Without My Approval, No One Can Die! (Two-in-One)

"Tiger Bro, according to the time, they go out about every three hours. It's been exactly two hours and fifty-six minutes since the last time!"

Fearing being seen by the eyes on the city wall, Liu Peiqiang moved with extreme caution.

Unlike ordinary animals.

Humans are best at summarizing and applying patterns.

When the enemy is in the open and we are in the dark, it is even more important to summarize the patterns.

Which direction did they go last time?

"It's in the northwest, but their line is very long, at least thirty meters long, and there are probably around fifty people!"

This time, after Liu Peiqiang finished speaking, Li Hu did not reply, but quickly lowered his head.

The gaze shifted.

Before everyone's eyes, the first dwarf to emerge from the gate had already appeared.

Based on visual estimation, as previously described, the height of dwarfs ranges from approximately 60 to 80 centimeters.

The mounts they rode were not tall either, only about 1.1 meters.

It looks very similar to the lizards that could walk upright in ancient times on Earth, with green skin and sharp fangs.

"That's outrageous, isn't that Kled?"

After examining him from head to toe through binoculars, Chen Shen came to a conclusion.

The young people around him nodded in agreement, leaving Li Hu and the other middle-aged men somewhat bewildered.

"Tiger Bro, what should we do? They're heading northwest, and our current position isn't a good spot for an ambush!"

"Should we go around in circles and squat down in front of them first?"

Li Hu shook his head. "Don't panic. Let's see how this wave of them is going. If they have a lot of people, we'll give up and wait until this wave leaves before we go and lie in wait in front. If they have few people, we'll speed up and sneak up on them. Anyway, they have supplies, so they won't be fast!"

As more and more dwarves emerged, six more large carts were moved out of the city gate behind them.

Compared to the height of a dwarf, the vehicle appeared enormous, measuring a full three meters long and two meters wide.

From the angle of the slope, you can see that the truck bed is full of black Coal Ore, with black powder sloshing out with each undulation.

Each vehicle required six lizards to pull, and the speed was ridiculously slow.

With the added speed boost from their current Rapid March, even if the enemy gets ahead by half an hour, they are highly confident of catching up as long as they are within range.

However, they are limited by the dwarves' speed.

The group waited for over an hour.

Like seasoned hunters, they waited until all the wagons were slowly dragged out by the lizards and the city gates were closed.

The group then roused themselves and crouched down to gather together.

These dwarves also didn't seem worried about being ambushed.

Once outside the city gate, they brazenly set off in the northwest without even adjusting their formation.

"Fifteen, twenty, twenty-five, forty-five!"

"Six coal trucks, each carrying approximately 600 to 800 kilograms."

"Get up, get up! Quickly, we need to capture the man, and we need the coal too. With this coal, we'll be in great use when it snows heavily!"

As the dwarf procession finally left the Barbican Bunker and marched northwest in a 45-meter-long line, they watched as the dwarfs finally left and formed a 45-meter-long line.

The group of people who had been lying on the ground finally couldn't hold back any longer.

If they only had Cold Weapons, they would be somewhat hesitant and timid when facing these dwarves and the hundreds of lizards beneath them.

But with rifles, defeating these dwarves is like Dimensional Reduction Strike.

Along the side, everyone crouched down and, once out of the red eyeball's sight, began to run wildly.

In less than five minutes, he successfully crossed to the front of the long queue.

"Tiger Bro, don't you think the weapons these dwarves are carrying look familiar?"

"Hmm, now that you mention it, I kind of do seem to be one of them."

Chen Shen pondered for a moment, "The sword I traded for before?"

"Yes, yes, it's that sword that emits Light Wave. Looks like we've hit the jackpot this time!"

"Let me count, there are forty-five of them, a full twenty swords, and one... a large cleaver!"

Holding a telescope, Wu Feiguang excitedly examined each dwarf, muttering to himself.

Just like the excitement our army felt when they saw the well-equipped enemy on the other side back then.

As the telescopes were passed to everyone, they were used for observation.

Everyone's eyes turned red!

Hope Village, a low-lying area, is really too poor.

Although thanks to previous savings, there was enough food for everyone to eat for half a year, in other aspects, they were extremely poor.

We only have a few thousand rounds of ammunition left, not even enough for a medium-sized engagement.

Of all the natural resources available, only oil and Iron Stone Mountain are usable, making it arguably the poorest place in the New Continent.

In this situation, the only way to get rich quick is to shout, "Hold your guns tight! Don't shoot unless you're close enough to them. None of these dwarves can escape today!"

