296: Chapter 31 Hope of Survival!
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[Subscribe Requested]_1 The number of them, even if they went out to kill in cities, was still too small, they had no time to concern themselves with the humans in these small villages.
The refugees who slowly realised this naturally stopped at these tiny villages.
In isolated patches of countryside, there were surprisingly many of them.
Now these small villages, all somewhat interconnected, were sharing information with each other, acting as mutual horns of defence, they helped each other when in trouble.
This brought a bit of vitality into the situation.
However, within this village, the first two men who arrived were already considering leaving!
They were on a mission to help the three members of Jiaâs family, but now they couldnât get in touch with the so-called âSeniorâ!
They didnât know whether there was any relationship between the giant mosquito monster and the Senior, they just thought there must be some connection.
As they werenât able to communicate with the Senior, it was natural for them to assume the giant mosquito wouldnât help the three of the Jiaâs family either.
They too were in this troubled world, hoping for a benefactor!
But a month has passed with no word, they didnât know what happened on the Seniorâs side.
Without the care of the Senior, the people of Jiaâs family were in fact no different from regular refugees, so their reason for staying has disappeared!
The man wearing glasses looked at the young girl in the distance.
This cute-faced girl was a beautiful sight in a generally mountainous village, some boys her age were smitten and wanted to get closer.
If they left, the people of Jiaâs family might find a good marital alliance through her and might be able to live well here.
Therefore, he was a little doubtful.
Should they leave or not?!
In fact, they had already done enough, it would be nobler to leave Jiaâs family.
Even if the Senior reappears in the future, he was confident that the Senior would not blame anyone.
ButâŠ
After facing all those ups and downs, was it really right to leave?
If they left, where would they go?
Where could they go?
The man with glasses looked up at the sky.
Their ammunition had almost run out in just one month.
Some were fired at those with bad intentions, while some were fired into the sky, to deter the nighty and maintain the security of the village.
He didnât believe that, if the two of them who served as guardians left, the village would remain peaceful.
But without a reason to stay, should they leave or not?
âMetal Monster!â
Just as they were unable to make a decision, the young girl standing on the hill suddenly let out a cry!
The color drained from the faces of the two men!
Just under a kilometer away, a metal monster, possibly a scout, was clumsily climbing towards the small village deeply nestled in the mountains!
There was only one!
Son, every man in the village was gathered!
âWe stand a chance against a single metal monster.
Just remember, if it falls into our trap, donât go near it.
Itâs too dangerous, we will go and finish it off!â
The bearded man and the young man wearing glasses stood in the middle of the crowd and addressed all the men.
In the critical collective of men, Father Jiaâs figure was also in the mix.
There were only over seventy able-bodied men in the village.
Father Jia was part of that group and naturally needed to fight!
âUnderstood!â
After the crowd responded, more than seventy men, armed with their sparse weaponry, advanced towards the metal monster!
An all-out war broke out!
Explosions kept resounding!
When the crowd returned, out of the initial seventy men, less than thirty remained!
It was merely a metal monster, and humans possessed many traps and weapons, but they still suffered great losses under its ruthless attack!
The remains of the metal monster, brought in by the people, looked as if it had been hit by a massive explosion.
Yet, it was uncertain if the monster would have ceased functioning without Qiaoâs lucky strike at its heartâthe core part of its body.
The wounds on the two assassins standing in front of the crowd got worse.
As for Father Jia and Jia Sheng, they looked unscathed.
Thatâs not surprisingâthey were always treated differently because everyone knew they were friends with the two assassins who seemed to run the village!
âDad!â The young girl rushed into her fatherâs arms.
Others did the same, finding their returned loved ones, but a majority of the men in the group would never returnâŠ
For a moment, endless crying and mourning filled the small village.
In the end, the two assassins chose to stay.
They knew by making this choice, they werenât just fulfilling their promise to the âBug Languageâ, but following their own hearts!
From now on, they might abandon their identities as assassins and become members of this small villageâleaders in fact, guiding the village to share in each otherâs glory and bear common losses.
Whether their choice was right or wrong, they had no conclusion.
Perhaps only time would tellâŠ
In the cosmic vacuum, the starlight was dim.
Even the distant sun here appeared just a little brighter than the other starsâa mere speck of light!
Loneliness, despair, grief, and agonyâŠ
facing this vast and profound space, all these emotions seemed futile.
Behind him was the pale blue Neptune, an exceptionally beautiful planet with an area far exceeding that of Earth.
However, being a gas planet, it was impossible for anyone to dwell thereâtemperatures inside this gas giant could reach thousands of degrees, absolutely terrifying!
Jumping lightly against the backdrop of the planet was a huge creature, about six meters long.
Although its body was terrifying, it looked insignificant compared to the sheer vastness of space and the vast Neptune in front of it.
Yet, compared to other small creatures, this Big Mosquito had a certain degree of survival capabilities!
He had been holding his breath in space for an hour now.
Despite Big Mosquitoâs ability to go without breathing for a long time, at this point, it was almost unbearable!
In his compound eyes, a glimmer flickeredâit was like a shooting star!
Right in front of him, not too far away, was a burning, raging flame!
This was no ordinary flame, but one that could burn even in space.
The light reflected in Jia Yanâs compound eyes.
Even though his body was involuntarily trying to breathe, he still held his breath, forcing himself to hold on, gripping tightly onto a chunk of metal in the void!
Right now, he was about a hundred meters away from the raging flames.
This area should be devoid of any meteorites or ice crystals; the base explosion that had occurred earlier had flung all objects outwards.
But this massive metal piece, caught in the final burst of the explosion, had moved into this hundred-meter region and come to a stop.
It was the closest thing to the remains of the base.
Other things either got flung away by the impact of the explosion or were directly burned into charcoal by it!
Jia Yan could say he had exhausted all his strength to get here.
Along the way, he faced numerous dangers, once even missing his target jump.
Luckily, another massive meteorite was floating nearby.
Seizing the opportunity, he clung onto it with his hind feet, narrowly escaping with his life!
Through sheer perseverance and a strong will to survive, he had made it this far!
After a series of jumps, he became familiar with the zero gravity he experienced in space.
Finally, he was just a hundred meters away from the remains of the base!
The flames were still raging over there, but were showing signs of subsiding.
âThe area below, it really didnât catch fire!
Please let these flames die down before I run out of breath!â
Looking at the gradually dimming remnants of the wreckage, Jia Yan felt a glimmer of hope for survival in his heart.
But right now, his body was screaming for oxygen.
The instinctive need for oxygen was going berserk!
If he didnât breathe soon, he might suffocate!
Having overcome all obstacles and made it this far into space, near his chance of survival, the thought of dying without being able to do anythingâwhile hope was in sight, was just unbearable!
Jia Yan felt a bit dizzy!
His oxygen-deprived body was sending out a warning, signaling that he might faint at any moment!
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