Chapter 47: The Out-of-Control Meng Wu. Feng Qizhou is Going into Labor! p1
Pinglan Lake was a very clean lake.
There was no turbidity from accumulated silt, no pollution from man-made garbage. Sunlight penetrated the water’s surface, casting light spots on the clean lakebed. You could clearly see all kinds of submerged plants swaying gently.
More and more frogmen gathered together, rolling like a snowball, getting bigger and bigger, layer upon layer like a ball of ants crossing a river.
They were chaotic but orderly, kissing, touching, and mating.
Xue Yu’s mind went slightly blank as she was pulled forward by Meng Wu.
Meng Wu whispered in her ear, “We have to join them, do the same things as them, so they don’t think we’re different, and then slowly guide them into the minefield.”
Seeing the difficulty on Xue Yu’s face, Meng Wu did not force her.
“You choose. If you can’t do it, we’ll leave now. Otherwise, when they’re done and turn to attack us, the two of us will be in trouble.”
“Please tell me your choice quickly,” Meng Wu urged.
Xue Yu suppressed her disgust and nodded firmly. “Okay! The White Tower will win! For the people, for the White Tower!”
“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen such a pure soldier. It seems my choice was not wrong,” Meng Wu laughed and wrapped his arm around her waist, continuing to swim towards the frogmen.
Xue Yu: “What did you choose?”
“I chose to train you into a king of soldiers.”
“Me, a king of soldiers?” Xue Yu was flattered.
Before she could react, Meng Wu had pulled her completely close to the ball of frogmen rolling in the water.
As soon as the two of them got close, several frogmen’s protruding eyes stared straight at them, their aggression on the verge of erupting.
But when Meng Wu kissed Xue Yu, the aggression in the frogmen’s eyes gradually dissipated.
Meng Wu let go of Xue Yu’s lips and instead kissed her face, moving to nibble on her earlobe, whispering in her ear, “Very good. We’ve blended in with them. Continue.”
Xue Yu and Meng Wu kept kissing and hugging, taking off their equipment and letting the water-type combat suits cling to their skin in the water.
Xue Yu touched something erect on Meng Wu’s body and quickly moved her hand away.
She had no physiological reaction to kissing and touching Meng Wu.
This group of frogmen was too perverted. She was too busy being repulsed to be bewitched by them.
Her and Meng Wu’s bodies were pressed together, their postures similar to those of the frogmen. They moved to the front of the group of frogmen, kissing each other and leading the way.
Sure enough, the ball of intertwined frogmen was following them.
The two of them were very careful and finally led the frogmen to the minefield.
Meng Wu whispered in Xue Yu’s ear, “The mines in Area A08. I’ve given you the detonation permission.”
“I’ll count down from five. We have to leave at top speed. You detonate the mines in five seconds.”
“Okay.”
“Five, four, three, two, go!”
The two of them pushed each other away at the same time, pushing with all their might to get the other person away from the minefield.
As soon as Xue Yu left, the frogmen sensed the weakening of the power source and all turned to look at her.
Xue Yu operated the diving watch on her wrist at top speed, activating the detonation device for this minefield.
She swam out with all her might and hid behind a giant rock on the lakebed.
Three seconds later, she heard a loud explosion. Dense bubbles scattered like silver needles, and the shockwave swept outwards. The huge explosion caused the water surface to bulge, and countless white foams appeared.
When everything had calmed down a bit, Xue Yu looked at the minefield.
The water had become turbid. Red blood and gray lakebed mud were mixed together, and everything became blurry.
She switched to using the thermal imager on her goggles and saw Meng Wu coming from a distance. He picked up his own equipment and was about to leave.
Xue Yu swam towards him and shouted with joy, “Sir, they’re all dead!”
Just as she was about to get close, she was harshly reprimanded by Meng Wu, “Stay away from me!”
Xue Yu was frozen in place, at a loss.
She had been with Meng Wu for so long. Everyone said that Meng Wu had a bad temper and was unpredictable, but she had never really felt it.
Meng Wu would occasionally make a few jokes, but he had never spoken harshly to her.
Xue Yu couldn’t understand. She had just made such a great contribution. Why was Meng Wu still angry with her?
Could it be that she was too outstanding, which made Meng Wu feel threatened?
Was he afraid that she would kill him and take his position?
Blueberry sensed Xue Yu’s emotions.
It came out and answered her through telepathy: Yes, yes! We are too outstanding, which makes him feel threatened!
Xue Yu rubbed Blueberry and did not give herself a chance to overthink: Yes, that’s it. Sigh, I’m just too outstanding.