"People, coal, lizards, weapons—I want them all!"

Hearing Li Hu's vicious words, everyone nodded emphatically.

The next second, following the training in the Virtual Reality, the seventeen-person team quickly spread out, forming a fan shape that firmly sandwiched the dwarf caravan inside.

The dwarves approaching from the other side remained oblivious to the encirclement, like innocent lambs.

Up to 150 meters!

Buzz! A piercing alarm blared! As if a switch had been flipped, the alarm bell on the waist of the dwarf squad leader suddenly went off as soon as they entered this distance.

"Goo-goo, goo-goo!"

The next moment, the previously leisurely dwarf group lost its composure and quickly began to assemble.

Seeing this, Li Hu could easily understand that the enemy had noticed their encirclement.

Fortunately, this distance was already within the optimal killing range of the rifle.

With the first shot fired, a sudden massacre began!

Bang! Bang bang!

Bang bang bang bang bang!

With Su Mo's instructions, everyone fought with great restraint, aiming as much as possible at the lower half of the dwarf's body.

Even so, the hail of metal bullets took the lives of half the dwarves within five seconds.

Of the remaining half of the dwarves, only the leading squad leader had a white barrier around his body that made bullets crackle when they hit it.

The other dwarves all lay prone on the ground, using the lizard's corpse as cover to avoid the bullets as much as possible.

"Cease fire! Close-quarters weapons, move forward!"

"Beware of their attacks, don't get too close, and watch out for the leader dwarf's greatsword!"

The first moment of the attack.

Although no one was injured, the buff from the Rapid March inevitably disappeared.

As the speed slowed down, a gloomy look appeared on Li Hu's face, and a bad premonition rose in his heart.

But we've come this far, after paying such a high price.

Leaving means suffering a huge loss.

If you don't leave, there's still a chance! (Spends ten points.)

At the same time, everyone took out various weapons that Su Mo had crafted during his practice sessions from their Storage Space.

Holding these broadswords, longswords, and silver spears, which, though seemingly rough, were actually of excellent quality.

The seventeen people stood up and rushed forward, constantly changing their positions.

This also exposed them to the dwarves' view.

Knowing which direction the enemy was coming from, the dwarf who had been lying on the ground suddenly gained courage.

They drew their standard-issue short swords from the ground and stood up with a roar.

Fifty meters.

Forty meters.

Twenty meters! One side stopped, while the other charged forward.

The distance between the two sides is rapidly closing.

But it was precisely at this distance that, as the dwarves began to raise their short swords and prepare to swing them, all members of the assault team stopped in their tracks without exception.

An embarrassing thing happened.

The Dwarf Short Sword has a maximum attack range of only ten meters.

At this moment, the group was ten meters apart, with exactly three meters remaining.

These three meters were like an insurmountable chasm, causing the particle Light Wave to strike the ground in front of them powerlessly.

"Three!"

Li Hu roared, and everyone moved forward again. After luring the dwarves to attack, they quickly retreated.

"Two!"

Despite it being their first meeting, the way everyone acted so naturally left all the dwarves stunned.

The tactics and techniques of the assault team were as if the two sides had clashed countless times, and even the expressions on everyone's faces as they charged forward were remarkably similar.

They looked vicious, as if they wanted to devour someone.

It was this expression that deceived all the dwarves, making them believe that everyone was about to rush forward.

With no time to think, and seeing the assault team charge forward again, the dwarf squad had no choice but to swing their weapons once more.

However, this time some people were cautious and only released 10% of the energy.

Surprisingly, his team members didn't stop either.

Helpless, the dwarves had no choice but to unleash another attack, exhausting all the energy in their short swords.

"One!"

"Hahaha, these fools think they can control us just because they have a weapon. Little do they know that the director has already made all the arrangements!"

Li Hu shouted out a number that pleased everyone, his words filled with joy.

In the last two days of the Virtual Reality experience, almost everyone encountered enemies wielding this kind of short sword.

At first, everyone suffered greatly when faced with these unreasonable long-range and close-range weapons.

Some people even resurrected twenty or thirty times before they could even get through the enemy's gate.

But in the end, as more and more people died, experience was gradually accumulated.

You teach some things, and he teaches some things.

With thousands of people sharing their experiences simultaneously, even physically weak women were able to deplete the opponent's weapon energy without taking any damage.

These dwarves are much weaker than the lion-men opponents simulated in Virtual Reality, and naturally, they are no match for everyone.

