Soul Dominator of the Devouring Star

Chapter 4: With a mortal body, standing shoulder to shoulder with gods

"Clean up monster corpses? You don't need to do that. There are specialized people who will do it. Don't think it's just simple battlefield cleanup; it's extremely dangerous."

Let's go check on Old Chen first, then we'll go get some rest.

Seeing Qin Ming's eager expression, Jia Hong refused without hesitation.

Don't be fooled by the sight of monster corpses on the battlefield; who knows if any of them might still be clinging to life?

Using guns and cannons at long range, a single soldier can easily kill a large number of monsters, but once they get close, even wounded beast-class monsters can be easily killed.

Not to mention that many sea monsters also possess highly toxic substances and the ability to generate electricity.

Even professional battlefield cleanup teams often suffer casualties.

"Why did you think of cleaning up the battlefield? The battlefield is full of monster carcasses and fragments, and every step you take is wet."

"Squad leader, I studied biology at the top military academy in Jiangnan."

Battlefield monster resource recovery is a required course in our major, and my graduation thesis will focus on this topic.

Qin Ming shook his head and explained.

The original owner of this body didn't have much talent in martial arts, but she desperately wanted to become a martial artist.

Because his parents were soldiers who died in a beast tide.

He wasn't just hunting monsters for revenge; he wanted to end the disaster.

This is also the ultimate dream for many people in the apocalypse.

There are only two ways to defeat all the monsters.

The first option is to become a martial artist, like the super martial artist who created the Ultimate Martial Arts School, "Hong".

The second option is to develop laser cannons with even higher frequencies!

I have no interest in scientific research, nor do I have the talent to study the original laser cannon.

So I ended up choosing biology as my major, specifically to study monsters.

In fact, it was also to prepare for hunting monsters in the future.

This became the perfect excuse for Qin Ming to clean up the battlefield.

This is not surprising, as Base 003 is not only a war base, but also a research base.

It houses the most advanced monster research institute in China, and laser cannon research bases are also located here.

After all, this is the best experimental site.

"I see. I'll try to think of a way to apply. But let's skip this one. It's your first time entering the battlefield, and you're too excited right now. That's not good."

If you really want to see it, wait until they've cleaned up the battlefield and come back.

Anyway, it still needs to be taken back to the base for sorting and recycling.

Jia Hong hesitated for a moment, then looked at Qin Ming and said.

People going to the battlefield for the first time often fall into two extremes: one is feeling fear, and the other is like Qin Ming, who not only felt no fear after a night of fighting, but was also filled with excitement.

This is not a good thing.

If we really need to clean up the mess, we should wait until he calms down first.

According to Jia Hong, Qin Ming is currently in a state of high excitement, and once he calms down, he will fall into extreme fatigue. In this situation, the most important thing is to rest.

"good!"

Qin Ming nodded without refuting.

Upon learning that such beast tides were just a daily occurrence at Base 003, he was no longer in a hurry, since he would be staying at the base for a long time anyway.

There's no need to rush for the next one or two days.

Besides, we can wait until they bring the corpses back and sort them out before we go and take a look. As long as we get within a hundred meters, we can absorb all the monster souls, and maybe even sneak some flesh and blood.

"How is Brother Chen?"

After achieving his goal, Qin Ming asked a question.

The "Brother Chen" he mentioned was named Chen Tao, another sniper in the squad, who was impaled in the body by a mutated flagfish bone spike during the battle.

As fellow snipers, Chen Tao also took good care of the original owner of this body.

"His life should be saved, but his arm..."

Jia Hong hesitated for a moment and sighed.

That bone spur completely tore his arm apart; he would have almost certainly died had he not received treatment in the shortest possible time at the war base.

He stayed at Base 003 for three years.

I've seen too many scenes like this on the battlefield; every time the sea monsters attack the city, there will be some damage, which is unavoidable.

The teammates around him remained silent.

"No need to be sad, this is our fate! Since we're soldiers, no one is afraid of death! Besides, it's just losing an arm."

Jia Hong patted Qin Ming on the shoulder encouragingly.

"Yes! It's good to be able to retire safely. Let's go see Old Chen first."

Zhang Heng also said in a deep voice.

The silence was broken as the group, led by Jia Hong, left the fortress and headed towards the field hospital.

Although it is called a war base, War Base No. 003 is actually more like a small city, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers, logistics personnel, martial artists, and so on stationed there.

It has everything from field hospitals and martial arts training grounds to research institutes and small factories.

