Chapter 18 I just ate two bites
"I'll go outside to check out the situation at the gate. You hide back in the attic and don't open the door." Qi Huan pushed the little guy towards the stairs and walked to the corner to pick up the stool leg he had picked up before.
"Go up and hide." Seeing the little guy standing hesitantly at the stairs, Qi Huan urged again.
"I'll go with you." Little Dumpling still wanted to fight for it. After all, he was also an orc, and he would definitely be better at fighting than this weak human.
Qi Huan pointed at the stairs with an iron rod, his expression serious, "Go up, this is the business of adults, the only task of children is to protect themselves."
The little guy had no choice but to walk upstairs obediently. When his figure disappeared around the corner of the stairs, Qi Huan strode towards the door.
The night was thick and cold, like a basin of ice water poured over one's head, instantly penetrating through two layers of clothing and chilling one's bones. The street was noisy, with countless figures running towards the red beam of light at the base gate.
Amid the noise, Qi Huan exchanged glances with Quan Hai who had just left the house, wrapped his clothes tightly around his waist and followed the crowd.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Before they arrived at the place, the two heard a series of loud noises. The sound was like thunder and drums, mixed with the heavy and dull feeling unique to huge objects, which made people's scalps numb. Qi Huan covered his chest and felt that his heart and the ground under his feet were shaking uncontrollably and synchronously.
"Something is attacking the gate of the base." Quan Hai pulled Qi Huan and quickened his pace.
When they arrived, quite a few people had already gathered in the brightly lit semicircular square, and were frantically building a defense line at the entrance using whatever objects they could get their hands on.
A small area of the base's gate had been burned red, with heat rising from the surrounding area. Along with loud noises, new bulges kept appearing in that bright red area, and sparks were flying, as if something would break through the gate and rush in at any time.
The two quickly joined the human wall guarding the small square, ready to fight. Qi Huan now understood that, for the sake of ability, when the stone beast invaded, the most important task for those of them living near the gate was not to catch the stone beast, but to try their best to delay it and minimize the scope of damage. As for capturing and eliminating it, it would be left to the hunting team that arrived later.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The knocking sounds became faster and faster, and the dents on the door became bigger and bigger. Everyone's heart was in their throat, and they kept looking back to see if there was any hunting team approaching.
Qi Huan tightly gripped the iron rod in his hand, having a very bad feeling in his heart.
Judging from the current situation, it won't take long for the stone beast outside to break through the gate. According to Lao Wu, anyone who can break through the gate of the base in such a short time should be at level B!
A living B-level stone beast!
If the hunting team cannot arrive in time, few people in the square will survive.
"It's very likely a B-level stone beast. Be careful later." Qi Huan reminded Quan Hai beside him, but got no response. He turned around and found that Quan Hai was turning his head to scan the crowd behind him.
"What's wrong?" Qi Huan glanced in the direction of his gaze. It was similar to the front, a large crowd of people. The most prominent ones were the tall orcs, and there was nothing special other than that.
Quan Hai scratched his head and said, "No, I think I saw Lao Pi just now."
Lao Pi? Qi Huan frowned, "It's normal to see him, didn't you say last time that he lives nearby?"
"Too…"
Before the two of them finished speaking, someone in front suddenly shouted: "The door was broken!"
Qi Huan's heart trembled slightly. He looked forward through the gap in the human wall and saw a hole the size of a bowl on the door. A fiery red claw was squeezing in little by little, tearing the surrounding metal plates with all its might.
Dozens of automatic ray guns automatically positioned themselves and fired continuously at the damaged hole in the gate, with dense and fierce firepower.
The pincers retracted.
There was no movement for dozens of seconds. An impatient person in the front row couldn't help but stick his head out from behind the temporary defense wall, wanting to confirm whether the stone beast had been repelled. A burst of flames suddenly gushed out from the gate hole and rushed straight to the defense wall.
"Ah!!!" The man screamed, covered his face and rolled on the ground. Several people nearby quickly carried him away.
"Crack", sharp and piercing sounds rang out one after another, and the two claws squeezed back into the hole.
The blue rays rained down again, but the claws felt no pain or damage at all, and they just withstood the rays and tore a big hole in the door.
Through the big hole, people in half of the square could see the whole picture of the stone beast.
