it ran out from the fire. It didn’t spurt out
fire this time but instead roared. Its wings began flapping as it ran, approaching the
gravity mine. 50 meters, 30 meters, 10…
Just as the dragon was about to step on the mine, its foot halted mid air. The dragon
sniffed around at the area, ignoring Zheng who was flying back and forth in front of it.
The last timed bomb exploded and it finally got up. However, it didn’t take this step
in the end and ran away from the canyon in a frenzy.
Zheng was dumbfounded as he watched it ran away. He followed behind the dragon
while attacking it with the missiles. The missiles had absolutely no effect as before.
The dragon ran out of the canyon while roaring, stirring up a trail of dust behind it.
Its wings slowly started flapping and actually lifted the thirty meter long body defying
the laws of physics. It was flying toward a point in mid air at at least 300 kilometers
an hour.
Zheng suddenly had a bad feeling and immediately followed it with the Sky Stick. He
finally saw what the dragon’s targets were, Xuan and the other two on a hill. They
were running down the hill but their speed wasn’t going to make it before the dragon
arrives. The dragon raised its head and began inhaling, an attack that would vaporize
the three people.
“Ah!” This drove Zheng insane. These three were his important comrades that he
revived with much difficulty and the future of team China. None of them were replaceable.
Furthermore, after surviving the life and death situations together, they
had became comrades till the end of their lives. How could he let them die here?
Zheng raised the Spear of Osiris without a moment of hesitation. The dragon had
almost finished inhaling. There was no time for him to charge the spear. He only
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rushed 20% of his qi and blood energy into the spear, just enough for a golden glow
to appear, before he threw it out. The flame had just appeared inside the dragon’s
mouth but the spear pierced from the back of its neck through its mouth at the last
second.
That force almost penetrated the dragon and stopped the flame from spurting out.
Part of the flame leaked out from the dragon’s mouth and part came out from the
back of its heck. The dragon cried in pain then fell to the ground. Its huge body
caused the ground to tremble. Zheng didn’t have the time to check if the dragon
was still alive. He headed toward the other three people in full speed and began
tying the ropes to the Sky Stick.
The three people were also scared by the look of their faces. They probably saw the
power of the dragon’s fire breath on the hill. So when the dragon prepared its attack,
they were also prepared to die. No one expected that Zheng actually saved them in
the last second. This feeling of touring the edge of hell halted their thoughts for a
moment. Though they quickly recovered since this was such an urgent situation and
stepped onto the ropes.
This series of events happened in under a minute. No one said a word the whole
time. Everyone focused their attention when their lives were on the line. After the
Sky Stick lifted up again, the dragon was rolling on the ground. The throw was certain
powerful but to their horror, the wound on the dragon’s mouth had already started
healing in visible speed. The flesh were wriggling. The black colored blood dripped
onto the ground and ignited any trees that came in touch.
The dragon opened its mouth and roared then began inhaling again. Zheng immediately
piloted the Sky Stick away. When they turned around to take a look, the fire
had scorched the earth at where they were standing. The dragon flapped its wings
and charged up from the ground.
Zheng yelled. “What should we do? I don’t know where the spear went. There’s no
time to search for it. The dragon is too fast. We can’t get rid of it!”
They approximated the dragon’s current speed. It was flying at 600 kilometers per
hour. In contrast, the Sky Stick with four people were barely faster than the dragon,
only enough for them to avoid getting burned.
Xuan bit his finger, almost causing it to bleed. “Catch up to the carrier fleet. We can
only escape in a chaos. We have to find the Spear of Osiris back. Zheng, can you kill
it in one shot if you get an opportunity to aim and charge?”
Zheng smiled bitterly. “If I charge it to full power, I won’t have any energy to fight
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afterward. Plus, I don’t know if that’s enough to kill the dragon. God has a troll
bloodline that allows you to recover even if your brain and heart is destroyed as long
as you still have half your body. If the dragon’s life has the same property, one hit
can’t guarantee its death.”
WangXia suddenly said. “An object only takes about 10% of the damage when a
bomb explodes from outside. The actual damage of a bomb is the shrapnels and the
shockwave. However, if the bomb explodes in a closed space, the object will take
the full damage no matter how tough its shell is.”
Zheng shook his head. “I am not sure that the high explosive grenades are powerful
enough. We can give it a try if it’s the gravity mine. Let’s chase up to the fleet first.”
The four of them felt a heavy weight on their hearts as they saw the dragon flying
after them. Both sides were flying at maximum speed. Soon, they saw the carrier
fleet in distance and ten jets were already heading their way. Along with the jets
were ten air to air missiles.
Zheng shouted. “Everyone hold on tight!”
He changed the Sky Stick’s direction and dived into the sea. The dragon was a beat
behind and also started to change its direction but the first missile struck it. Then
one after another, the missiles all struck the dragon’s body. A ball of fire appeared in
the sky.
However, the dragon took no damage and dived toward the water along with the
fire. It seemed like determined to kill the four of them despite being attacked by
other people.
Zheng lay low on the Sky Stick. The resistance of the water while moving at high
speed was just too difficult to stand for the four of them. Zheng had to pull out of
the water and continued flying toward the fleet. The dragon also came out, causing
the water to splash up high. As it was ascending, it breathed out a pillar of fire that
vaporized the sea surface on its path and extinguished 50 meters behind the Sky
Stick. The heat reached their back and gave Zheng a shock. He sped up the Sky
Stick again, wish this was an authentic version.
Xuan’s anxious voice came from beneath. “Hurry! To the seaplane carrier. The
dragon has a higher momentum than us. It will crash into the ship!”
