Devouring the Stars: Soul Master

Chapter 4: Standing shoulder to shoulder with gods in a mortal body
"Clean up the monster corpses? You don't need to do that. There will be special people to do it. Don't think this is just a simple battlefield cleanup. It is very dangerous.

Let's go see Lao Chen first, and then go to rest."

Jia Hong looked at Qin Ming's eager look and refused without hesitation.

Even though there are corpses of monsters everywhere on the battlefield, who knows if any of them are still breathing?

Using guns and cannons at a distance, a single soldier can easily kill large groups of monsters, but once they get close, even injured Beast Soldier-level monsters can be easily killed.

Not to mention that many sea monsters are highly toxic and have the ability to discharge electricity.

Even professional battlefield cleaning teams often experience attrition.

"Why would you want to clean up the battlefield? It's covered in monster carcasses and debris, and it's soaking wet wherever you step."

"Squad leader, I'm studying biology at the First Military Academy in Jiangnan.

Recycling battlefield monster resources is a required course in our major, and I plan to use this as the topic for my graduation thesis."

Qin Ming shook his head and explained.

The original body did not have a good talent as a warrior, but he tried desperately to become a warrior.

Because his parents were soldiers and died in a beast tide.

He not only hunts monsters for revenge, but also wants to end this disaster.

This is also the highest dream of many people in the end times.

There are only two ways to deal with all the monsters.

The first is to become a warrior, like the super warrior 'Hong' who founded the Ultimate Martial Arts School.

The second way is to develop higher frequency laser cannons!

I have no interest in scientific research or studying the original form of the laser cannon, nor do I have the talent for it.

So I finally chose biology as my major, specializing in the study of monsters.

The purpose is actually to prepare for hunting monsters in the future.

This moment became the best excuse for Qin Ming to clean up the battlefield.

This is not surprising. Base 003 is not only a war base, but also a scientific research base.

This includes China's most advanced monster research institute, and laser cannon research has a base here.

After all, this is the best experimental site.

"So that's how it is. I'll help you think of a way to apply for it. But forget it this time. This is your first time on the battlefield, and you're too excited right now. It wouldn't be good."

If you really want to see it, wait until they come back from cleaning up the battlefield.

Anyway, we have to return to the base for sorting and recycling."

Jia Hong hesitated for a moment and said to Qin Ming.

People who go to the battlefield for the first time often fall into two extremes. One is fear, and the second is like Qin Ming, who not only does not feel fear after fighting all night, but is also full of excitement.

This is not a good thing.

If you really want to clean up the battlefield, you have to wait until he calms down.

In Jia Hong's opinion, Qin Ming is now in an excited state. Once he recovers, he will fall into extreme fatigue. The most important thing in this situation is rest.

"it is good!"

Qin Ming nodded without objection.

After learning that similar beast tides were just a daily occurrence at Base 003, he was no longer in a hurry, as he would still be staying at the base for a long time anyway.

There's no need to rush for the next one or two days.

Besides, you can wait until they pull the corpses back to sort them and then go take a look. As long as you get within a hundred meters, you can absorb all the monster souls, and maybe even secretly get some flesh and blood.

"How is Brother Chen?"

After achieving his goal, Qin Ming asked.

The Big Brother Chen he mentioned was named Chen Tao, another sniper in the team, who was pierced by a mutant swordfish bone during the battle.

As a sniper, Chen Tao also took good care of the original body.

"My life should be saved, but my arm..."

Jia Hong hesitated for a moment and sighed.

The bone spur completely tore his arm apart, and if he had not received treatment in the war base in the shortest possible time, he would have almost certainly died.

He stayed at Base 003 for three years.

We have seen too many scenes like this on the battlefield. Every time a sea monster attacks a city, there will be some damage. This is inevitable.

The teammates around him were also silent.

"Don't be sad, this is our fate! As soldiers, no one is afraid of death! Besides, it's just a missing arm."

Jia Hong patted Qin Ming on the shoulder and encouraged him.

"Yes! It's good to be able to retire safely. Let's go and see Lao Chen first."

Zhang Heng also said in a deep voice.

The silence was broken, and the group, led by Jia Hong, walked out of the fortress and headed towards the field hospital. Although War Base 003 was called a war base, it was actually a small city, housing hundreds of thousands of soldiers, logistics personnel, warriors, and so on.

It has everything you need including field hospitals, warrior training grounds, research institutes, small factories, etc.

