Abundant Martial Arts Virtue
Chapter 88 - 68 I Went to Kill Him

Chapter 88: Chapter 68 I Went to Kill Him

All sounds around were drowned out by the violent noise of the nuclear explosion.

The ground shook and the mountains quivered.

"It’s about 15 kilometers away from us, downwind, so there shouldn’t be a problem for now. Radioactive contamination will reach here in 15 minutes; we must evacuate immediately," the gunman judged.

The leader pointed at the truck.

Everyone ran toward the truck.

Sun and the gunman jumped into the cab, Wu Xiaode tossed them the car keys, then climbed onto the roof of the truck.

Xiao Baihong followed him, vigilantly looking around.

The leader and Ying sat in the back of the truck.

The truck roared to life and headed in the direction the general had left from.

Seven to eight minutes later.

The truck drove into a valley.

A dark cave suddenly came into view.

Behind them, a white flash suddenly streaked across again.

In the deafening boom, a mushroom cloud rose again.

White light kept flashing.

This was the spectacle of nuclear bombs continuously exploding between the mountains.

"They’re insane!"

The gunman couldn’t help but shout.

"Move, forget about what’s happening on the ground, meet up immediately!" the leader said.

The six people rushed into the cave.

Someone immediately came up to check their IDs—

Although nuclear explosions had already begun outside, the work here was still being carried out methodically, though everyone’s faces were grim.

All were armed, and several concealed positions were already established, equipped with machine guns and submachine guns.

When Wu Xiaode and the others came in, a considerable number of weapons were aimed at them, only slowly moving away after their identities were verified.

"They’re pretty strict with checks here, really makes you—" Xiao Baihong narrowed his eyes and smiled.

"That’s normal," the leader interrupted him.

Xiao Baihong closed his mouth, sullenly stuck his hands in his pockets, looking slightly moody.

The polite undead officer appeared again, whispering:

"There are some people here like you, they probably aren’t from our world either. I’ve heard them talk about many things."

"Where are they?" Wu Xiaode immediately became alert and asked.

"Here—the colonel in charge is from your world." The undead officer said.

By this time, Wu Xiaode and the others had completed their ID checks, and even the token given by the high-ranking officer was verified before they were allowed deeper into the cave.

Wu Xiaode followed the direction pointed out by the undead and immediately spotted a familiar person.

Fu Zhengyang!

This martial master of the Tiger Crane Group had been sent by the hidden bosses to convey messages at the night market, and after being rejected by himself, he had openly vowed to kill him!

He was tall and burly, his military uniform bulging, and he strode over to Wu Xiaode.

"Second Excavation Squad?" he began.

"Yes," Wu Xiaode replied.

"Why don’t you salute me when you see me?" Fu Zhengyang demanded.

Surrounded by people, Wu Xiaode smiled and said, "Sorry, sir, I was just too nervous."

He gave a salute.

Fu Zhengyang’s lips curled slightly, filled with mockery as he said, "Now is the time for you to serve your country."

"I have always been serving the country, only there have been many obstacles."

"Soldier, what obstacles are you talking about?"

"For example, those things outside that aren’t human, sir," Wu Xiaode said.

Fu Zhengyang clenched his fist.

Wu Xiaode smirked at him, his hand resting on the hilt of his blade.

A faint killing intent emanated from him.

—If you push it further, I’ll disregard even this identity and take you out directly.

"Soldier, speaking like this is a bit..."

Fu Zhengyang stepped forward, suddenly remembered something, and his gaze swept past the others beside him.

He clearly noticed that Wu Xiaode and his group were no ordinary people, immediately shutting his mouth and retreating with a wary expression.

"Listen, you guys arrived last, so you’re in charge of covering the rear—"

"Remember, you must hold your position!"

"Wait for my signal, then you can retreat with the others."

"This is an order!"

Having said this loudly, Fu Zhengyang waved his hand and quickly walked away.

Crafty old fox!

Wu Xiaode cursed silently in his heart.

If Fu Zhengyang had truly made a move just now, a bunch of people from the S-rank club would have torn him apart.

But this old fox had a knack for judging the situation.

Wu Xiaode looked around.

He saw the others beginning to move deeper into the cave.

The six of them were left isolated at the entrance of the cave.

"We’re covering the rear? That’s not a bad assignment, huh? Are we supposed to clash head-on with the demons?" the gunman said with a sneer.

But there were many firearms and bullets here, and he had already begun picking the weapons he wanted to use.

"Let’s get ready then. In this world, never disobey military orders unless absolutely necessary, or we’ll never be able to blend in," the leader said.

Everyone moved to a nearby equipment box and began to pick some usable gear and weapons.

Suddenly, several small drones flew up from around Sun and headed out of the cave.

"We’re sending out some reconnaissance stuff to understand the situation earlier," Sun explained to everyone.

Wu Xiaode had a thousand words in his heart, but could not speak them.

Covering the rear was a notably dangerous task.

Fu Zhengyang had unhesitatingly assigned him to cover the rear, clearly not planning for him to retreat.

But all he had to do was kill enough monsters, and then he could return.

What was he planning to disrupt?

He definitely knew something!

As Wu Xiaode thought this, he casually picked up a military canteen from the equipment box.

The canteen’s surface was engraved with a line of small text:

"Sealed energy liquid, United Era 2035, March manufacturing, shelf life one year."

The canteen was heavy. Unscrewing the cap, he sniffed a faint, sweet aroma inside.

—There was no sense of danger.

