Changing Tides of Battle

On the main battlefield, the situation changed.

The Fertilizer Gang's thugs all wore Trash Armor and carried cold weapons and iron shields. Their coordination was unexpectedly decent, and they held back the Poison Insects' assault.

Seeing that most of the Poison Insects were dead, Mother of the Chemical Gang said to her subordinates, "Good children, let Mother's good doggies out and bite the enemies to death!"

The Chemical Gang's main forces, the Chemical Dogs, moved out. They were far more elite than the Poison Insects, all clad in Trash Armor and armed with cold weapons and iron shields. Mother's trusted followers even possessed homemade guns.

Mother intended to use the Poison Insects to wear down the Fertilizer Gang members first, then send out the Chemical Dog core forces to fight.

Around 1,600 Chemical Dogs received their orders, injected themselves into a frenzy, then charged forward shrieking and howling, ready to slaughter the Fertilizer Gang.

As for the Fertilizer Gang, their boss, Electric Eye, let out a cold laugh and gave an order to a group of special personnel beside him.

"Begin."

Every one of those special personnel wore a suicide pack made of detonators and metal fragments. Each Explosion could unleash a terrifying metal storm.

These people were prisoners from the Middle Hive. Before they could adapt to life in the Lower Hive, they had been captured by the Fertilizer Gang.

The Fertilizer Gang only captured people with children, then made the men serve as suicide soldiers. The gang guaranteed that their wives, children, and elderly relatives would be allowed to live properly.

Now, it was time for those men to prove their worth.

Fear flashed through one suicide bomber's eyes, followed by pain, before it finally became a question.

"Will you treat my family well?"

Boss Electric Eye said nothing. One of his senior lackeys stepped forward.

"Fifteen years ago, my dad died in a suicide blast. I was only ten at the time.

"Now, I'm Boss Electric Eye's trusted man. My mom works in the Fertilizer Pool and is expected to live until she dies of illness at forty."

Those words made the hair stand on end for 3,000 people, yet here, they had become favorable terms enough to make a man willing to blow himself up.

"Swear it, in the name of the God-Emperor."

The man tightened the bomb pack on his body and stared straight into Boss Electric Eye's single eye.

"I swear in the name of the God-Emperor that your child will become my thug captain until adulthood, and your wife will become my worker.

"They may die in gang fights, from chemical diseases, or from grueling labor, but they will not be played with to death without dignity!"

The man closed his eyes, tears sliding down his face. When he opened them again, they were filled with brutality and viciousness.

Fifty suicide bombers howled as they charged out of the line, straight toward the drug-crazed Chemical Gang members.

The two sides slammed together violently, and then came the Explosion.

Human bodies were torn apart by the Explosion, shrapnel flew everywhere, and even distant Chemical Dogs were caught in the blast and ripped to pieces.

Blood, organs, chunks of flesh, and shattered limbs were sprayed everywhere by the Explosion. They were like stains on the golden boots of the God-Emperor, lord of mankind—utterly meaningless, utterly worthless.

More than half of the Chemical Gang main force's charge was neutralized by the suicide bombers. Boss Electric Eye burst into laughter, waving a large blade in his left hand and a large-caliber homemade pistol in his right.

He shouted, "Brothers, charge! Wipe out these Poison Insects in one push!!"

After shouting that, he charged forward first. His action greatly boosted the Fertilizer Gang's morale. One after another, they roared and charged in to hack and kill, pushing their line into Chemical Gang territory.

Mother of the Chemical Gang ground her teeth in fury and shouted, "Release all the Chemical Pigs!!"

At that order, her subordinates began to tremble.

"But Mother, our people and the enemy are mixed together. If we release the Chemical Pigs now, won't that..."

"Hm?"

Mother swept them with a glance. Her subordinate nearly wet himself and could only take out the controller and activate all the Chemical Pigs.

Meanwhile, atop a shipping container on the battlefield's flank, Little Knife shrieked wildly as he repeatedly stabbed a Muscle Dog that had leaped onto the container with a small knife.

Actually, the Muscle Dog was already dead. The moment he jumped up, Li Qinwu had fired a rapid burst from his semi-automatic combat rifle, emptying its fifteen-round magazine in two seconds. Every bullet struck the Muscle Dog's chest cavity.

His heart, liver, and lungs had all been blown apart. He died on the spot, though his remaining momentum had let him tackle Li Qinwu and pin him beneath his body.

Then Little Knife panicked and shrieked as he crazily stabbed the Muscle Dog with his knife. In that brief moment, the bastard stabbed him over a hundred times!

Crushed beneath two meters of muscle, Li Qinwu could barely breathe. He shouted, "Push him off!"

Little Knife shouted, "Aaaah! Aaaah! Aaaah! Aaaah! Aaaah! Aaaah! Aaaah! Aaaah!!"

Li Qinwu yelled, "Fuck!! Stop fucking stabbing him!! He's dead!! Push him off already!!"

Little Knife froze. Looking at the Muscle Dog, who had long since stopped moving, he finally realized what had happened and hurriedly pushed the corpse aside.

Li Qinwu got up and finally caught his breath. Then he searched the body and pulled four Poison Needles from the Muscle Dog's pants pocket.

Yeah, that loot matched this guy's strength. He was basically a minor boss.

Li Qinwu was very satisfied. He opened his backpack and stored the Poison Needles away. At that moment, the battlefield underwent another change.

After a series of Explosion, the remaining main forces of the Fertilizer Gang and Chemical Gang clashed, beginning their final struggle.

The Chemical Gang also unveiled its final trump card: more than thirty Chemical Pigs.

The moment these monsters, standing 2.5 meters tall and covered in fat and iron armor, appeared, they began an indiscriminate slaughter.

These things had no reason and could not distinguish friend from foe. They killed Fertilizer Gang members, Chemical Gang members, and even each other when two Chemical Pigs collided!

The battlefield instantly descended into chaos, and the situation became unclear once more.

From far away, Li Qinwu saw the Chemical Gang release the piggies. He took out a magazine loaded with level-five rounds and inserted it into his gun. It was perfect for completing the black merchant's mission to kill three piggies.

He aimed at the battlefield for a long time but did not fire. It was too chaotic. The piggies were bouncing and charging all over the place, occasionally tearing someone apart for a snack. They were hard to hit.

AP Rounds were mainly for Armor-Piercing+. He needed a headshot to kill one in a single shot. If he hit the body, all that fat would be a problem. He feared it would deal barely any damage at all.

After aiming for a while, he suddenly saw a piggy grab a Chemical Dog, pin him to the ground, and bite straight into his stomach with its huge mouth.

That unlucky Chemical Dog screamed and screamed. Within seconds, his belly was ripped open and his intestines were pulled out. With his skinny arms and legs, he could not resist a Chemical Pig that resembled a mountain of flesh.

The Chemical Pig knelt on the ground and slurped up the intestines like noodles. The swaying of its head weakened, making it easier for Li Qinwu to aim.

He raised his gun, drew in a breath, and held it. The sway of the muzzle decreased.

He lined up the front sight and rear sight on the piggy's head as it ate noodles, then fired.

Bang!!

A high-pressure Armor-Piercing+ heavy round blasted from the muzzle and struck the piggy squarely in the forehead.

The Bullethead punched through its iron helmet, then its skull, turning its chemically controlled brain into a tangled mess.

The thing did not even groan. Its body stiffened, then it collapsed dead onto the ground. With a single shot, a chemical monster weighing over half a ton lost its life.