It's important to know that City 003, formerly known as Shanghai, was the largest monster gathering place in Eurasia, and the 003 War Base was located on the Huangpu River.

Having to defend against the invasion of billions of ocean monsters as well as land monsters, yet never falling, War Base 03 can truly be called a super base.

Combining the memories in his mind, Qin Ming surveyed this steel city.

To defend against attacks from flying monsters, apart from a few laser cannon defense systems, the rest of the buildings at Base 003 are generally quite small.

This base is filled with all sorts of terrifying weapons.

With large-caliber heavy artillery, rocket launchers, anti-aircraft guns, and so on, the entire base was like a steel hedgehog.

No matter where the attack comes from, it will be met with a full-scale attack from the base. Even the two great beast kings of the ocean have attacked this base, but they have been helpless.

After walking for a while in the base, everyone arrived at the hospital.

There were many wounded soldiers receiving treatment in the hospital, but it was relatively quiet overall. After giving his name, Chen Tao was quickly found.

After a night of intense work, doctors had already performed surgery on him, and he was out of danger.

However, he remains in a coma.

Looking at the strong body with its empty arms, Qin Ming sighed inwardly.

Although he was a time traveler, as a fellow Chinese, he held these soldiers in the highest esteem.

In the original novel, Luo Feng did not join the military, and there is very little description of the military or Base 003.

Luo Feng also knew that the vast majority of ordinary people were able to live peacefully in the base city thanks to the military!

They even relied on these ordinary soldiers!

Musha?

Let alone China, how many martial artists are there in the entire human race?

Luo Feng's high school only has three advanced students.

The goal of most people is simply to become advanced students.

It's no exaggeration to say that martial artists are one in ten thousand.

This is why every martial artist, regardless of which faction they join, including those at the beginner warrior level, can obtain a villa.

In fact, hunting in the wild is fine.

When faced with a beast tide of millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of monsters, apart from a very few warriors at the God of War level or above, the rest of the warriors are basically useless.

For example, in the original timeline, when a level three rat tide broke out, all the warriors desperately ran to the military base.

This is only a level 3 rat swarm. If we encounter a level 1 beast swarm, it would be impossible unless we encounter an invincible war god like Luo Feng wearing the Black God Set in the original timeline.

Under normal circumstances, we still rely on human technology and thermal weapons, such as laser cannons.

The horde of billions of beasts had no firearms; even if the monsters stood still and let the martial artists cut them down, they couldn't kill them all.

The operators of these firearms were all ordinary soldiers.

The bullets fired by soldiers with firearms are no different from those fired by ordinary soldiers; they can kill monsters just as well, only with slightly lower accuracy.

In the original novel, Luo Feng joined the Fire Hammer Squad as the deputy squad leader, "Cannon" Chen Gu, who used firearms.

Chen Gu's weapons consisted of only a heavy machine gun and a sniper rifle.

When a martial artist goes hunting in the wilderness, there are many things to consider, such as logistics. The amount of ammunition they can carry is limited, and the firearms they use are generally not very powerful.

For example, the [M81 machine gun] used by Chen Gu has a caliber of only 12.7 mm and can fire 50 to 300 rounds per minute.

This thing isn't really considered a high-powered weapon in the military.

Qin Ming's Z-11 25mm heavy sniper rifle far surpasses his in terms of sheer power, but it is too noisy and only has five rounds per magazine, making logistical support more difficult.

Not to mention the various heavy weapons in the base.

Unfortunately, while firearms are powerful enough, they lack defensive capabilities.

At a distance, things are a bit better, but once the monster gets close, ordinary soldiers will inevitably suffer heavy casualties.

Furthermore, the monsters also possess ranged attack capabilities, such as the bone spikes of the beast-soldier-level flagfish, or the venom of the bone-corroding giant python.

Faced with the monster's ranged attacks, a martial artist's reaction time is sufficient to dodge and block.

Ordinary soldiers couldn't do that; they could only rely on their flesh and blood to endure it!

It's normal for a beast tide to result in thousands or even tens of thousands of deaths and injuries.

To put it bluntly, the base city was able to survive thanks to the sacrifices of these ordinary soldiers.

To be on par with gods with a mortal body.

That's them!

Without disturbing the sleeping Chen Tao, the group quietly left the hospital.

Retiring due to injury may mean not living a very wealthy life, but it will still provide for one's basic needs, which may be the best outcome.

"Everyone fought all night, go back and rest first. I'll come check on him later. I'll let everyone know if anything happens."

Jia Hong spoke up.

"yes!"