After the final attack was once again tricked and dodged.

The dwarf panicked.

"Woo-woo-squeak!"

"Waaaaah!"

Even with the Dwarf Captain still inside the protective shield shouting loudly, all the dwarves inevitably scattered.

"A great opportunity! Everyone, fight one-on-one! Make sure everyone is eliminated!"

There were fourteen dwarves present who were still able to run.

With one person and one enemy, the three strongest fighters left for the Dwarf Captain were Li Hu, Liu Peiqiang, Qi Qin.

Holding long swords, the three exchanged a glance, then split into three groups and charged forward.

The three of them moved like butterflies, weaving and covering each other.

Although they didn't know the power of the Dwarf Captain's greatsword, it was always good to be on guard against ranged attacks.

The Dwarf Captain, who was inside the protective shield, seemed to know that he was surrounded and could not escape.

His eyes also held a hint of ferocity.

Buzz! The white protective shield dispersed most of its length, revealing the machete drawn from the waist.

Riding the monster beneath him, which was a size larger than an ordinary lizard, the Dwarf Captain launched a counter-charge.

"He's going to fight head-on, don't try to fight him head-on, just stall for time!"

Seeing the Dwarf Captain charging towards them, Li Hu let out a strange roar, and the three of them scattered in an instant.

Go all out.

Then it declines.

It will be exhausted after three times.

When cavalrymen are finishing off enemy soldiers, the most lethal attack is during the first sprint.

Later on, once the mounts have lost the distance to charge, the infantry can seize this opportunity to counterattack.

This is such a simple truth that everyone understands.

Unfortunately, the monster lizard's abilities ultimately exceeded everyone's expectations.

In the blink of an eye, the Dwarf Captain and the giant lizard found Liu Peiqiang's direction.

Even though the two sides were not at the same angle, the giant lizard surprisingly did not slow down and instead made a nearly 70-degree Bent Horn.

This turn of events also resulted in Liu Peiqiang being instantly exposed to the Dwarf Captain's blade.

"Damn it, Qi Qin, quickly provide cover with your rifles!"

"Shoot him down!"

Li Hu reacted very quickly, as did Qi Qin.

But just as he raised his rifle and began to aim.

The Dwarf Captain's sword had already come down, meeting Liu Peiqiang's long sword head-on.

Thud! Snap! A pale purple streak of light flashed across the broadsword, giving it a chilling power.

Even the fine-grade longsword, personally crafted by Su Mo and issued only to Scout Team, could not withstand such an impact.

The long sword broke in two the instant they made contact.

This exposed Liu Peiqiang's right arm to the cold glint of the cleaver.

Whoosh! Thud! Rat-a-tat-tat! The sound of a severed arm falling to the ground mingled with the sound of bullets.

Without the white barrier, the K-1 Rifle 5.56 Bullet in three bursts, instantly sending the giant lizard back to its homeland.

The Dwarf Captain was thrown to the ground by the lizard's convulsions before his death, and was completely disoriented.

Li Hu had already run over, reacted swiftly and immediately severed the Dwarf Captain's right hand, which was holding a large cleaver, eliminating the last threat.

"Peiqiang, how are you? Can you hold on?"

"Tiger Bro, Tiger Bro, save me! I've lost my arm! I don't want to die! My daughter is still in the village! I don't want to die!"

Starting from the shoulder, Liu Peiqiang's arm was almost severed at the root.

At this time, adrenaline is being secreted, so you don't feel pain.

But seeing large amounts of red blood flowing out, Liu Peiqiang, like a drowning man, grabbed Li Hu's hand and began to scream.

"Damn it, that bastard!"

Qi Qin also rushed over, but unlike Qi Qin, he had a small bottle of about 300ml of Psionic Water in his hand.

"Quick, open your mouth and drink it!"

What Qi Qin held in his hand was the Super Psionic Water, which had been upgraded for the second time.

This was originally a reward from Su Mo for his previous merits.

But now, Qi Qin doesn't feel the slightest bit sorry for him.

As the sweet, refreshing Psionic Water went down his throat, the bleeding that had been spraying out visibly began to stop, and a faint scab formed at the wound, sealing the cut surface.

"It's okay if you lose your hand. Hold onto your arm; the station chief might have a solution."

"Yes, the director will definitely have a way!"

Li Hu grabbed Liu Peiqiang's severed arm and looked at the Dwarf Captain was still howling. His eyes immediately blazed with anger.

