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Chapter 38: Sel_ Editor: Lucas
Jay was bu wasone
When will his streak of bad luck end?!
At the ht in a stalemate in the middle of nowhere All he could see around hi how close they were to the Hope What he could be certain of though was that the desert creatures were definitely closing in on theround below his feet, signifying their presence
It was, to say the least, horrifying These htmares They all had shell-like exoskeletons presuh perspiration They were also gigantic in size, looking very much unlike earth’s fauna Therefore, the unlikely fact that they were a reality before theest threat of all
Comparatively, the two hundred soldiers that accompanied thee to the creatures[1], and that’s against creatures that had the audacity to e with those that hid beneath the sand
Of course, if they were accompanied by the Hope’s two thousand four hundred soldiers, things could have gone very differently They probably wouldn’t be out here risking their lives but hidden inside the safety of the Hope while jet planes annihilated these creatures with airstrikes They could even drop an atomic bomb and be done with this daroup of two hundred common soldiers and two thousand two hundred plus unar to be had
When they saw the creatures closing in, the feeling of dread surrounding the group gradually grew
Subly helpless He expected a silance at Xiao Chen, as tightly holding on to his hand, and despite his best intentions, he couldn’t help but wonder whether it was her who caused him all these troubles After all, his tumble with misfortunes did start with his introduction to her…
Carefully and quietly, Jay pulled Xiao Chen froroup’s center and outer periroup of their size, in the event of an attack, the most vulnerable spots were the center and the outer perimeter Naturally, the people on the outside were the ones et that the people in the center usually get tra in the h the crowd, and weirdly enough they were engaging people in conversation When one walked before Jay, he stopped and asked, in a robotic tone that was honed fro to repeat the saed on you? So like a walkman or battery?”
Both Jay and Xiao Chen shook their heads Before the soldier could take his leave though, Xiao Chen grabbed hold of him and asked, “All of those paraphernalia were confiscated e first boarded the Hope We weren’t allowed to keep any of our stuff other than our tents… So could you tell us e need these things now?”
The anxious soldier wanted to shrug Xiao Chen off, but perhaps due her young age, he replied somewhat cryptically as he retreated back into the crowd, “I too have no clue; it was an order fro our way and that these alien creatures are afraid of batteries or soh batteries!”
When the soldier had retreated out of earshot, Xiao Chen groused, “What more do they still need? They have already taken my laptop, my MP4, my iPad, andsothat we are only allowed less than twenty kilogralared crossly at Jay and said pointedly, “What are you on about this ti about the additional clause that ritten specifically on electronic gadgets Oops, I forgot, unlike myself, you can’t read chinese Sucks to be you then…”
She does kno to pushher boastful nature, Xiao Chen was a good person, and she wasn’t issuing empty boasts What Jay waswith Xiao Chen, who could be of help to hiht not be a bad idea Who knehat they would do if they found out he was a liar? He ht even be thrown out of the Hope, and with these creatures around, that was a prospect he wouldn’t enjoy And so, in spite of hih all sorts expletives in his unfire came from the outer perimeter Amidst the cacophony, Jay could even discern the un Stuck in the middle of the crowd, neither Jay nor Xiao Chen could tell as happening
As the sound of gunfire and screaly hysterical That co of the sand beneath their feet had prompted a stampede People jostled into one another and knocked each other down as they went about like heedless animals Many were injured in the process