It is shaped like a scorpion, with two giant pincers at the front, which fly sparks when opening and closing. Its body is like burning charcoal, half bright and half dark, and strange vine-like patterns can be faintly seen. Each section of the carapace is as hot as fire, burning the surrounding air and causing it to distort and deform. The huge body supported by its legs casts a terrifying shadow, and dark red venom slips from its hooked double tails from time to time as it moves, causing wisps of gray-black smoke and an unpleasant stench to spread on the ground.
Qi Huan was at least fifty or sixty steps away from the gate, but he could still feel the heat gushing out of this thing.
"It's the Fire Claw!" someone in the crowd screamed.
B-level fire claws! Qi Huan took a deep breath. Lao Wu said that the fire claws were one of the four most powerful stone beasts on the waste planet. Not only did they have a thick shell and extremely high defense, but their claws were as sharp as knives. They could instantly cut a person in half with armor. The flames they spewed out could be several meters long and could cover a large area with one sweep. The venom in their tails was extremely poisonous. If it touched the skin, the flesh and bones would fester.
As if responding to his thoughts, the fire claw at the door shook its head and opened its mouth again. Ferocious flames swept across the defensive wall made of debris in a fan shape. Suddenly, shrill screams rang out from the front row, and many people fell down.
The air was filled with a burnt and fishy smell that was nauseating.
The fierce aura of the Fire Claw frightened everyone, and as it approached step by step, the human wall unconsciously began to retreat.
"Boom!" Another burst of fire swept across the wall of people, and the crowd retreated in panic. Qi Huan was about to retreat when he was suddenly kicked hard in the knee. He fell to his knees uncontrollably. Just as he was about to be pushed down and trampled by the chaotic crowd, a tentacle reached out from the side and wrapped around his waist.
Quan Hai had just lifted Qi Huan above his head when he was pushed and slipped. He stumbled and lost the handle and was thrown out, heading towards the small square.
The red compound eyes of the fire claw were filled with ferocity and brutality, and it opened its mouth and spewed out flames at Qi Huan who was rushing towards it to "attack".
The raging flames rushed straight towards Qi Huan's face, burning his cheeks. Seeing that the fire was so close and there was no escape, Qi Huan in mid-air sighed helplessly, "Fuck, the five elements offend fire. I didn't expect that I would end up in fire in this life!"
"Ah Huan!!!" Quan Hai, who had caused a huge mistake, was extremely anxious but there was nothing he could do.
Suddenly someone shouted, "The hunting party has arrived!"
At the critical moment, Qi Huan felt someone grabbing his ankle tightly, and then he turned around dizzy. When he came to his senses, he was already being carried on the shoulders of a burly flat-headed masked man.
The flat-headed man has a body like the legendary double doors, well-developed muscles, and his sandbag-like fists seem like they can knock a person into the wall with one punch. It's obvious at first glance that he is a man with off-the-charts fighting power.
Perhaps fearing that he would be knocked down by the fleeing crowd, the flat-headed man jumped onto the tree and placed him on the cross-fork of the giant metal tree next to the small square. Qi Huan, who had survived the disaster, felt his heart pounding, his hands and feet were weak, and he could not muster any strength at all, so he had to sit on the tree trunk next to him.
The flat-headed man squatted on a tree branch and raised his thumb to the sky. Qi Huan subconsciously followed his movement and looked up into the sky. With the help of the light, he could see a black and gold airship hovering not far above his head. A large blue-feathered bird similar to a falcon was perched on the top of the airship. The person in the driver's seat was also wearing a mask. His long silver hair fluttered in the wind, like the moon and frost, elegant and cold. Qi Huan's breathing suddenly stagnated, as if he was the one who came to the restaurant to eat noodles that night and left the beast core as collateral!
The silver-haired young man stretched out two fingers, and the slender fingers slid through a half circle in the wind, pointing to the fire claw at the gate. The flat-headed man immediately jumped into the air, and the blue-feathered bird spread its wings and came over, its body suddenly expanded, and with a beautiful spin caught him. The flat-headed man stood firmly on the back of the bird, flew over everyone's heads and quickly flew towards the fire claw.
With such strong skills, he could easily face the B-level stone beast and save himself at that moment. He must be the legendary sentinel! Qi Huan sighed silently.
Fire Claw was fighting with two members of the hunting team in black jumpsuits. It seemed to sense the dangerous aura from Flathead. Its huge body movements froze and it opened its mouth in a bluffing manner and spit out two fireballs at the flat-headed youth. The pile of paddle-like legs under its body moved frantically and retreated quickly, obviously trying to escape.
The young man with the flat head did not give it any chance. He dodged the fireball, raised his hand and pulled out a silver-blue spear from somewhere, and stabbed it hard in the back.
