This time I chose Paladin

Amidst the gunshot that the silencer failed to fully muffle, a heart-wrenching pain was heard.

A human male's scream mixed with the sound of crystals shattering and scattering in all directions.

To be honest, I like gold (shock)

Chapter 122 Halfway

Is this... a person?

The crystals scattered like fireworks, like drizzling rain, rustling.

Some crystal dust floated on Nie Weiyang's body. He subconsciously reached out and touched it. The crystal sand was so fine that he could almost hear the echo of human voice amid the friction sound.

That terrifying scream...

...The 'core' of the Golden Angel is the human soul?!

This didn't hold Nie Weiyang back, as he knew exactly what was important. But at this moment, anger and hatred welled up within him.

In the ruins of a modern city, under the dim sky, the young man made a "tsk" sound and turned away.

……

Nie Weiyang was already used to the days of traveling.

From one forest to another, from one river to another, from one mountain to another, from one home to another, he has been on the road almost every day since his rebirth. Even if he stops occasionally, it will not last long.

For about a month thereafter, he and his team were on the road.

Every day they had to deal with at least twenty Golden Angels. These creatures were extremely annoying when gathered together, and were far more dangerous than when they appeared alone. Each time, Nie Weiyang took the initiative to take on the task of destroying the core. Initially, everyone tried to stop him, but when Nie Weiyang returned to the team with a normal expression for the fifth time, they fell silent.

——No one can guarantee that they can still be the same as they are now under the pressure of repeated death empathy.

Moreover, as time passed, they drew closer to the Spirit Light Command Tower, and the enemies around them grew more numerous. When they were one-fifth of the way there, they encountered a fire-breathing golden angel for the first time. Its description even read, "True gold fears no fire"... After defeating it, Nie Weiyang was once again responsible for destroying its core. This time, he discovered that its core wasn't a human soul, but a golden spiritual light.

The Lingguang Command Tower obviously received some information and began to send reinforcements in their direction.

It is said that the human side initially sent out a total of one thousand teams, starting from different directions.

But probably less than half of them can walk one-fifth of the way - at least half of the people around Nie Weiyang are remnants of other teams.

This was already the sixth wave of humanity's mission. On the front lines, the last few million of humanity's fresh troops were desperately fighting against the Golden Lord.

A month of high-intensity fighting was enough for Nie Weiyang to fully grasp all the information about the people around him, and it was also enough to increase their trust in Nie Weiyang to a level that could not be increased any further.

Another difference between the Chaos Shelter and other shelters is that no matter how much you go through in there, as long as you can get out alive, it will only take a moment.

Thinking about those unreal stories, the players actually entered as real bodies, but this remnant of real history was just a big dream.

But even so, knowing that all this really happened...

Nie Weiyang could no longer treat the people around him purely as 'NPCs'.

"Captain!" A bunch of grilled vegetables was extended to Nie Weiyang's mouth. Fang Zihan and Xi Liya's eyes peeked out from behind: "Try it, try it!"

At this moment, a group of people were sitting among a group of rocks. There were no tents or even sleeping bags in this temporary camp. There was only a stove in the middle, which was a standard smoke-scattering stove. From a distance, there was no smoke at all.

This was dug by Jiang Meng, she used to be a soldier.

Sang Min was squatting in front of the stove cooking, his sturdy body, taller than Nie Weiyang, huddled up in a ball. Another white man named Tom Payne was helping him in the kitchen - he was number 12 in the team, an American who was very confident in grilling.

Elsewhere, Gong Hanchuan, Luo Hua, and No. 11, Tang Hui, were stationed as observation posts on the perimeter. No. 9, Wenjun, and No. 10, Liu Qiuxian, a couple, were helping Sang Min and Tom pick vegetables. No. 13, Yun Bowen, a former teacher, was flipping through a magazine he had found in the ruins of the city.

No one knew where Tan Xuan had gone, but everyone in the team had gotten used to him disappearing from time to time. After all, every time he came back, he would bring back some supplies that he had found from somewhere.

Listening to this guy's own words, he used to be a thief. This was not unexpected to Nie Weiyang. After all, the smell of thieves was too obvious...

Nie Weiyang's gaze swept in all directions and then returned to his present state.

The roasted vegetables were still there.

The expressions of the two children have become a little pitiful.

“…” Nie Weiyang silently took the skewers.

Because he'd suffered a loss earlier in his previous life, he'd never eat anything offered to him. Even now, he subconsciously inspected the skewers before taking a bite. Admittedly, they were quite good. Sang Min had said he used to be a chef, and it seemed so.

"Not bad." Nie Weiyang nodded.

"Yeah!!!" The two children cheered softly and skipped away.

Nie Weiyang looked at their backs in confusion. Wen Jun leaned over with a smile and whispered, "They baked it especially for you."

...they grilled it?

Nie Weiyang raised his eyebrows. He looked at the skewers and they looked cooked to perfection.

"This one is the only one roasted well out of a dozen," Wenjun said, still peeling an unknown vegetable root. "It was under the guidance of Sangmin and Tom. The other ones are failures, well... whoever roasted them gets to eat them."

Nie Weiyang smiled and said, "Thank you. Do you need any help?"

"No need, two people are enough to pick the vegetables." Wen Jun said, "I just heard them say that Tang Hui's old injury has relapsed..."

"I'll go over and take a look." Nie Weiyang said.

Tang Hui, a quiet woman, used to be a tailor. She had sewed clothes and human wounds after the disaster. But according to her, most of the time, the wounds were the same whether they were sewed or not - they were large, deep and irregular, and the amount of bleeding was huge. The crystals on the Golden Angel's weapon seemed to have something attached to them, which was very destructive to the human body.

Here, minor injuries don't need stitches, and serious injuries are useless even if stitches are used.

