A Man in Swallowed Star, His Cheat Was the Myriad Souls Banner

A Man in Swallowed Star, His Cheat Was the Myriad Souls Banner

October 12, 2055, City 003 War Base defensive line.

Night had fallen.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The earth-shattering artillery fire thundered through the heavens, turning the dim sky crimson.

Inside the steel fortress, Qin Ming stared in astonishment as densely packed, overwhelming Monsters either launched themselves from the broad river before the War Base or rapidly crawled out of it.

Roughly two hundred meters away, countless unknown fish Monsters several meters, even over ten meters long, leaped twenty to thirty meters into the air from the river.

They were actually using their bodies as weapons as they pounced directly at the War Base.

Bang!

Their enormous bodies slammed into the outer shell of the War Fortress, causing violent tremors.

Under Qin Ming's shocked gaze, these Monsters opened their fang-filled maws and even bit apart the fortress made of reinforced concrete.

What the hell were these things?

The next moment, countless streams of fire erupted from the War Base, blasting the Monsters apart in midair.

The Monsters desperately trying to approach the War Fortress were slaughtered in swathes, reduced to heaps of mangled flesh.

Large-caliber Artillery fired wildly. Brilliant explosions burst across the river's surface, instantly dyeing the entire river blood-red.

Yet death did not frighten these Monsters. Instead, the scent of blood drove them even madder.

"What... what happened? Was I dreaming? Did I transmigrate?"

Qin Ming blankly watched everything before him. He felt as though he were in a dream and could not understand why he had suddenly appeared here.

Everything before him was far too real—so real that it did not resemble a dream at all.

He looked down at himself. At some point, his casual clothes had turned into a black combat uniform.

He was also gripping an outrageously massive sniper cannon.

That was right!

It was an enormous sniper cannon over two meters long, with a barrel like an artillery tube.

Looking around, he seemed to be inside a fortress. More than a dozen soldiers were operating various firearms and firing frantically.

The roar of machine guns, the clatter of shell casings hitting the ground, and the thick smell of gunpowder were all far too real.

Had he transmigrated?

And straight onto a battlefield?

He was screwed!

Qin Ming's heart sank. He was just an ordinary person.

Why had he transmigrated to this unknown battlefield full of Monsters?

Was he supposed to die again?

"Myriad Souls Banner recognizing its master: 10%... 30%... 50%..."

Suddenly, a tattered Myriad Souls Banner appeared deep within Qin Ming's mind. Its pole was made of bone, its banner of flesh and skin. The black banner fluttered without wind, and wisps of black mist occasionally rose from it.

Countless mysterious runes flashed across the torn banner. Faintly, he could make out the words "Myriad Souls."

Qin Ming's eyes widened. He seemed to see the souls of Monsters shredded by machine guns and Artillery within a hundred-meter radius, flying into the Myriad Souls Banner like swallows returning to their nest.

"I transmigrated onto a battlefield, and my cheat is the Myriad Souls Banner?"

For a moment, Qin Ming did not know whether to be happy or worried.

Who on Blue Star had not heard of the infamous Myriad Souls Banner?

Before Qin Ming could think further, an angry roar rang out beside him.

"Qin Ming, what the hell are you doing? Open fire!"

More than a dozen soldiers inside the fortress were firing madly. Seeing Qin Ming standing there blankly, squad leader Jia Hong, who was operating a large-caliber Heavy Machine Gun beside him, roared furiously.

Amid the torrent of metal and explosions, masses of shrimp- and crab-like Monsters five or six meters long, some even over ten meters long and covered in thick shells, charged out of the river like prehistoric beasts.

Instinctively, Qin Ming pulled the trigger.

Bang!

It felt as though his shoulder had been struck by a Giant Hammer. Amid a deafening blast, the bullet left the barrel, and fire burst from the two-meter-long muzzle.

A fish Monster at least seven meters long that had leaped into the air was torn into a cloud of blood. Then, under Qin Ming's horrified gaze, the bullet pierced through two more Monsters in succession.

This gun was that powerful?

And he could actually withstand its recoil?

"Forget the Monsters in the river! Attack the ones climbing ashore! Don't let them attack the base!"

An angry roar rang out.

Ignoring the pain in his shoulder, Qin Ming hurriedly swung the barrel around. He had no idea why he had come here or why he had appeared on this battlefield.

But the crazily charging Monsters and the gunpowder smoke filling the air gave him no time to think.

