Chapter 470: Chapter 339: Suspected
The strong wind raised the flying sand, surging into the cave like a sandstorm. Little Red braved the wind to look out from the cave entrance, saying there was a giant insect flapping its wings outside.
"Hey, trying to play the butterfly effect with me?" We can’t let it go on like this. I grabbed my Double Hook Stick and stepped out of the cave. Our gear includes goggles, which we’ve been hanging around our necks these days because of the occasional wicked winds in the desert. Now, they’re coming in handy.
I waved the Hook Stick, my arms almost forming afterimages, and charged through the strong wind toward the giant insect outside the cave.
Little Red said there was a ’big’ insect outside. This ’big’ is just a description; a half-meter-long insect is also a big insect, and this one in front of us, over three meters tall, is also a big insect, but the difference between them is significant.
The giant insect outside stirred up the wind and sand, flapping six wings in a manner similar to bees. Trying to break through the ’wind wall’ created by its wings isn’t an easy task.
The closer we got, the harder it became. The wind was too strong, my weight wasn’t enough to withstand it, and I was gradually blown back.
At this time, it seemed I had to use my ultimate move. The layer of soil on those buried in the cave was thinning out from the wind, and if it blew a while longer, people would be exposed.
But before I could use the Karmic Fire, someone jumped out of the pit. I saw it was Chen Qinghan. He swung his Longsword, trying to see if he could tear open a gap in the ’wind shield’ with it.
However, he didn’t succeed. I watched as he was blown back step by step.
I looked at Little Red and asked if it had any ideas, like if its eyes could shoot lasers or if its arms could lift the London Bridge.
Little Red shook its head, saying it had just assessed that if neither I nor Chen Qinghan could withstand it, then it certainly couldn’t either.
It had been collecting data on all of us, including physical strength, specialties, and life indices.
All it had to do now was compare the data to know that it would be useless if it went up.
I said, then let’s go together, the three of us moving as one. Maybe because the soil layer was thin, the soundproofing wasn’t good, and Gu also stood up from the pit, saying he was willing to lend a hand.
Wang Le then crawled out of the pit, raised his hand, shook the dirt off his head, and removed his oxygen mask, saying, "Me, me, me, count me in!"
The strong wind created by the giant insect was too much even for the smaller insects to handle, so it was relatively safer now.
The five of us pushed one another forward, like playing a game of fox and geese. I was pushed to the very front, with Chen Qinghan behind me.
Wang Le felt that the timing of everyone’s efforts wasn’t synchronized. Since he was at the end of the line and could still open his mouth, he took charge of calling out so everyone stepped forward with unified strength.
"Come on, comrades, give it your all, hey yo!" Wang Le may have never called out commands before, and I don’t know where he heard this slogan, but hearing it made me want to laugh.
But since I was at the front, I absolutely couldn’t open my mouth, otherwise, I’d get a mouthful of sand.
They were pushing me bit by bit toward the giant insect, but the sand and stones hitting my goggles protected my eyes, though the sandstorm blocked all my vision.
I could only roughly judge where the head of the giant insect was. It was so large that even poking a few holes in its body might not be fatal; the head should be the priority for the attack.
When they finally pushed me in front of the insect, I extended a Hook Stick and thrust it fiercely into the insect. Although I intended to attack its head, I first needed to find a leverage point on its body to climb up.
The Hook Stick pierced into the insect’s body with a squelch, and just as we expected, the agitation made the giant insect flap its wings even more frantically, its speed doubling.
"Ah——"
"Ooh..."
"Ouch!"
Three men cried out in varying degrees of pain. One was blown into the Rock Mountain wall, another was blown back into the cave and fell to the ground, and one rolled several times on the ground, not knowing where he ended up.
Only Little Red was left, grabbing my belt with its hand. It was originally behind Chen Qinghan, but when he got blown away, it was still there. Of course, this isn’t surprising; Chen Qinghan doesn’t have arms that can morph and extend.
Little Red’s arm stretched like a noodle, its hand remained the same, gripping my belt, while its arm extended two meters long, making its body float like a kite in the sky.
Then its arm gradually retracted, pulling it closer to me until it returned to normal.
"Take this, climb up, and stab its eyes." I handed Little Red a Hook Stick.
It took the Hook Stick and, like me, pierced it into the insect. We used the force to climb toward the insect’s head.