You should know that City 003, formerly Shanghai, is the largest gathering place for monsters in the Eurasian continent, and War Base 003 is located on the Huangpu River.

It has to defend against the invasion of tens of billions of sea monsters as well as land monsters, but it has never fallen. War Base No. 03 can be said to be a super base.

Combining the memories in his mind, Qin Ming looked at this steel city.

In order to defend against attacks from flying monsters, except for a few laser cannon defense systems, the rest of the buildings in Base 003 are generally short.

In this base, all kinds of terrifying weapons can be seen everywhere.

Large-caliber heavy artillery, rocket launchers, anti-aircraft guns, etc., the entire base is completely a steel hedgehog.

No matter where the attack comes from, the base will be hit hard. Even the two beast kings in the ocean have attacked this base before, but they were helpless.

After walking for a while in the base, everyone arrived at the hospital.

There were many injured soldiers receiving treatment in the hospital, but it was still relatively quiet overall. After Chen Tao gave his name, he was quickly found.

After a night of fierce battle, a doctor had already performed surgery on him and he was out of danger.

But he is still in a coma.

Looking at the empty arms on that sturdy body, Qin Ming sighed inwardly.

Although he came from another time, as a fellow Chinese, he has the highest respect for these soldiers.

In the original novel, Luo Feng did not join the military, and there were very few descriptions of the military and Base 003.

But Luo Feng also knew that most ordinary people could live a stable life in the base city thanks to the military!

Even relying on these ordinary soldiers!
Musha?
Not to mention China, how many warriors are there in the entire human race?
There are only three senior students in Luo Feng's high school.

The goal of most people is just to become an advanced student.

It is no exaggeration to say that warriors are only one in a million.

It is also because of this that every warrior, regardless of which force he joins, including warriors at the junior fighter level, can obtain a villa.

But in fact, it’s okay to go hunting in the wild.

When facing the impact of a beast tide consisting of millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of monsters, except for a very small number of warriors at the God of War level or above, the rest of the warriors can play no role at all.

For example, in the original timeline, when a level three rat tide broke out, all the warriors desperately ran to the military base.

This is still just a level three rat tide. If you encounter a level one beast tide, unless you are an invincible war god like Luo Feng wearing the Black God suit in the original timeline.

Under normal circumstances, it still depends on human technology and thermal weapons such as laser cannons.

There are billions of beasts in the tide without hot weapons. Warriors alone cannot kill all the monsters even if they just stand still and let the warriors chop them.

The operators of these thermal weapons are all ordinary soldiers.

The bullets fired by a thermal weapon warrior are no different from those fired by ordinary soldiers. They can both kill monsters, but their accuracy is slightly lower.

In the original novel, Luo Feng's deputy squad leader, 'Cannon' Chen Gu, who joined the Fire Hammer Squad, used thermal weapons.

Chen Gu's weapons were just a heavy machine gun and a sniper rifle.

As a warrior going into the wilderness to hunt, there are many issues to consider, such as logistics, etc. The bullets that can be carried are limited and the power of the firearms is also average.

For example, the [M81 machine gun] used by Chen Gu has a caliber of only 12.7 mm and can fire 50 to 300 rounds per minute.

This thing is not really a high-powered weapon in the military.

The Z-11 25mm heavy sniper rifle used by Qin Ming was far more powerful than him in terms of power alone, but such a sniper rifle was too loud, and a magazine only held five bullets, making logistics and supplies more troublesome.

Not to mention the various heavy weapons in the base.

Unfortunately, thermal weapons are powerful enough but lack defense.

It’s okay at a long distance, but once the monster gets close to the ordinary soldiers, they will inevitably suffer heavy casualties.

Monsters also have long-range attack methods, such as the beast-soldier-level swordfish bone spurs, or the venom of the bone-eating python.

When facing long-range attacks from monsters, warriors can dodge and block them with their reaction.

But ordinary soldiers can't do it, they can only rely on their flesh and blood to resist!
It is normal for a beast tide to cause thousands or even tens of thousands of casualties.

To put it bluntly, the Base City was able to survive thanks to the sacrifices of these ordinary soldiers.

With a mortal body, he can stand up to the gods.

I'm talking about them!

Without disturbing the sleeping Chen Tao, the group quietly walked out of the hospital.

Retiring due to injury may not allow you to live a very rich life, but you will still have enough food and clothing. Perhaps this is the best ending.

"Everyone has fought all night, so go back and rest. Come back to see him later. I'll let you know if anything happens."

Jia Hong spoke.

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)