"It's just a minor injury. Although it hurts occasionally, it doesn't affect my movements." Tang Hui smiled gently, "Don't worry, Captain."

Nie Weiyang nodded slightly, as if he really wasn't worried. But every time these people called him "Captain," he would worry a little more about them.

In the original history, how long did they live?

Did they complete the final mission?

Nie Weiyang had no idea. He simply placed Tang Hui's arm on her leg and helped clean and bandage the eroded wound, where the skin and flesh had been torn apart. His technique was always precise and clean, but when it came to choosing between the patient's feelings and the prognosis, he would unhesitatingly choose the latter. Tang Hui occasionally couldn't help but let out a hissing sound while inhaling, but she didn't say anything.

After the bandaging was completed, the woman lowered her head silently. She straightened her inner clothes and put on the upper body protective suit again.

"Thank you." She seemed to have something to say, "Captain, you..."

"There are enemies!" Gong Hanchuan suddenly shouted.

Everyone in the camp put down what they were doing, and when they picked up their weapons, Nie Weiyang had already jumped up, walked a few steps to Gong Hanchuan's side, and looked out from the side of the rugged rock where the other party was hiding.

Second update No. 30

Chapter 123 The Mountain is Full of Golden Armor

It has been fifteen years since Jin Tianzhu came to this planet.

The meteor shower transformed from the asteroid Psyche emitted a golden glow and fell at the junction of the Eurasian continent. The sky dyed golden by it is still a nightmare for many people. On that day, the color of gold was no longer so joyful for the first time.

[The Psyche Meteorite Swarm Incident], or in other words, [The Golden Night].

Others on the team had spoken of it many times, but Nie Weiyang hadn't been there firsthand, so every time he spoke of it, he'd remain silent. The others assumed he didn't want to discuss it, or that he'd been through a lot—"You can tell the captain's been through a lot," they'd say. "The more you've experienced, the more you've lost."

These people are very understanding. Of course, this is probably also because Nie Weiyang is strong enough.

Anyone who sees a man killing a humanoid as if it were a fish will learn to be more compassionate in his presence.

However, when Nie Weiyang stuck his head out, he found that he had a practical understanding of the grand occasion of the Golden Night.

——This is too harmful to the eyes!

They were halfway up a mountain. At that moment, a swarm of golden angels, at least three thousand in number, were floating upward. The gleam of the crystal spears combined with the smooth surface of the golden armor created a dazzling reflection that nearly illuminated half the sky. Even with goggles filtering out the strong contrast between light and dark, Nie Weiyang couldn't help but squint.

This wealth from the universe is truly dangerous and shining.

Nie Weiyang immediately gestured backwards, asking everyone to retreat.

With this number of hostile targets, one person could destroy an entire building in one blow. Even if he brought in all the abilities and items outside the shelter, he was only sure of escaping.

But now comes the problem.

The enemy is coming from the direction of the mission target, where is he running to?

"Go around!" Nie Weiyang whispered. "Let's go, fight guerrilla warfare!"

Only a fool would confront them head-on at this time!

The group abandoned their belongings and fled with their weapons and equipment. Nie Weiyang still carried the nuclear bomb on his back. It was too heavy and hindered his mobility, so it was either he or Sang Min who carried it along the way. After all, if someone else carried it, it wouldn't matter if they died, but losing the nuclear bomb would be troublesome.

However, he always had doubts: could a nuclear bomb of this size really destroy the 'Aura Command Tower'?

The tower's thinnest point has a diameter of over a hundred meters...

This thought only lasted a moment in Nie Weiyang's mind. As he approached the other exit of the camp, he heard the sound of something rapidly approaching from behind. He pulled out a golden spear from the side.

'clang!!'

Golden spears collided, one with a dull, yet skillfully executed spearhead, the other with a gleaming blue light, but was pushed aside.

"Crack!"

Before the vast golden ocean, a golden spear pierced the body of a golden angel. Nie Weiyang's hand went numb, and he turned and ran, clutching the captured spear. Behind him, the blocked golden angel pulled the spear out of his companion's body, leaving a groove in the golden structure, but neither of them cared.

Although their physical fitness was almost the same, Nie Weiyang ran faster than the others. He jumped over the pile of rocks and quickly caught up with them.

Under the gloomy sky, the fields were littered with golden nuggets of varying sizes. Everyone deftly maneuvered around them, running off into the distance under Nie Weiyang's lead.

The Golden Night wasn't the only meteor shower; almost every day after that, golden meteorites of all sizes were seen around the world. These were the remains of Psyche—before the observatory was captured, people could still see countless golden stars floating in the planet's orbit, blocking the planet's view of the outside world.

"Fuck... Ceres... is it really that big? Why wasn't it sucked in when it passed over Jupiter?!" Luo Hua panted as she ran, gritting her teeth and saying, "Where did Tan Xuan go..."

"Tan Xuan came from this direction." Nie Weiyang said calmly, "I came here to find him."

"The meal is just ready, but we haven't eaten yet..." Sang Min was a little disappointed, but soon his expression became serious: "It's strange, the enemy seems to know our location."

“…” The other people in the team looked at each other.

"Don't think too much," Nie Weiyang said. "Talk less while running."

He pushed himself over a huge rock with one hand, leaned back to catch his breath, and looked out.

"Still chasing..." He frowned.

"We should run separately. A group of us would make us too conspicuous," Jiang Meng said, her dark skin obscuring her expression. "Captain, you are the most important. You should run alone. Run alone with the nuclear bomb."

"I agree." Yun Bowen nodded. He actually smiled, and his true expression was hidden under the smile.

“…” Nie Weiyang closed his eyes and thought for a moment, going over the map of this area that he had seen in his mind several times.