Zheng shouted in reply. “Get it! WangXia, set a timed bomb to five seconds and give
it to me. I am entering Destruction!”
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The navy officials were shocked to see the players dealing with the dragon. As people
in high military positions, they knew of the existence of this dragon.
This dragon was said to bear grudges against anyone that attacked it. It wouldn’t
stop until its target was destroyed. The worst thing about the dragon was it was
immune to gunfire and missiles. Scientists analysed videos of attacks on it and found
out a translucent barrier shielded all the attacks. This came as a shock but also
surprise because energy barriers weren’t just theoretical anymore. That was why
the government garrisoned a fleet outside the island.
Any orders at this point were too late. The jets continued firing missiles at the dragon
and the Sky Stick. Though due to the size and dexterity of the Sky Stick, the missiles
missed them and hit the ocean water. In the end, the jets focused all the fire on the
dragon.
Zheng’s eyes had defocused. He was able to dodge every attack coming his way,
utilizing the senses of the unlocked mode to his limit.
He headed toward the seaplane carrier and shouted at the other three below. “We
don’t have a choice! I am attack it in close range! The Sky Stick is going to run
out of energy before we can find the spear at this rate! Don’t die! You don’t have
another chance. I don’t want to experience the ordeal of losing my comrades again!
Remember, I am going to throw you the Book of the Dead and Book of Amun-Ra on
the ship. Grab those two books and run with the Sky Stick. I don’t know if I can kill
the dragon with my Destruction but I have to try!”
Zheng paused. “WangXia, throw me the bombs.”
There was only silence from beneath. Zheng shouted again and was getting enraged.
Then two timed bombs were thrown up from his front.
WangXia said, “See the red button? The timer starts when you press it. Remember
you only have five seconds to get away.”
Zheng laughed. “That’s easy. Just throw it inside the dragon in five seconds. Don’t
worry, I won’t be reckless.”
They didn’t say anything in reply. The carrier was coming close, only less than 200
meters. The dragon was trailing at 150 meters behind. This distance was almost an
instant with the speed of the Sky Stick. Zheng had concentrated all his attention.
Everyone seemed to be in slow motion through his eyes. He adjusted the Sky Stick’s
direction and speed then piloted the Sky Stick toward the control tower of the ship.
The Sky Stick flew past the tower by just a few meters above it. However, the dragon
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that followed crashed into the tower. It destroyed the tower and tilted the ship up by
a large degree. Then the ship crashed back down to the water.
Zheng stopped the Sky Stick on a somewhat flat area of the ship and quickly took
out the two books. “Xuan… Forget it. There’s no time. You must get back the Spear
of Osiris. That weapon is much more powerful than I thought. Hurry up and leave!”
His words were resolute. He was prepared to die here. It was his decision to come
for this bonus mission. Otherwise, they already gotten quite some points from the
first bonus mission. Which was to say that half the fault belonged to him if they were
to die here.
Furthermore, he hadn’t been revived before. If the three people could escape, then
they could revive him.
Zheng actually calmed down after the decision was made. It was such a strange
sensation. Everything around him felt like projected directly into his head. The jets
that were flying over, the soldiers on the ship, the three people on the Sky Stick, and
the dragon that was getting up and inhaling.
His Destruction could last up to four seconds from all the training and repairing he
did in God’s dimension. This was the limit his body could take. Destruction would
leave his body in a half destroyed state afterward and it would take five to six days
to recover with the automatic healing from blood energy.
“Hahaha!”
Zheng laughed out. He activated both his blood energy and qi as the dragon was
inhaling. Then he pressed the buttons on the timed bomb. The two energies met in
his heart. The explosive impact was so strong that he immediately spit out a mouthful
of blood. Power instantly filled his body.
The world slowed down. The dragon, the people on the Sky Stick, the jets were all
in a slow motion. He charged at the dragon. The air felt like a high viscosity liquid.
Each step he lay on this liquid caused a ripple. Then he ran in mid air with this power.
The technique he created from Xuan’s hints, Geppo!
He crossed twenty meters and reached the dragon’s mouth. He could see the flame
filling inside its mouth at this point. Then he kicked with such force that splitted the
air and created a vacuum blade, the second technique, Rankyaku.
This blade struck the dragon’s chin. Pah! The bones on its chin sunk inward. The
flame was extinguished within its mouth. A heavy smoke leaked out from its mouth.
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Zheng was standing at the dragon’s front leg at this point. He crossed the distance
from its front leg to its head in an instant with Soru then struck its head with his
fist Shigan. It created a hole the size an arm on the dragon’s temple. The dragon
immediately screamed in pain.
Zheng was ready to throw the bombs into its temple. He still had two seconds left,
enough for him to get away before the bomb exploded. However, a translucent
barrier blocked the bombs from approaching the dragon while his body crossed it
without any obstruction.
Zheng sighed. He used Soru again to the dragon’s mouth then punched it multiple
times. The strength he used had surpassed his limit from before. It shattered the
dragon’s chin and a flame bursted out. This was the remains of the fire breath that
wasn’t completely extinguished. The image of a girl flashed across his mind and the
him that smiled with cruelty but was lonely in his heart.
Zheng entered the dragon’s mouth with Soru. This speed actually allowed him to
break through the flame. He charged down the dragon’s throat. He couldn’t sense
anything anymore at this point. Everything turned white for an instant then he entered
complete darkness.
The people outside only saw a human figure attacked the dragon with speed beyond
what the human eyes could follow. Flesh splattered from the dragon’s head then its
chin shattered. The figure entered its mouth. The dragon couldn’t scream anymore
because it no longer had a chin. At the same time, its stomach was expanding quickly.
The dragon exploded to pieces like a balloon, leaving only its head behind.
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