After the explosion, the minefield was a mess. The water was full of the smell of blood.
Xue Yu pushed aside her messy thoughts and continued her work, reaping the rewards!
Each soldier’s helmet had a special scanner. After killing an enemy, they needed to use the scanner to scan the enemy’s corpse and record the data.
When they returned to the White Tower, they could exchange the data from the scanner for money or equipment at the combat center.
Xue Yu pressed the scanner switch on the right side of her helmet, set the scanning area, and scanned and recorded all the information of the frogmen’s corpses in the minefield.
84 frogmen!
She had killed 84 frogmen with this one explosion.
According to the regulations of the White Tower, killing one frogman could be exchanged for 2,000 New Dollars.
She had now killed 84 frogmen and could get 168,000 New Dollars!
She didn’t have to worry about the children’s formula money anymore.
Xue Yu was overjoyed. She picked up the equipment she had just taken off, put it on at top speed, and swam out of the water.
The sound of gunshots and cannon fire was still there, but the battle around Pinglan Lake had subsided a bit.
The frogmen had intentionally shifted the battlefield to the depths of the mountain valley. That was the work of the land-type soldiers and had nothing to do with the water-type.
The water-type side only needed to defend Pinglan Lake.
There was a large wave-cut platform by the lake, all of which was sandstone that had been eroded by the lake water for a long time. The rock surface had small honeycomb-like holes.
Many of the frogmen’s corpses were riddled with holes and were casually discarded on the sandstone.
There were also some corpses of White Tower soldiers. From their equipment, there were both old and new soldiers. The faces of these soldiers’ corpses were unrecognizable, and almost all of them had been disemboweled by the frogmen.
No one cleaned up the corpses of either the frogmen or the soldiers. They were just left by the lake in a disheveled state.
The White Tower had never had the habit of cleaning up the battlefield, nor would they deal with the remains of the soldiers.
Xue Yu walked along the lake.
She heard many soldiers discussing.
“Who set off that mine just now? It was so powerful. Dozens of frogmen’s corpses floated up. Amazing.”
“I don’t know. I guess it was Squid Man. He’s always been quite strong.”
“Strong my ass. Didn’t he lose to Xue Yu in the last promotion competition? Losing to the last place is even worse than being the last place, hehe.”
Xue Yu walked along, tidying up the unrecognizable soldiers’ corpses.
She gathered their torn clothes, buttoned them up to cover the bloody disembowelment, and took off their helmets to cover their faces.
When she saw the frogmen’s corpses, she would also tidy them up, helping them close their eyes that were wide open in death, at least making their deaths more dignified.
“Hey, Xue Yu, what are you doing?” the captain of the sisterhood, Ning Ting, shouted.
Xue Yu pointed to the corpses on the ground. “They’re blocking the way. I’m moving them.”
“Why are you going to all that trouble? Just step over them.”
Ning Ting wiped the blood from her face and walked over. “I killed eight frogmen this morning. What about you?”
Xue Yu: “I haven’t counted yet. I’ll check later.”
Ning Ting reminded her, “You have to be careful to count. This is all money. If you don’t scan and count in time, this battle will be for nothing.”
“Alright.”
Xue Yu saw Meng Wu sitting alone on the lake beach in the distance, one long leg bent, biting on his self-made cigar again.
From his posture, it seemed he was angry, and the two words “unhappy” emanated from his body.
Ning Ting specifically reminded Xue Yu, “I don’t know who angered Major Meng. He’s been wearing a long face since he got out of the water, as if everyone owes him money. You should stay away.”
“I know. Thank you.”
After Ning Ting left, Xue Yu walked along the lake beach, tidying up the corpses of the soldiers and frogmen, and slowly approached Meng Wu.
She had noticed that Meng Wu had changed his clothes, from the close-fitting water-type combat suit to a regular military uniform.
Meng Wu seemed to have been listening to her movements. As soon as she got close, he turned his head to look at her, then quickly looked away, saying nothing.
“Sir, are you angry with me?” Xue Yu asked.
Meng Wu stared straight ahead in silence. The lake had just gone through a fierce battle, as if someone had washed clothes in it. The surface was covered with blood foam, frogmen’s corpses, soldiers’ corpses…
“Major Meng, you’re making me very uncomfortable too.”
Xue Yu stood in front of him, blocking his unfocused gaze.
She continued, “I am your soldier, but I am not obligated to bear your negative emotions. Your inexplicable anger towards me makes me feel that I am not being respected.”
Meng Wu finally shifted his gaze to her face, his lips moved, as if he wanted to say something but held back.
