You cut yourself just to watch us drop our little pearls?

Chapter 15 Betting

Wen performed very well on the front line. He spent a week recording all the details about the fortress and generously shared them with the newcomers on the same team.

It seemed that Wen played some kind of leading role. In the eyes of these newcomers, he had become some kind of leader. Whenever Wen went for a stroll near the fortress, these guys would follow him.

The sergeant in charge of the team didn't say anything after knowing this, and this group of newcomers gradually matured through experience on the battlefield.

They learned how to work as a team and were able to team up to hunt down a level 5 Soul Eater.

Their former childishness and unrealistic ambitions disappeared in the blink of an eye. Although they still had ideals, they had also become more reliable.

Wen Chun has watched Wen's growth all the way, and he feels gratified about his changes in thinking.

After all, this is growth, an indispensable part of living in the world, both for the body and the soul.

He just watched quietly, watching the light of Wen's soul grow stronger and brighter...

Of course, if he didn’t chat on the phone with Wei Ya in his cockpit every night, Wen Chun might be happier, right?

“Time flies by, day and night.”

In the blink of an eye, they had been in the fortress for another month. During this month, they experienced various tasks, big and small, and even assisted the front line in a small positional battle. They also gradually became familiar with the offensive of the Soul Eaters.

But everything has a price. Of the group of newcomers who came here with Wen at the beginning, only half were left in just one month.

Most of them had their cockpits opened by the Soul Eaters like opening a can, and their souls devoured...

A few people were able to leave their bodies behind, and their bodies could still make some contribution to human reproduction, but most people... were basically shattered along with their cockpits.

It turns out... losing the soul is not such a difficult thing to accept. Compared to not having a complete corpse... it's already quite good.

……

Wen Jingjing stood at the highest point of the fortress. From here he could have a general view of the entire battlefield on the front line. It was also his favorite place on the battlefield so far...

It was relatively quiet. Although the air still smelled of blood and gunpowder, there was no sense of urgency, which allowed his tense nerves to relax a little.

"Today...it's so quiet..."

Looking at the calm battlefield front in front of him, Wen leaned on the railing of the fortress with both hands, looking a little lazy.

Today, all members of the Third Legion have a day off. He has no missions, so he feels a little relaxed.

"Quiet? When has it ever been quiet here?"

Wen Chun, who was standing beside him, said silently.

His electronic eyes can see far away that Wen cannot see, so he can naturally see the little movements of those soul eaters.

But today... he really didn't see any trace of those guys.

"Yeah...it may never be quiet here. Everything is just temporary."

Wen, who already fully understood the style of those Soul Eaters, closed his eyes with emotion.

"Chun... Tell me, when will we no longer have to live underground?"

Wen turned around and leaned against the guardrail, opened his dark eyes, and spoke to Wen Chun seriously.

"Maybe... after the Soul Eaters are extinct..."

Wen Chun himself answered with some uncertainty. As far as he knew, humans still hadn't figured out the origin of the Soul Eaters, so wanting to exterminate them... seemed a bit far-fetched.

“Wait until the Soul Eaters are extinct… Can humans really wait until that day?”

"We will wait. I'll make a bet with you. Humans will win."

Wen Chun's electronic eyes stared at Wen seriously.

"Jun, are you serious?"

Wen, who was leaning against the guardrail, looked surprised.

"Of course, you don't think I have nothing to bet on?"

"do you have?"

"Of course I have. You can hide your own secret fund without telling Wei Ya, so why can't I hide it without telling you?"

"What! How did you know!"

Wen was instantly shocked. How did Wen Chun know that he had hidden the secret stash?

"Tsk...you hid in my cockpit. I'm not blind."

Wen Chun looked at Wen in silence with a dramatic look on his face. He was afraid that he really thought that he would not pay attention to the cockpit normally.

"Ah... So you knew it all along..."

He scratched the back of his head slightly embarrassedly, but then he became interested in what Wen Chun meant by "private money".

"What about yours? Where is yours hidden?"

"mine?"

"Uh-huh, yours."

Feeling Wen's curious gaze, Wen Chun really wanted to grin at him, but unfortunately, he didn't have this ability now.

"What do you mean by yours and mine? Yours is mine, isn't it?"

"what do you mean……"

Wen suddenly had a bad feeling.

"My bet is that you won't tell Wei Ya about your private money. How about that? Is that enough?"

“Enough, enough, enough…but it’s really enough…”

When it comes to Viya, Wen’s momentum obviously weakens.

"Then what if you lose?"

"Then I won't tell you."

Wen Chun said as a matter of course.

"Okay, okay, what a great trick! Who taught you to be so bad?"

Wen looked at Wen Chun in confusion. Could it be that he and Wei Ya chatted on the phone in the cockpit every day, and Chun learned all the conversations between them?

"So, you won't lose anything anyway, so why not gamble?"

"Well...I'll think about it."

"Then I will..."

"Hey! Okay, okay! I bet you that humans will win! Okay!"

"Hmph... that's more like it."

