Stronger with More Jobs-Chapter 444 - 232: At Least, Let Them Have a Good New Year...
Lu Jiuyuan held his sword, an incredulous look appeared on his pale face.
Wei Banmeng opened his weary eyes, a glimmer of strange light flashed in his cold eyes.
Even Jiang Wei on the giant rock raised her small head, her clear Eyes of Melting Gold glanced at Fang Qingyu, and the lollipop in her small mouth was sucked a bit slower.
Zhang Tiezhu and the soldiers of Fierce Tiger Company were even more dumbfounded.
They didn’t understand what kind of breakthrough this was, but they could clearly feel that the figure standing with a sword seemed to have become a more unshakable mountain in that moment.
That heavy pressure even made them instinctively hold their breath.
"Hurry up and recover!"
Fang Qingyu’s voice was calm and powerful, breaking the brief silence, his gaze swept over everyone, "This is just a temporary respite!"
His words were like a bucket of cold water, extinguishing the trace of excitement that had just risen due to his breakthrough.
Yes, a bigger storm is still to come.
The atmosphere became heavy and oppressive again.
Fatigue surged like a tide, and pain from the wounds doubled as the tense nerves slightly relaxed.
"Damn it..." Chu Kuanglan cursed hoarsely, "This damn place... is really not a place for humans... I just want to soak in a hot bath, drink a few bottles of cold beer, and then sleep for three days and nights..."
"Beer!?"
A young soldier with a bandage on his arm beside him instinctively swallowed, and whispered, "My... my mom’s rice wine is the best... sweet and fragrant... After the war, I’ll treat Brother Chu to some..."
"Hey, kid, mark my words!"
Chu Kuanglan grinned, wanting to laugh, but it tugged on his wound, causing him to grimace in pain.
Lu Jiuyuan leaned against a half-broken wall, closed his eyes, and said softly, "I’ve heard there’s a place in Qingjian City where knife-cut noodles are the best... chewy, and the broth is flavorful..."
"Mm."
The food-loving Jiang Wei’s voice chimed in to add, "And the famous osmanthus cake from the old shop in the south of the city, it melts in your mouth."
Mentioning their hometown, mentioning food, these usually tough men, and the reserved Wei Banmeng, all showed a rare hint of softness and longing in their eyes.
This is the simplest thought that supports them to persist in this flesh-and-blood grindstone.
Zhang Tiezhu used his uninjured hand to wipe the blood and sweat from his face, his voice hoarse but carrying a hint of smile: "The old head cook in our logistics unit, now that’s real skill! Even large pot meals can be made into something special! Especially the braised pork... it’s fatty but not greasy, melts in your mouth... when we get back, I’ll treat you all to a feast!"
"The captain’s words count!"
A few veterans’ eyes lit up, licking their cracked lips.
"Of course! Eat to your fill!"
Zhang Tiezhu nodded vigorously.
"God Fang." Chu Kuanglan looked at Fang Qingyu, "When the war is over, you must take us to try the knife-cut noodles in Qingjian City."
Fang Qingyu stood in the bloody mud.
Looking at the weary yet slightly radiant faces of his comrades, a trace of warmth also flickered deep in his molten gold-like eyes.
He was just about to speak.
Rumble-rumble-rumble——!!!!
Without warning!
The entire Black Pine Ridge ruins suddenly shook violently!
This time the vibration far exceeded any previous ones.
It was not coming from the cracks in the sky.
But from deep within the earth.
As if some terrifying monstrous creature slumbering deep in the earth’s core was being forcibly awakened.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The ground surged violently like waves!
The piled up remains of Life Ghosts and soldiers’ bodies rolled away from the shock.
The walls of the ruins collapsed in pieces, dust rose into the sky!
"What’s happening?!" Zhang Tiezhu’s face changed dramatically, almost unable to stand steady.
Chu Kuanglan, Lu Jiuyuan, Wei Banmeng instantly gripped their weapons tightly, forcibly gathering their last bit of strength, and looked in horror towards the source of the tremor.
The deepest part of the hollow, near the back of the mountain wall in that area!
Crack! Crack! Crack!
The tooth-grating sound of huge rocks tearing apart rang out!
The ground in the deep part of the hollow suddenly humped up into a massive blister with a diameter of over fifty meters!
The soil, rubble, and ruin debris on the blister-like surface slid down like waterfalls.
Then!
A gigantic, unimaginably large hand suddenly broke through the center of the blister.
That hand!
Covered in dark golden skin that felt like an ancient temple statue!
The skin was covered with intricate and twisted Sanskrit, but now those Sanskrit glowed with an ominous dark red light.
Just this hand emerging from the ground was as large as a three-story building!
The five fingers spread open, like five enormous pillars holding up the sky! The fingertips glinting with metallic cold light!
Bang——!!!
The giant hand slammed hard on the ground!
The entire hollow trembled again! 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚
From the point of impact of the giant palm, spiderweb-like colossal cracks instantly spread for hundreds of meters.
The terrifying shockwave leveled the nearby ruins!
Under everyone’s horrified gaze!
An enormous shadow that blocked out the stars and moon slowly stood up from the ground!
It towered over twenty meters tall, with a massive build like a mountain!
Its entire body covered with dark gold, like bronze statue skin, filled with twisted dark red Sanskrit inscriptions.
Its head was a colossal, compassionate-faced Buddha head, but its eyes burned with two green ghostly flames!
The corners of its mouth twisted into an eerie grin, revealing sharp white fangs!
The neck, shoulders, arms, waist...
At the joints of its body, countless twisted, struggling, painfully wailing human forms were embedded!
Like grotesque decorations of flesh and blood!
Those human forms still squirming slightly, emitting silent, shrill wails!
From its back, eight extremely thick, bronze scale armor-covered, and at the ends terrifying Vajra Pestle-like arms emerged!
