Chapter 168 The Tragic Scene
A minute ago, the two saw the giant alien successfully defeated, and they knew that the scales of victory had tipped in favor of the guard team.
Han Shuo put down his binoculars, preparing to evacuate ahead of schedule.
He already had a result in mind regarding what he wanted to confirm.
This giant mutant was equally terrifying, but it didn't seem to have any intelligence, let alone speak human language.
"Strange, is it only that giant zombie from last time that's special?"
Han Shuo muttered to himself, then stopped thinking about it and patted the fat man on the shoulder.
"Fatty, let's go. The outcome ahead is obvious."
"good."
Just when they thought it was all over and turned to leave, a sound suddenly came from behind them.
The two quickly picked up their binoculars again and looked over.
This time, the battle situation on the front lines has undergone a dramatic change...
Han Shuo never expected that the situation would be turned around so quickly.
The soldiers fell one after another, until only the captain remained, crawling and struggling on the ground.
Then, the giant mutant moved, smashing the captain down to only half his body with a single punch, before grabbing him and throwing him into its mouth.
Soon, an explosion rang out from the giant alien's mouth. When the dust settled, no one survived in the center of the battlefield.
Han Shuo and the fat man stood frozen in place, staring at the tragic scene before them.
Neither of them spoke; they simply stared blankly into the distance.
Before anyone knew it, the binoculars slipped gently from Han Shuo's hand.
He needs to calm himself down.
It might have been a moment, or it might have been a very long time.
Han Shuo gradually calmed down and turned his head to speak softly.
"Let's go, the giant mutant is completely dead, let's go take a look."
"well."
The two walked forward step by step, both of them feeling rather heavy-hearted.
Soon, Han Shuo reached the vicinity of the giant alien. The final explosion blew away half of the giant alien's head.
A pungent odor filled the air.
All around were broken corpses, corroded by filthy liquid, leaving them riddled with holes, and many of them were unrecognizable.
The situation at the scene was incredibly horrific.
Han Shuo walked around the area, silently counting in his mind.
There were exactly nineteen corpses here; indeed, not a single one survived.
As for the captain's body, it was destroyed in the explosion and there was no trace of him.
"Is this what soldiers are like?"
Han Shuo was somewhat lost in thought.
Under normal circumstances, he would never let completely unrelated people affect him.
But today, when he witnessed this tragic scene with his own eyes, he was actually somewhat moved.
These two escort teams, despite knowing the dangers of this mission, still came without hesitation.
Han Shuo admires Han Shuo for his courage and spirit alone.
He didn't want the corpses to lie exposed in the wilderness.
"Hey, Fatty, let's dig a hole and bury these corpses."
"Okay, okay, okay."
Without the slightest hesitation, the fat man quickly agreed.
Because he could sense Han Shuo's feelings at that moment.
They didn't have any suitable tools, so they could only pick up two military shovels from the corpse.
Although the military shovel is a bit small, it's still usable enough to dig a hole.
The two men worked up a sweat, and an hour later, a large pit was finally dug.
Han Shuo wiped the sweat from his forehead and spoke.
"Alright, we've dug big enough. Let's go, let's drag those bodies over here."
"good."
"By the way, be careful not to touch the liquid on the corpse, as it is highly corrosive."
"I know, I know."
The two continued working.
As Han Shuo passed by the giant alien head, he stopped and muttered to himself.
"Unfortunately, your remains were not preserved, so we cannot bury you with us..."
In this way, the two quickly dragged all nineteen corpses into the pit.
Han Shuo picked up the military shovel again and slowly covered the soil with it, shovel by shovel.
The fat man, of course, wasn't idle either; he filled the other side of the pit with soil.
After burying all the bodies, Han Shuo casually found a piece of wood and stuck it on top of them.
The two then observed a moment of silence together for three minutes before turning and leaving.
"Sigh, you're finally free..."
...
The two returned to the giant alien creature.
Han Shuo didn't say anything, but went straight into the skull and carefully searched for the turbid fluid.
The information he had did not record this type of giant mutant, so he knew nothing about its danger level or characteristics.
Han Shuo was also very curious about how many drops of turbid liquid this mutant would produce.
He quickly found the turbid liquid.
"Hmm... that's about 20 drops."
"It seems that the danger level of the giant mutant is definitely above level 4."
With that thought in mind, Han Shuo took out a bottle from his pocket and put away the turbid liquid.
This bottle can also be used as a measuring tool, with accurate scales on the rim.
Each value above represents the specific quantity of the turbid liquid.
Sure enough, a full 20 drops.
This number was roughly what he had in mind.
After all, the giant mutant is extremely terrifying, and producing 20 drops of turbid liquid is not an exaggeration.
Han Shuo shook his head, a self-deprecating smile creeping onto his face as he thought of something.
"Hehe, 20 drops, although that's a lot, it's not enough to reshape a genetically evolved human at level 3."
A genetically evolved human at level 3 requires a total of 28 drops of turbid fluid.
In the process of defeating this giant mutant, two genetically evolved humans at level 3 perished together.
From this perspective alone, the losses and gains are vastly different.
Moreover, there are 20 lives lost here.
In Han Shuo's eyes, no matter how precious the turbid liquid was, it was ultimately far less valuable than human life.
After all, you can always find more fluid, but if life is gone, it's truly gone...
Han Shuo suddenly remembered a saying: "People die for wealth, birds die for food."
Perhaps, in everyone's eyes right now, this turbid liquid is the most precious thing—money...
At this moment, the fat man also walked over and asked.
"So, how many drops of turbid liquid are there?"
"20 drops. Counting the previous ones, we now have a total of 23 drops."
Han Shuo casually tossed him the glass bottle containing the turbid liquid.
"Sigh, this time I actually got a bargain, but it's better to avoid this kind of bargain from happening too often."
The fat man sighed, saying that he felt much the same way Han Shuo did today.
Some people die before his eyes, and he can remain indifferent.
But the deaths of some people make him feel regretful.
"Alright, let's go."
Han Shuo naturally knew that the two of them had gotten a bargain, but not everyone would dare to take such a bargain.
Today's events made Han Shuo realize even more how wise it was that they hadn't chosen to join the guard team.
And so, before they knew it, the two of them had been out for several hours.
Now that things had been settled, Han Shuo didn't want to waste any more time, so he called Fatty and headed back to the temporary encampment.
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