"This is a marching supplement liquid. It’s good for replenishing strength, no problem," the leader nodded to him.

Wu Xiaode took a canteen and slung it over his waist.

—His advantage was having the undead’s help.

With this thought, he silently called out.

The Undead Officer immediately flew over and asked, "What happened?"

"Help me check out that guy who just gave us orders, and see what he and his team are doing." Wu Xiaode said quietly as he loaded a pistol.

"Okay." The Undead Officer disappeared instantly.

After a while,

The team leader had already set up the defensive position, and the Undead Officer reappeared.

"There is a tunnel that goes underground; he and his team have installed many timed bombs in the tunnel and said they would soon call for your retreat."

"Once your underground train starts moving and reaches halfway, they will detonate the bombs," the Undead Officer said.

Wu Xiaode felt a sinking feeling in his heart.

Indeed, all of his people had a strength of over 10 Soul Power, and their physical conditioning was exceptionally outstanding.

But beneath them was an unfathomably deep mountain belly.

If the tunnel inside the mountain were blown up, no matter how strong they were, they couldn’t withstand the weight of a mountain.

Even if some could escape, they would likely be injured, one way or another.

Then, when Fu Zhengyang ambushed them while bringing in his people—

It would be over.

But something wasn’t right.

How did Fu Zhengyang know they would definitely retreat?

That was the key issue!

As Wu Xiaode was lost in thought, he heard Sun suddenly cry out, "Team leader, Little Wu, come look."

Sun turned the monitoring screen toward them.

They saw the latest image transmitted by the drone—

Outside the mountains,

endless white fog had risen, engulfing everything on the plain.

In that mist, one could vaguely make out a massive figure slowly crawling.

Its size was comparable to the mountains, but its shape was strange—

Its upper body was human, but its lower body resembled a spider, dense with limbs.

Missiles whistled through the air, exploding against it in bursts of black and red fire and smoke.

The monster appeared unscathed, with a hint of a smile even on its lips.

—It seemed to find it amusing.

This monster was slowly approaching the mountain.

Everyone watched the scene in silence, at a loss for words.

At that moment,

Everyone felt their insignificance.

Xiao Baihong groaned softly and murmured,

"Team leader, it’s coming."

"About a quarter of an hour until it reaches us," said the gunman, estimating.

Ding-a-ling—

The phone at the defensive position rang.

Sun strode over, picked up the phone, and said,

"This is the Second Exploration Squad, holding the cave entrance."

"You can retreat now! Respond if you received," Fu Zhengyang’s voice came through the phone.

"Received!" Sun replied with a joyful tone.

The phone hung up.

"Let’s retreat," the gunman urged eagerly.

The few of them were about to sprint deep into the cave—

"Wait!" the team leader shouted abruptly.

"That big guy is coming fast, team leader," Ying shuddered as he spoke.

The team leader looked calm and glanced at Wu Xiaode, saying,

"Little Wu, when that officer was giving orders earlier, he looked at you with hostility. What’s that about?"

—This woman is formidable!

Wu Xiaode said, "He is also from our world and has a grudge against me; he would certainly try to kill me."

"But he ordered us to retreat," the team leader said.

"Yes," Wu Xiaode replied.

Hearing this, the others were no longer in a hurry to retreat.

Those capable of elevating their Soul Power beyond the world’s limits were not to be underestimated.

Xiao Baihong said, "There must be a surprise waiting for us below."

The team leader enunciated, "Sun."

"Understood, I’ll go seal the cave entrance first, disguise it to look like a part of the mountain," Sun said.

Sun’s chest was still bleeding profusely, but Wu Xiaode had become numb to it.

Others couldn’t even see it, and he really couldn’t remove that kind of power from his body.

He had to ignore it for the time being.

The team leader then said, "If it really doesn’t work, I’ll use the Earth Escape Talisman, and we’ll go below directly."

"With so many people, it will drain a lot of your power," Ying said.

"The team leader is our main combat force. If there is a fight later on and you are out of Soul Power, that will be a big problem," Sun added.

"There’s no other way," the team leader shook his head.

The group fell silent.

"Then I’ll blow up the tunnel, to stop those people from thinking we’re easy to bully," the gunman said with a smile.

He pulled a colorful bullet from his ammunition belt, loaded it, and aimed.

"Target:"

"Life and electronic devices..."

"Eliminate them all."

The sniper rifle made a mechanical friction noise, as if responding to his command.

As the gunman was about to pull the trigger, Wu Xiaode held him back.

"What? You can’t bear to bury so many people below?" the gunman joked.

Wu Xiaode said, "Give me some time."

"What are you going to do?" the team leader asked.

"Because of my personal reasons, making it unsafe for everyone to pass through the tunnel is my fault," Wu Xiaode admitted.

The squad members’ eyes all gathered on him.

Xiao Baihong seemed to realize what he was about to say and excitedly licked her lips.

"I’ll go kill that guy, then come back and apologize to everyone," Wu Xiaode said.

No one spoke.

The team leader slowly said, "You are a martial artist, with a warrior’s spirit; that’s good, but we only have you to hold the front in our team. If anything goes wrong—"

"I’ll be back within ten minutes," Wu Xiaode said.

The team leader looked at his expression, paused for a moment, then said, "Alright, we’ll wait for you for ten minutes."

"Thank you, team leader."

After Wu Xiaode finished speaking, his form suddenly transformed, turning into a bird that flew into the tunnel.

His speed was so fast that after a few flaps of his wings, he became a distant blur and disappeared deep into the tunnel.

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