Last Totem Novel - Chapter 44

Chapter 44 Harvest
The battle lasted for half an hour, and the entire camp was cleaned up by a dense barrage of bullets. There were dozens of corpses lying on the ground, and the tents were knocked to the ground, riddled with holes.

Under the illumination of the searchlight, the camp was dead silent. Afterwards, the garrison members entered the camp one after another, searching for the remaining enemies.

After confirming that there were no more survivors in the camp, Old Di put away his sniper rifle and walked into the camp, beginning to count the spoils of war. Then, Ye Xinling also walked into the camp. She looked around at familiar or unfamiliar corpses with a complicated expression. Not long after, she stopped in front of a corpse lying on its back with a large caliber bullet piercing through its chest and abdomen.

This corpse was a dark and slightly fat man. He was the leader of the Blackstone Mercenary and the previous owner of Ye Xinling.

At this moment, Tie Zha walked over with a heavy straight machete. He was mending the knife for the corpse, because with the current technology, as long as the brain was not completely destroyed, it could be transformed into a mechanized human through surgery. Of course, if a corpse dies for more than 24 hours without any freezing measures, no one can be revived.

Tie Zha looked at the black man’s corpse and raised her saber to cut open his head, but Ye Xinling reached out her hand to stop him. She couldn’t bear to look at the corpse of Guild Leader Blackstone and pleaded, “Master, he is the Guild Leader. Please leave a complete corpse for him.”

Tie Zha frowned and walked away. This was an endless sea of sand, and the rate of brain death would increase. Moreover, it was very difficult for him to freeze here, so he did not insist.

However, before he could take a few steps forward, a shocked scream suddenly came from behind him!

Tie Zha quickly turned around and saw that Ye Xinling was being grabbed by a black and thin man’s neck and was retreating step by step. The thin black man’s body was constantly sliding down fine sand. He had probably been hiding in the sand until the iron slag left before he suddenly exploded and grabbed the only woman in the group as a hostage.

“Get out of the way! Otherwise, I’ll kill her!” The skinny man shouted from behind Ye Xinling. His expression was a little flustered, as if his entire body was trembling.

Tie Zha silently looked at the skinny man. Through the lights in the campsite, he could see that the man was about twenty years old. He could be considered a young man. Then, Tie Zha revealed a lazy expression and asked him, “What do you want?”

At this time, Old Flute brought people over and surrounded the other party in the middle.

“Don’t come over, or I’ll kill her!” The skinny young man shouted in panic.

“If you have something to say, don’t hurt anyone. You can talk about anything. What do you want?” Old Di comforted.

“Give me a sand truck. I’ll let her go after I leave.”

Old Flute turned his head to look at the iron slag, his gaze filled with inquiry.

“Are you Xiao Hei?” Ye Xinling suddenly asked.

“You … you are … Secretary Ye! Why are you here!” The skinny young man finally saw the hostage clearly and immediately cried out.

“Xiao Hei, the Guild Leader is dead. Join us. You can eat everywhere you want.”

“Ye … Secretary Ye, how can you …” Xiao Hei’s mind didn’t turn around for a moment, and he stuttered under the sudden change.

‘”This is Xin Ling’s current master, a hundred times stronger than Guild Leader Blackstone. You can follow him with Xin Ling, ten thousand times better than following Guild Leader Blackstone.”

Tie Zha frowned slightly, but he didn’t agree to anything. However, his displeasure was also fleeting. After all, Ye Xinling was still in the hands of the other party.

Hearing Secretary Ye’s words, Little Black seemed to be slightly shaken. He hesitantly asked, “Secretary Ye, will they kill me?”

“I’ll be one of my own in the future. What’s the benefit of killing a soldier like you?” Without waiting for an answer, Ye Xinling continued to ask, “What are you doing here? What’s your mission?”

“Catching sandworms … yes … there’s an injured Golden Sandworm. The Guild Leader has been chasing us for a long time, so this is it.”

“Do you have any information? Location?” Ye Xinling continued to ask.

“I have … I have information.” Little Black answered honestly.

“Hurry up and show us. We’re here to catch sandworms too.” Ye Xinling said in surprise.

The atmosphere at the scene became more relaxed. Old Di signaled the team members to retreat, and then said with a smile, “Little brother, if you have any information, I’ll count as your contribution. When you split the money, I’ll count as your extra share. We’re from the Tieshan Town Guard. I’m the captain, Old Di. How about we go back and arrange a position for you?”

“Really … Really?” Little Black asked in delight. Becoming an official garrison was much better than being a mercenary. At the same time, Little Black gradually loosened his grip on Ye Xinling’s neck.

Just as the atmosphere became more relaxed, the situation suddenly changed!

The problem was not Xiao Hei, but Ye Xinling! She suddenly broke free from her control and pulled out her pistol to continuously pull the trigger at the astonished Blackie!

“Bang, bang, bang!” After a few gunshots, Little Black fell into a pool of blood with an expression of disbelief.

Afterwards, everyone dispersed and continued to do what they had to do. Tie Zha did not ask, nor did Ye Xinling explain.

Actually, what Ye Xinling was thinking was very simple. She didn’t want to bring her past to the present, and this Little Black was probably a time bomb that knew everything.

