Swallowing the Stars: Time Simulation

Chapter 68 Rat Swarm

Yang Wu parted ways with his teammates; from now on, he would no longer be a member of the Phantom Squad.

Although he felt a little sad, Yang Wu had already made preparations, it was just a matter of bringing it forward a bit.

Next, Yang Wu will continue to do what he needs to do—buy dragon blood to improve his physical fitness!

Over the next ten days or so, Yang Wu absorbed the two portions of dragon blood he had purchased from the War God Palace, and his brute strength had reached nearly 25 kilograms, which was already the limit for a high-level War God.

Time flies, and November 29th has arrived in the blink of an eye.

On this day, in the original story, Lu Qing's father, the God of War Lu Gang, perished in a level-three rat swarm that broke out near County 0231.

Since Yang Wu was a prophet, he naturally wouldn't stand by and watch Lu Gang follow the path in the original story, be surrounded by rats, and ultimately fight to the death.

Originally, Yang Wu wanted to find an opportunity to call Lu Gang to another place.

However, even if Lu Gang isn't near County 0231, the rat swarm will still break out. Moreover, without Lu Gang holding back the large swarm of rats, the number of martial artists near County 0231 will likely be even greater than before.

Every martial artist is a precious asset to humanity and a major force in the fight against monsters; they must not be easily abandoned.

Therefore, Yang Wu decided to make the trip himself.

In his memory, the beast tide should have broken out in the afternoon, but Yang Wu still arrived at the abandoned county town No. 0231 in the morning.

If they encounter a team of martial artists on the road, Yang Wu will persuade them to leave by saying that he is about to deal with a lord-level monster.

After arriving in County 0231, Yang Wu randomly found a residential building with more than 20 floors and waited quietly on the balcony of the 20th floor.

Around 4 p.m., dark clouds gathered and a strong wind howled.

The ground in County 0231 began to tremble slightly. Suddenly, a large number of rat-like monsters emerged from many places on the ground throughout the county.

In the blink of an eye, the county town of 0231 was filled with rat monsters. The rat swarms surged in all directions like a tide, a dark and terrifying sight that made people tremble with fear and their souls fly away!

"A rat swarm!"

The martial arts team that was hunting monsters in County 0231 all turned pale and immediately began to flee frantically, fearing that they would be surrounded by the swarm of rats.

Just then, several loud noises came from the center of the county town.

Yang Wu quickly turned his head to look.

A warrior dressed in gray combat gear was seen vigorously hacking at the surrounding monsters and buildings with his sword.

He kept shouting, "Monster, come on!"

"It's War God Lu Gang!" Yang Wu immediately recognized the martial artist's identity.

However, although Lu Gang was in the very center of the county town, there were hardly any rat-like monsters around him.

As Lu Gang made more and more noise, he alerted more and more rats. Large numbers of rats abandoned their pursuit of the fleeing martial artist and, led by their leader, returned to the county town to besiege Lu Gang.

At this moment, Yang Wu finally understood the reason for Lu Gang's death, and also understood why martial artists such as Wan Dong, who only had warrior-level strength in the original work, were able to escape successfully.

It's Lu Gang!

It was Lu Gang who single-handedly held back the lord-level and beast general-level monsters in the rat horde, thus giving the other low-level martial artists time to escape!

No wonder, a mighty war god would perish in a level three rat horde!

At this moment, countless martial artists were frantically fleeing, wishing they had more legs. But even in such a critical moment, someone will always step forward!

This time, it was Lu Gang who stepped forward!

The rats moved very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, a large number of rats were about to surround War God Lu Gang. At this moment, Yang Wu also began to act.

Holding the Broken Army Spear, Yang Wu leaped off the rooftop of the 20th floor.

boom!

With a huge explosion, Yang Wu crashed to the ground, and a large number of rat-like monsters were reduced to pulverized corpses!

The rat leader immediately heard the commotion and quickly dispatched a large number of rats to attack Yang Wu, which greatly reduced the pressure on Lu Gang, who was attracting the rats.

At that moment, not far from where Yang Wu landed, a small team of martial artists was fleeing frantically. Just as the beast horde was about to catch up with them, they were startled back by the huge commotion Yang Wu made.

"It's a War God-level expert! We're saved!"

"Run! Even a war god might not be able to stop the rat horde!"

"Quick, let's go first and ask the military for help!"

"You may leave, I will fight alongside the two war gods!"

……

Some were relieved, some were panicked, and some even stepped forward...

The full spectrum of human nature is on full display at this moment.

The leader of the rat swarm was extremely intelligent. In its view, killing a single powerful human was more useful than killing a large number of low-level martial artists. Therefore, it began to command the rat horde to besiege Yang Wu and Lu Gang.

However, it underestimated Yang Wu's strength!

With the Black God Set, Yang Wu was completely unafraid of the swarm of rats. Even the lord-level rat monsters could not cause him any harm.

