Chapter 280: Dust Storm Demon Locusts Fearless of Ordinary Fire
After meeting Staff Officer Shao, Mo Fan recounted his experiences in the Desert and the matter concerning Lin Fei Li.
Upon understanding the full story, Staff Officer Shao looked at Shi Qianshou with anger.
"O-Officer!" Shi Qianshou's legs trembled slightly, and he didn't even dare to look up at Staff Officer Shao's face.
"My biggest regret is being soft-hearted towards people like you!" Staff Officer Shao turned around and coldly looked down at Shi Qianshou.
Evidently, Staff Officer Shao should have had an opportunity to punish him. However, she must have given him another chance.
Now, hearing about the Taklamakan Desert outpost, she was extremely furious.
"I… I did all this for the Fortress City! Those arrogant council members don't understand our hardships, they don't understand the dangers here. We, loyal people, are risking our lives to expand our territory, reclaiming a tiny bit of survival space and racial dignity that humanity has continuously lost from the demon beasts' land. But in the end, they want to reassign us to an even more remote place, to let us continue to die. My subordinates and I don't want to die…" Shi Qianshou stammered.
"Officer, listen to me. We will all eventually be used as cannon fodder by those council members, dying tragically in some demon beast tribe or demon beast empire. Everything here was built by us, everything was managed by us. Why doesn't it belong to us?!" Shi Qianshou continued.
"Why??" Staff Officer Shao sneered, "We are humans, not greedy and cold-blooded demon beasts, not bloodthirsty demons. The number of demon beasts is hundreds, thousands of times ours. Our territory harbors the most vicious and ambitious monsters. Why haven't we been annihilated and become food for those things until now?"
"To die in the belly of a demon beast is our destiny. If you didn't have this realization before putting on this military uniform, then stay in the City. No one will force you to come out and die, and no one will call you a coward. You can live in peace and stability, and even if demon beasts attack, they must first step over the corpses of us who have made this resolve and wear military uniforms… But if you choose the former, and what you do is worse than a demon beast, I swear I will annihilate both your body and soul, letting you die by means of torture more brutal than your fears!"
Staff Officer Shao's voice seemed to penetrate like thunder, not only crushing the faint "every man for himself" justification hidden deep within Shi Qianshou, that villainous Guardian Mage, but also heavily reverberating in the ears of the other soldiers.
Shi Qianshou wanted to demonize all soldiers, and even tell the world that the path he forged was the only way to survive in the west. But could a City built upon death and resentment truly withstand the attacks of demon beasts?
Shi Qianshou had no power to resist. Even if he did, he would be no match for Staff Officer Shao.
Of course, he would be even less of a match for Mo Fan.
After all, if it weren't for Mo Fan, he wouldn't have been captured.
Mo Fan looked at Staff Officer Shao. For a woman to reach such a position, besides her own talent, her character must have been a great help, right?
Moreover, he saw in her a temperament no less than that of a man.
"His matter is resolved, and there's another thing," Mo Fan said.
"What is it?" Staff Officer Shao asked.
"The Dust Storm Demon Locusts are evolving. They are sacrificing themselves in batches to the sea of fire, in exchange for evolution. If they attack the City again, I think they will no longer fear ordinary fire," Mo Fan said.
Upon learning of the Dust Storm Demon Locusts' evolution, Staff Officer Shao's expression also became extremely grim.
This was something Staff Officer Shao had never expected.
Immediately, she arranged for Mo Fan to meet Muda.
"The Dust Storm Demon Locustss have mutated. Ordinary flames no longer cause them any damage. This is something we witnessed firsthand when we went into the Desert," Mo Fan said directly upon meeting the other party.
"!!!"
Hearing this, the few people present were stunned!
"Mo Fan, are you sure?" one of the staff officers asked.
"Do I need to lie to you? Or rather, if I lie to you, what would I gain?" Mo Fan frowned slightly, saying discontentedly.
"It's like this: a nearby Anjiao Town was attacked by Dust Storm Demon Locustss. It's been three days now, and they don't know if anyone there is still alive," Staff Officer Shao immediately explained.
If these Dust Storm Demon Locustss are fearless of flames, then aren't the people in Anjiao Town gone?
All the efforts and constructions in the west would be destroyed in an instant!?
Even Muda's face turned grim.
"I can help you solve the current problem. However, I think the nearby Cities and your constructions will all be reduced to ashes," Mo Fan said.
"Saving people is important right now," the female staff officer said.
As for other matters, they couldn't afford to consider them.
In Anjiao Town, there were over ten thousand lives!
"Then I'll trouble you," Although Muda was somewhat puzzled, he didn't know how to respond at the moment. Since Mo Fan could do it, he chose to ask for help.
Mo Fan nodded, then looked at Lin Fei Li and specifically said, "You stay here. I think they will handle your matter well."
Muda was not foolish, and immediately said, "Mo Fan can rest assured. We will handle his contributions fairly."
"That's best, of course. Also, his body might not be healthy. Arrange a Healing Mage to examine him," Mo Fan added.
"Certainly."
"Buzz buzz buzz~~~~!!!"
The entire sky was filled with dark brown dust, and the vibrations it produced caused the ground to tremble continuously. Countless Dust Storm Demon Locustss covered the sky, like a low-pressure storm descending, but it was a thousand times more terrifying than a storm!
Anjiao Town was not very large, with a few main streets and relatively concentrated houses, factories, and buildings. These were built from the harder stone found in the west and had not yet become food for the Dust Storm Demon Locustss.
However, these houses had no windows left. The powerful vibrations had shattered all the glass, floor-to-ceiling glass walls, and display windows in the entire town, leaving the streets in a mess.
At this time, Mo Fan and his group were staying on a high ground about ten miles away.
From here, they could see Anjiao Town, situated in the basin, at a glance. However, the dense black Dust Storm Demon Locustss were like a towering black wind from an outer world, enveloping the entire Anjiao Town and a ten-kilometer radius. Anjiao Town was as tiny as a lone rock island in a black ocean, easily swallowed by surging giant waves!
"My heavens, so many! This is even more than what we encountered in the Desert!!!"
"Mo Fan, can you do it by yourself?" Jiang Shaoxu asked Mo Fan.
"No problem."
Mo Fan nodded, then looked at the female staff officer and said, "If you don't believe me, you can arrange a Fire Mage to go with me. Only then, I think, will you understand whether the current Dust Storm Demon Locustss truly no longer fear ordinary fire."
"I believe you wouldn't joke about something like this. Besides, Anjiao Town was suddenly attacked, so I think it must be because they no longer fear ordinary fire," Staff Officer Shao said.
If it weren't for this reason, how could this town have been suddenly invaded by Dust Storm Demon Locustss?