Li Hu took two steps forward and delivered a Big Mouth, sending the Dwarf Captain flying three times before crashing to the ground.

In addition, his slap was delivered in anger, and the dwarf, being small to begin with, knocked the other person unconscious on the spot.

"Can we walk?"

Liu Peiqiang nodded weakly. "I can walk, for the next battle."

"It's good that you can leave. You don't need to worry about the battle that follows. Anyone who dares to come today will die!"

The death of the Dwarf Captain led to the situation being brought under control quickly.

Of the fourteen dwarves, eight who resisted fiercely were hacked to death, while the other six were captured alive.

Like stringing sugar figurines together, Chen Shen took out the Hemp Rope he had prepared in his Storage Space and neatly tied everyone together, including the Dwarf Captain, and threw them onto the coal cart.

"The plan has changed. Everyone, quickly empty your Storage Space. Aside from weapons, pack as much coal as you can."

"Don't speed up. I'm worried the other side might have already noticed the previous alarm. Be quick!"

Li Hu quickly stepped forward, talking as he tossed items out of his Storage Space.

But the next second, he froze.

[Record]: The object being ingested is marked by someone else and cannot be put into the Storage Space at this time. Please try to remove the mark and then try to ingest an ordinary piece of coal again. It is marked by someone else and cannot be put into the storage space.

This is the first time humans have encountered this wasteland world.

Seeing Li Hu's stunned expression, Chen Shen walked up and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Damn it, the Kong family can't fit the storage space in there! This is a huge problem!"

After trying it, Chen Shen's expression changed. "What should we do? Should we abandon this coal and take these dwarves with us and leave?"

"No, take it with you first. Without this coal, we won't be able to get through the coming winter."

"Good!"

After a few words of discussion, they determined that these lizards had no intelligence and could be manipulated to leave.

Instead of following the route they had taken, the convoy changed direction and set off again.

What was originally a pursuit suddenly turned into an escape.

Feel the slow speed of the lizard-shaped vehicle.

Along the way, the group had no choice but to abandon two carts of coal and distribute the lizards evenly among the other four carts, which finally sped up their journey a little.

The twenty-odd kilometers that had taken them there seemed to stretch on forever during their escape.

After walking for the last three kilometers, and seeing the cart-pulling lizard begin to show unusual behavior, Li Hu took a deep breath and went to the back.

The next second, his hand was gripped tightly by the truck's other pale hand.

"Tiger Bro, have they arrived?"

"Without"

"Tiger Bro, don't lie to me. Let me go. You guys take the coal and go. I've lost my arm; I'll be useless if I go back. It's better to let me go."

"No"

"Tiger Bro! Without coal, this winter, and the coming low temperatures, will be very difficult for us. It's our lifeline. If you don't take it back, you'll be killing the others!"

"Let me go!"

Due to massive blood loss, Liu Peiqiang's lips had turned white, and his face looked extremely frightening.

But at this moment, looking at this man who had been so afraid of death before.

At this critical juncture, he unexpectedly developed an unparalleled will to die.

Li Hu was silent for a few seconds, then nodded heavily.

"Okay, I'll take care of your daughter. The director will take good care of her for you, so don't worry!"

"You are ours"

"Hero!"

During the chase, the distance between them was reduced to about one kilometer.

The boundary of the depression was now less than 1200 meters away, but because of the change in direction.

There was no one there to meet them.

Emerging from the Dense Forest, and gazing at the clearly defined boundary so close at hand, the group once again tried whipping the lizard into a 300-meter dash.

Unfortunately, the remaining 900 meters ultimately became an insurmountable obstacle! "It's time, Tiger Bro, put me down!"

The convoy stopped, and Li Hu helped Liu Peiqiang down from the coal truck.

Chen Shen also walked over, gently stroked the void, and took out a piece of yellow oil paper wrapped around his finger.

"Village chief, you understand me best!"

Taking the Explosive Pack, Liu Peiqiang loaded the bullet with one arm, revealed a slight smile, turned around and lay down on the ground.

In his line of sight, a large number of dwarves riding lizards had already rushed out of the Dense Forest behind him.

At a glance, the number is no less than three hundred.

"Go, go quickly!"

"Liu Peiqiang, take care!"

Whoosh!

Snap! The convoy set off again, and even though the lizard was trembling all over, it could only move forward under the lash of the whip.

Watching the coal carts flee, the three hundred dwarves charged forward with fanatical eyes.

But the next moment, as Liu Peiqiang pulled the trigger, the dwarf team was forced to stop their charge.