To shoot a man, shoot a horse first; to capture a thief, capture the king first!

The majority of the level 3 rat swarm consists of beast soldiers, a small number of beast generals, and lord-level creatures are extremely rare.

Once the monster leader is defeated, the rat swarm will quickly disperse.

Yang Wu glanced at the distance and immediately spotted a giant rat, about three meters long, among the swarm. Its dark brown fur was over ten centimeters long, and its large mouth was like a saw, which was chilling. Its cunning eyes darted around.

The largest one is probably the leader of this beast tide.

Yang Wu identified his target, and then his spear shot out like a dragon, heading straight for the monster leader who commanded the horde of beasts.

boom!

Yang Wu's speed instantly broke the sound barrier, sending countless rat beasts flying.

Upon seeing Yang Wu's explosive speed, the rat leader immediately realized how terrifying Yang Wu was. It immediately commanded the beasts to swarm forward, while it itself retreated to the rat horde further away.

Yang Wu was eager to scatter the rat swarm, so how could he let the rat leader escape?

With a burst of six times the power, the speed increased again, carrying countless corpses of rat beasts, and in an instant, it rushed in front of the opponent.

The rat swarm leader was just an ordinary mid-level lord-class monster, so how could it withstand Yang Wu's close-range attacks?

"Die!"

Yang Wu roared, and the Broken Army Spear in his hand, gleaming with a cold light, pierced fiercely into the bloody mouth of the rat leader.

As easily as piercing tofu, Yang Wu pierced the ferocious head of this mid-level lord-level rat leader. His massive body was propelled a short distance by inertia, crushing dozens of rat beasts to death before remaining motionless.

With the death of the rat swarm leader, the rat tide's offensive came to a halt, and the previous relentless onslaught ceased.

"War God Lu Gang, quickly kill the beast general-level monster in the rat swarm!" Yang Wu shouted.

"good!"

Lu Gang brandished his battle blade, and the foul-smelling blood of the rat-beast gushed forth.

He thought he was in dire straits, but unexpectedly, things have taken a turn for the better.

While Yang Wu and his companion were continuously killing the beast general-level rat beasts, the military's fighter jets finally arrived.

"Boom!"

Endless, scorching flames erupted from the cannons beneath the fighter jets, engulfing the swarm of rats below. Under the intense heat of the flames, thousands of degrees Celsius, countless rat monsters were instantly burned to death.

Without their leader's command and scorched by the flames, the rat horde immediately collapsed completely. Accompanied by mournful and terrified cries, countless rat monsters scattered and fled, disappearing directly into the ground.

Yang Wu walked up to Lu Gang, took a bottle of water out of his backpack, and handed it to him.

Lu Gang's backpack had already been torn to shreds by the rat swarm. He took the water and drank it down in one gulp, laughing as he said, "War God Yang Wu, I really owe you a debt of gratitude today. Otherwise, I'm afraid I would have perished!"

"Lu Gang, the God of War!" Yang Wu looked at him seriously and asked, "Just now I saw that you weren't surrounded by the rat swarm. With your strength, even if you were in the center of the beast tide, you could still break through if you were careful. So why did you keep attracting the rats' attention?"

"Haha..." Lu Gang laughed heartily and said, "Only if I draw the beasts' attention will the other martial artists nearby have any hope of escape. Under these circumstances, as a soldier, I naturally cannot back down!"

Yang Wu looked at the other party with a complex expression, and finally sighed, "It is my honor, Yang Wu, to be able to rescue you, War God Lu Gang, today!"

Yang Wu was able to come to Lu Gang's rescue today because he knew in his heart that with his current abilities, the rat horde posed no threat to him at all.

If he were in Lu Gang's situation, could he have been so selfless?

Probably, possibly, maybe, it's unlikely!

After all, the combined influence of those low-level martial artists is no match for that of a War God.

Yang Wu might organize people to avenge the fallen martial artists after the rat tide ends, and he might take out some money to comfort the families of the dead martial artists, but he will not sacrifice himself to save others when the beast tide breaks out.

Therefore, Yang Wu sincerely admired Lu Gang's previous actions.

It is because of the existence of these people that this world has hope.

When Yang Wu first arrived in this world, all he wanted was eternal life. So, after realizing that his talent was poor, he kept trying to get closer to Luo Feng. And after he gained a cheat ability, Yang Wu's focus shifted more to powerful figures like Hong and the Thunder God.

As for the crises on Earth, the most recent one in Yang Wu's memory was the disaster brought by the Golden Horned Beast. But before that, how many beast tides had occurred around the world? How many soldiers and martial artists had lost their lives?

Dark clouds rolled across the horizon, a fierce wind swept across the land, and lightning flashed and thunder roared. A thunderclap followed, and then a downpour began.

At this moment, Yang Wu's resolve also became stronger.

(End of this chapter)