After a moment, he said, “I’m sorry. I apologize to you. I’m very sorry, Xue Yu.”
Xue Yu: “I accept your apology, but I want to ask, is it my fault that you are angry?”
If not, then I’m leaving.
Meng Wu didn’t know what he was thinking. He squatted for a few seconds before saying, “Do you want me to be honest?”
Xue Yu nodded. “Yes, Major Meng.”
Meng Wu’s hair was wet. He shook his head like a dog, splashing water everywhere.
He was sitting, and Xue Yu was standing. He had to look up to talk to Xue Yu. “Yes, my negative emotions are indeed related to you.”
“Why?”
Meng Wu crushed the self-made cigar in his fingertips into two pieces and casually stuffed them into his pocket.
“Because I lost control. I lost control underwater. The feeling of losing control made me very uneasy. I couldn’t control my emotions, so my tone was very harsh with you. I’m really very sorry.”
“Lost control?” Xue Yu frowned and looked at the half-exposed, fair neck. There were still a few scales on his neck that had not completely faded.
“Is it because of the contamination? Is your body okay?” she asked again.
Meng Wu shook his head. “It’s not that. It’s another reason.”
He looked up at Xue Yu’s clean, dark, bright eyes, his prominent Adam’s apple bobbing up and down. He swallowed hard before continuing, “Do you want to hear the truth? This truth may not be very polite, but if you decide to listen, I am willing to be honest.”
Xue Yu couldn’t resist her curiosity and said decisively, “I want to hear it!”
Meng Wu lowered his head slightly, the corner of his mouth twitching. His tone was emotionless. “My body’s desire was very strong, so strong that it exceeded my expectations.”
“Huh?”
“It’s just as you think. A physiological loss of control,” Meng Wu said faintly. “When we were hugging and kissing underwater, I was very disappointed that I couldn’t control my body’s reaction, so my emotions got the better of me, and I lost my temper.”
“I was angry with myself, not with you,” he looked into her eyes again. “I’m very sorry, Xue Yu.”
Xue Yu looked left and right. Why did she have to hear this? Curiosity killed the cat.
Alright, now it’s awkward for both of them.
How should they get along in the future?
She pretended to be relaxed, looked at Meng Wu’s pants, and giggled. “Haha! So that’s it. I was wondering why you changed your pants so quickly. So that’s the reason.”
“I’m very sorry, Xue Yu.”
Xue Yu had never heard so many “sorries” from Meng Wu’s mouth. She waved her hand. “It’s okay. I understand. Well, I understand. Young people are more hot-blooded.”
“Then I’ll be going now. The weather is really nice today, hehe.”
Xue Yu coughed a couple of times, fiddled with the submachine gun slung across her chest, and walked away with her hands behind her back, whistling.
There were no more frogmen in the water. All the water-type soldiers had come out of the water and were sitting by the lake, waiting for further instructions.
Xue Yu had nothing to do and continued to tidy up the corpses on the shore.
She dragged all the soldiers’ corpses over and placed them in one place.
She also dragged the frogmen’s corpses over and placed them in another place. The frogmen’s skin was poisonous, so she had to wear gloves and move them carefully.
The other soldiers were watching her from the side and shouted, “Xue Yu, aren’t you tired? What are you doing?”
“I’m playing!” Xue Yu continued to move the corpses.
Youke’en came over. Without asking why, he did whatever Xue Yu did. The two of them not only moved all the corpses on the shore and tidied them up, but also dragged the floating corpses in the lake to the shore.
Before long, the members of the sisterhood also joined Xue Yu in moving the corpses.
Meng Wu also joined.
More and more soldiers joined in the action of cleaning up the corpses. No one said anything, and no one asked why.
The previously scattered corpses were moved over and neatly arranged in a square formation.
The frogmen’s corpses were also arranged in another square formation.
Xue Yu found a few dry branches and tore up a few pieces of paper.
The dry branches served as incense sticks, and the paper as paper money. According to the customs of Earth, she performed a simple ritual to send them off.
Then, Meng Wu asked, “How do you plan to deal with these corpses?”
Xue Yu: “Burn them. Is that okay?”
“It’s okay,” Meng Wu looked into the distance. “Let’s burn them tomorrow. There will probably be a lot more corpses tomorrow. We can burn them together then.”
“Okay.”
There was nothing else to do.
The battlefield had shifted to the depths of the mountain valley, where the land-type soldiers and the frogmen were fighting fiercely in the bushes.
Many water-type soldiers also wanted to kill frogmen for money. After getting permission from their superiors, they all took their guns and ran towards the mountain valley.
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