Rat-a-tat-tat. In his final moments, Liu Peiqiang remained lucid and did not choose to go mad like those idiots in TV dramas, pulling the trigger.

He was very clear about his mission.

He needs bullets to buy time.

If you attack everything at once, you won't even make a ripple.

Thirty-five shots. For the first thirty, he used his unfamiliar left hand and miraculously killed seven people and wounded four others! The fleeing convoy was now in its final three hundred meters.

Turning his head, Liu Peiqiang smiled with satisfaction as he watched everyone about to enter the territory.

The next moment, he braced himself with one hand and stood up unsteadily.

"Come here, you beasts, let me take a look!"

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

One man against three hundred, the two sides were evenly matched in terms of momentum.

A middle-aged man who has lived a muddled life for over forty years in peacetime.

In the final moments of his life, he burst forth with his greatest "light".

Without the apocalypse, he might have been a contented old father, going to get off work on time every day, muddling through life, watching his daughter grow up day by day, and his wife and he growing old day by day, living a happy and peaceful old age.

But in the wasteland, at the last moment, he became a warrior, a hero destined to be written in history books and remembered by all! Bang! Seeing that the dwarven team didn't react, Liu Peiqiang raised his gun and fired another shot at the other side.

Unfortunately, the shot not only missed its target, but the recoil also knocked him to the ground, causing the gun he was carrying to veer off course.

"Woo-woo-squeak!"

"Squeak, squeak, squeak!"

The dwarves did not let such an opportunity pass them by.

After determining that Liu Peiqiang had lost the ability to fight back, all the dwarves once again revealed bloodthirsty expressions and charged forward.

Three hundred meters.

Two hundred and fifty meters. Two hundred meters. As the enemy drew closer and closer, Liu Peiqiang, sitting on the ground, turned his head with lingering affection to look at the troops behind him who were now only a few dozen meters away.

The next moment, he raised the Explosive Pack with one hand, exposing the fuse to his eyes.

"These beasts! I, a human being, I, from the lowlands, I, from Hope Village, will one day, under the leadership of Su God, crush you all!"

Holding the fuse in their mouths, with only a hundred meters left to go, the dwarves' faces were clearly contorted with rage, and they grinned menacingly as they ran.

Liu Peiqiang burst into laughter as well.

"Farewell to this cannibalistic era!"

Snap! Snap snap snap snap!

Snap! Snap snap snap snap snap! The next moment, just as Liu Peiqiang was about to bite off the fuse, a faint but familiar sound startled him so much that he trembled all over.

Then, the sound, like firecrackers, became a continuous series.

"Is there reinforcement?"

Hearing the sounds of random shooting in the distance, Liu Peiqiang shook his head regretfully and looked up.

"?"

"???"

Liu Peiqiang killed seven people with his own thirty bullets.

He thought this was impressive enough, but when he looked up, he realized that there are always mountains beyond mountains and people beyond people.

The dwarven army, which had been charging with fierce momentum, had long since stopped, replaced by fear.

Almost every second, two or three dwarves would fall off the lizards and crash heavily to the ground.

In just ten seconds, one-tenth of the dwarf squad dismounted, their killing speed astonishing.

"Holy crap, that's eight hundred... no, nine hundred meters! A rifle can shoot that far?!"

Shocked, Liu Peiqiang quickly turned his head.

But this time, he didn't see the troops that had already fled back to their territory, nor the location where the gunshots rang out.

Instead, it was a dark mass of people rushing towards them!

"Kill! Charge! Our brothers are in front, so run faster!"

"Everyone, stop wasting bullets, start running!"

Li Hu, who had retreated, was now in the lead, riding a lizard used to pull the cart.

Following him were all familiar faces from the village, and their numbers even exceeded those of the dwarf caravan.

However, because these people also had the buff of Rapid March, Li Hu and the others were instantly left behind.

The distance of 800 meters was covered in the blink of an eye.

"Brother, you've worked hard!"

In a daze, someone took the Explosive Pack from Liu Peiqiang and pulled him up from the ground. His mind was spinning, and he couldn't come to his senses for a moment.

But then, in the next moment...

When the man took out a walkie-talkie and held it next to him, a familiar voice came through:

"Liu Peiqiang, you better remember this, you little bastard, in this small depression..."

No one may die without my permission!

This chapter will be filled with many plot holes and is written in great detail. In case some readers feel it's padded, I've decided in advance that the extra 2000 words of the main text will be free (I know what you're thinking, haha). Thank you for your support!