"Bang!"
The shell of Fire Claw, which seemed indestructible in front of the ray gun, was now completely vulnerable and was pierced by the tip of the gun in an instant, making a heart-pounding muffled sound.
The silver tip of the spear pierced through its body with great force, punching through the stone slab and piercing deep into the ground.
Huo Zha's body twitched and he struggled hard, dark blue blood oozing from his wounds, but the spear still pinned him firmly to the ground.
As it struggled, its wound grew bigger and bigger. Dark blue blood flowed out, soaking a large area of the ground, and an unspeakable stench filled the air.
The two hunting team members in black clothes nearby went up and stabbed him a few more times. Fire Claw's movements became slower and slower, until finally he lay with his body tilted and motionless.
"Dead, finally dead!" The crowd was silent for two seconds, then burst into deafening cheers.
At this time, Quan Hai finally squeezed under the tree and looked up at Qi Huan who was on the tree, "Ah Huan, are you okay?"
"It's okay." Qi Huan jumped down from the tree with the help of Quan Hai and two other orcs.
"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. Someone pushed my side, and my hands and feet went numb. I almost killed you." Quan Hai held his right arm, too guilty to look into Qi Huan's eyes, and apologized repeatedly with his head down. His side was a fatal weakness, and he couldn't control it at all.
"It's really okay." Qi Huan patted Quan Hai's shoulder with his held hand.
If there was anyone who hurt him, the kick to his knee was the main culprit. Qi Huan frowned and glanced at the crowd of people around him. The force and the position made it clear that someone had kicked him on purpose.
Quan Hai said before that he seemed to see Lao Pi behind them. Could it be him?
But there was no evidence at all, and they couldn't even be sure whether Lao Pi was really there.
"Luckily the hunting team rescued you. They were so skilled." Quan Hai patted his chest thankfully and added, "To be honest, I always felt that the airship looked familiar. I felt like I had seen it somewhere before."
"I think he looks familiar, too. I think I've been to the store before." But why isn't the red-haired guy here? Qi Huan nodded as well, and then suddenly remembered that this was not the time to sigh. He should go over and thank his lifesaver, and maybe even ask about Tuan Tuan!
When he looked up, the silver-haired young man and the flat-headed man had already left, driving away in the airship with great swiftness. The fire claw was still in the trailer, and its double-hook-shaped tail was attached to the back of the vehicle, swaying with the airflow, forming a twisted and broken heart shape.
Never mind, we can't catch up, it's too late, let's talk about it tomorrow. Qi Huan sighed as he watched the airship go away. They just killed Huo Claw, many people must have seen it. If he asks around tomorrow, it shouldn't be too difficult to find him.
The little guy had been waiting for him at the stairs, and ran over when he heard the door open.
Qi Huan, who had escaped death, felt sore in his hands and feet and exhausted both physically and mentally. He comforted him with a few words, quickly washed up and climbed into bed.
Not long after, Qi Huan, who was half asleep and struggling with the fire claws, was awakened by a clanging noise downstairs.
Could it be another thief? He was so anxious that he ran downstairs without even putting on his shoes, but what he saw was Tuan Tuan standing helplessly beside the dishwasher in the kitchen.
"I want to... take out these bowls and put them away..." Tuantuan explained awkwardly, holding the dented and deformed plate in his hand.
"Even if you want to help, you can do it when you are free during the day. Why come here in the middle of the night?" Qi Huan held his forehead. He was too tired last night and forgot to put the dishes into the dishwasher. Did the little guy want to help because the dishes were not put away? Didn't he usually sleep soundly at night? Why did he wake up suddenly today?
"I was hungry and couldn't sleep, and you were sleeping soundly, so I wanted to go and see if there was anything to eat." The little guy had a wrinkled face and half-lowered head, looking aggrieved.
Qi Huan was about to say it was okay, but suddenly he looked at the half plate of greasy residue on the kitchen counter, only one third was left!!!
"Did you eat what was on that plate?" Qi Huan nervously grabbed his arm, speaking quickly and hurriedly.
"I just ate two bites." Tuantuan was frightened by his stern tone and shrank back.
Qi Huan quickly opened his personal terminal and was about to call for medical help from the base, but Tuan Tuan suddenly hugged his arm tightly to stop him.
Qi Huan looked at him in confusion. The little guy's chubby face twitched and tears fell down. "I, I paid for it. Don't sell me out!"
Qi Huan: ????
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