"Ugh……"

Wen sighed helplessly. His own mecha... He really liked to mess with his mentality more and more.

"Don't sigh all the time when you are young, or you may suffer from kidney deficiency."

Looking at Wen who looked weak, Wen Chun kindly reminded him.

"Thank you so much!"

Wen rolled his eyes at Wen Chun in annoyance, turned around and continued to lie on the guardrail, looking into the distance at the battlefield.

"If one day, mankind can really be freed from the shadow of the Soul Eaters, what would it matter if I donated all my private money?"

"Yeah, so what..."

A man and a mecha stood on the top of the tall fortress, sighing to each other.

“Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!”

Suddenly! A very urgent alarm sounded from the fortress! The man and the mecha who were still enjoying the breeze on the top of the fortress were suddenly awakened!

"Level 3 Soul Eater response signal detected! All units, please pay attention! Level 3 Soul Eater signal detected! All units, please pay attention!

Chapter 16: See the Level 3 Soul Eater Again!

"Level 3...Soul Eater..."

Another level three soul eater!

Upon hearing the alarm that a Level 3 Soul Eater had appeared, Wen Chun instinctively looked at Wen with a worried look.

After all, they were almost killed by that level 3 soul eater at the very beginning. If Wen had a psychological trauma from that level 3 soul eater...

That would be difficult...

"Chun, let's go!"

Unexpectedly, Wen's face did not show the fear or negative emotions that Wen Chun had imagined.

On the contrary, Wen Chun saw a strong fighting spirit on his face! Faintly, Wen Chun seemed to see his blazing soul, which seemed to be emitting a fierce light!

"This is a great opportunity for us to avenge our past humiliation! Let's go!"

He entered Wen Chun's opened cockpit very swiftly and flexibly, turned on the fortress communication in the cockpit, listened to the legion assembly report inside, and immediately drove Wen Chun towards the defense point below the fortress.

Even though their Third Legion is taking a break today, a Level 3 Soul Eater has now appeared. All the armed forces in the fortress must immediately put down what they are doing and carry out a saturation rescue of the fortress!

After all, if they only dispatched a few legions and paid one-third of the cost, the damage to the human front would be too great. They could not afford such losses, so they had to kill the third-level Soul Eater with the power of thunder!

"Brother Wen! What happened? Why are there suddenly level 3 Soul Eaters attacking the fortress?!"

On the side, Wen's younger brothers also quickly rushed to the front line, and the people of the Third Legion also gathered here quickly.

"I don't know. You guys should take good care of yourself. After all, this is a level 3 Soul Eater."

Wen shook his head and asked, how could he know why a level three Soul Eater appeared here? As someone who had dealt with level three Soul Eaters before, he naturally knew how oppressive a level three Soul Eater could be. That was a gap that a single Soul Mecha could not overcome!

Unless there are enough soul mechas to pile him up and kill him, otherwise... he really doesn't know how to kill that monster...

At the moment when everyone was talking, a sudden black fog covered the entire sky in front of the fortress's front line. The originally clear sky became extremely dark in that instant, and in the black fog, pairs of scarlet eyes poked out, and they looked madly at the soul eaters in the fortress with eyes full of hunger for souls!

"A large number of Soul Eater signals detected! Everyone prepare for battle!"

The commander of the Third Legion and the commander of the Second Legion were standing in the command room of the fortress at this time, looking at the aggressive army of Soul Eaters, both of them had worry on their faces.

"Such a fierce attack... and a level 3 Soul Eater, this is fucking a big deal!"

The commander of the Third Legion looked at the red eyes faintly visible in the black fog with an extremely ugly expression.

"Yeah... I was wondering why it was so quiet today. It turns out these beasts are making trouble in secret!"

The Second Legion Commander also shook his head helplessly. He had been guarding the fortress for so many years, and it was not the first time he had seen such a scene... But, with a level 3 Soul Eater in it, it was a bit of a headache! Deep'"

"This battle is not easy to fight..."

"We have to fight even if it's hard! If we don't, everyone in the dungeon will be treated as a buffet by them!"

"boom!"

The commander of the Third Legion knocked hard on the wooden table, then waved his hand!

"You, the Second Legion, stop those bastards! Our Third Legion will go get that level 3 Soul Eater!"

"You kid! You want to strengthen your skills?"

"I don't want the Second Legion to be cancelled! That's it!"

The Third Legion Commander had an unquestionable look on his face, and decisively gave the order to the Third Legion under his command to contain the third-level Soul Eater.

Now that most of the Second Legion were on the front line, his Third Legion could just attack from the side and tie down the third-level Soul Eater!

…………

"The commander of the army has issued an order. We are responsible for restraining the third-level soul eater!"

The sergeant in charge of their team announced to the team members with a normal expression.

"Ah? Pinning down a level 3 Soul Eater? Us?"

The hypocritical person beside Wen was very surprised.

"No... it's us."

The sergeant shook his head slowly, stretched out his hand and drew a circle towards the Third Legion assembled nearby.