An hour later, the old flute reported happily to the iron slag. Apart from recovering what he had lost, he had also obtained quite a few vehicles and equipment this time. The Blackstone Mercenary had quite a few items, worth at least 2,500 gold. In addition, Iron Cinder had also seized a flying fish from the sand sea.

“War is indeed the fastest way to get rich.” Old Di sighed.

However, Iron Slag wasn’t in high spirits. He said, “Five people have died. How are we going to explain ourselves when we go back?”

Old Di lowered his voice and said, “The garrison has 20 casualties every year. Eldest sister has rarely used it.” He then said meaningfully, “As long as the hole in the money is filled, no one will investigate how many people die. This is the rule of the Autonomous Society, and also the rule of this world.”

Tie Zha raised his head to look at the stars in the sky and said, “Old Man Tie said that every life is precious.”

At this time, if it was someone else, they would definitely look at Tie Zha in disbelief. This was clearly a fierce wolf that killed without blinking an eye, yet he still pretended to say such words. This was simply like a cat crying, a mouse crying, a crocodile crying, and so on. However, Old Di was no other person. He understood the youth in front of him and could see the kindness in his heart. As long as other people did not encroach on his interests, he would not ignore other people’s lives.

“You’re right … It’s just that we still don’t have the ability to do it.” Old Flute replied. Although he had never seen Old Man Tie in the mouth of the iron slag, he still had respect for this iron-boned old man. To be able to survive in such a cruel environment and live with dignity, and to have good intentions, was truly rare.

At this time, Ye Xinling came over. She raised the paper information in her hand and said, “Master, they have been tracking an injured Golden Sandworm. The information shows that the Golden Sandworm was hit by several hunting bullets with wireless transmitters. We can track its signal.”

“Forget it, the harvest is almost over. Let’s go back.” Tie Zha said that he didn’t want to increase the number of casualties anymore, so he decided to stop now. Afterwards, Old Di also expressed his support. After all, five of his teammates had died, and everyone felt uncomfortable.

After the spoils of war were counted, the temporary drivers of the vehicles were distributed. All the items were loaded onto the vehicles. Iron slag ordered everyone to rest on the spot. After dawn, they set off for Tieshan Town.

However, after dawn, when Iron Slag sat in the cockpit of Comet 2, another unimaginable thing happened.

[Captain, Alice detected two other unfamiliar radio waves yesterday. Their coordinates suddenly converged an hour ago. Sixteen minutes ago, one of the radio waves sent out a distress signal. The transmission point is only 21 kilometers away from us. Alice suggested that Captain go over and take a look at the situation.]

Launching a distress signal in the sand was akin to a beautiful woman stripping naked and inviting someone else to come. The rules of the Sand Sea were that asking for help represented surrender and the relationship of taking whatever one wanted.

Based on Ye Xinling’s information, Tie Zha guessed that one of the signals came from the injured Golden Sandworm, while the other signal came from the team that was chasing the sandworm. Then a battle broke out between the two sides, and one of the humans was hunted instead of hunting, so he began to send a distress signal. After all, it’s impossible for a sandworm to send a distress signal …

At this time, the girl’s mechanical synthesis voice came from the radio again.

[Captain, one of the signals is moving eastward, farther and farther away from us, and the distress signal is still in place.]

Hearing this news, Tie Zha no longer hesitated and immediately ordered Old Flute to gather his troops and head towards the rescue location.

As a man, there is a gambling nature in his soul. Tie Zha was the same, especially since he grew up picking up trash. He was quite enthusiastic about picking up things to make a fortune. Assuming that the two warring parties were Golden Sandworms and humans, then the sandworms would definitely not pick up anything from humans.

The equipment all over the place must be very valuable! After all, a team that was confident that they could hunt Golden Sandworms was at least as well equipped as the Blackstone Mercenaries.

Thinking of this, Tie Zha’s blood boiled as he swept away the haze and ordered the troops to advance.

A few minutes later, the team arrived near the coordinates.

The dense smell of smoke came from the wind. From afar, it was a mess. There were corpses of soldiers everywhere, as well as burnt sand trucks, armoured sand trucks, motorcycles, and even the remains of organic armor.

Seeing this scene, everyone thought in their hearts, “I’m rich! I’m rich!”

Afterwards, everyone rushed to the battlefield like crazy and began to search for valuable materials and equipment.

“Wow, there are two golden sparkles in this purse!” “Fire God Cannon! Many parts of this hyena are still intact. They will be shipped back and sold for a lot of money.” “SST’s professional bulletproof vest, good stuff.” “Big Head, hurry up and take a look. This armored vehicle will be able to drive after a repair.”

Everyone was like a harvest sacrifice, shouting in delight while stuffing their pockets. This was not something that he had fought so hard to obtain, but something that he had picked up without any effort at all.

Tie Zha stood at the top of the sand dune not far away. Looking at the busy team members, an uneasy feeling suddenly surged in his heart. He thought about it carefully for a while and finally remembered that he had not seen the person asking for help!

Then who sent the distress signal?

Thinking of this, Iron Slag quickly ran towards Comet 2. Just as he jumped into the cockpit, he heard Alice’s urgent cry.

[Danger alert, the signal that left earlier is returning at an extremely fast speed, faster than our average speed]

“Damn it” Iron slag flashed this thought and immediately jumped onto the roof of the car and shouted, “Everyone, get in the car. This is a trap, quickly retreat!”