Through the scope, he locked onto a crab-like Monster that had already climbed ashore, like a living Tank.

The Monster was too fast. Qin Ming had no time to aim and could only pull the trigger on instinct.

Bang!

One of the giant crab's legs exploded.

But such an injury could not stop its charge.

Bang! Bang!

He fired two more shots in succession, but this time it was even worse. Both shots missed.

Qin Ming had never fired a gun before. His mind was already blank, and he was shooting purely on instinct.

It would have been strange if he had managed to hit a rapidly moving Monster.

"70%... 100%. Master recognition complete."

The next moment, a pure aura of soul energy surged from the Myriad Souls Banner and entered his soul.

What followed was the impact of countless memories.

"RR Virus... Great Nirvana... Jiangnan Base City No. 1 Military Academy... City 003 War Base..."

"This was the world of Swallowed Star?"

The memories deep within his soul told Qin Ming where he was.

He had actually transmigrated into the world of Swallowed Star, becoming a fourth-year student at Jiangnan No. 1 Military Academy, assigned to the most dangerous City 003 War Base.

And he possessed the cheat known as the Myriad Souls Banner!

As a renowned Demonic Path weapon, the Myriad Souls Banner had many uses.

Its most basic functions were devouring souls to nourish itself and absorbing Blood Essence to strengthen the body.

It could imprison souls to refine "Soul Soldiers," or refine Flesh Puppets.

And as it continued Devouring flesh and souls, it could gain even more incredible abilities.

Wait, Devouring flesh?

Qin Ming seemed to see blood mist rising from the shattered Monster corpses beside the fortress.

Devouring souls was one thing. No one else could see that.

But Devouring flesh and forming blood mist?

Did everyone else look blind to him?

Immediately, Qin Ming controlled the Myriad Souls Banner and told it to stop Devouring flesh for the moment. The blood mist that had just formed dissipated on its own.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

A burst of sharp, piercing sounds startled Qin Ming awake. Through the firing port, he saw dozens of black bone spikes shoot from the dorsal fins of Monsters resembling sailfish.

The bone spikes flew several hundred meters and embedded themselves deep into the fortress, which was made entirely of reinforced concrete, producing tremendous impacts.

"Ah!"

A scream rang out, making Qin Ming turn toward it.

Not far from him, a soldier holding a similarly massive sniper rifle fell to the ground. One of the black bone spikes had torn apart his entire arm.

"Damn it! Medic, save him! It's an advanced Beast Soldier Level Mutated Sailfish."

A Heavy Machine Gun immediately swept toward it, blasting the Mutated Sailfish into a bloody mess.

But it was only a bloody mess. It could not be killed.

"Qin Ming, quickly take down that Mutated Sailfish!"

A soldier beside him roared.

"Understood."

Without time to hesitate, Qin Ming tightened his grip on the sniper rifle. The soul energy continuously flowing from the Myriad Souls Banner made him feel refreshed, as if his soul had taken a powerful tonic.

With the Myriad Souls Banner's enhancement, he easily merged with the original owner's memories.

As a top student of Jiangnan No. 1 Military Academy, the original owner naturally knew how to use firearms, and sniper rifles were what he excelled at most.

Through the scope, the Monster that had originally moved too fast to track now seemed to move in slow motion. Its ferocious appearance was clearly visible.

The sniper rifle in his hands was a high-powered weapon specifically developed to deal with Monsters.

Or perhaps it could not even be called a rifle at all.

It was a cannon!

Because its full name was the Z-11 Type 25mm Heavy Sniper Rifle, or shoulder-fired cannon.

Mixed with Chrome Alloy, it had a maximum range of 3,000 meters and could use various types of ammunition, such as High-Explosive Fragmentation Rounds and High-Explosive Armor-Piercing Rounds. It could easily kill Beast Soldier Level Monsters.

If it struck a vital point, it could inflict effective damage on Beast General Level Monsters.

Its power far surpassed that of an ordinary sniper rifle.

Bang!

Qin Ming pulled the trigger.

The bullet pierced through the Mutated Sailfish's eye socket and skull, tearing it apart completely.

Yet as Qin Ming watched, its soul was not collected by the Myriad Souls Banner.

Qin Ming pondered inwardly. The Myriad Souls Banner's collection range seemed to be only one hundred meters.

"Nice shot! Quick, concentrate your fire! Take down that Iron-armored Giant Crab!"

There were too many Monsters on the battlefield. In the blink of an eye, even more crawled out of the river.

"Yes! Understood!"