April and the Little Blue Dragon

"This is impossible!"

The Ophiuchus Legion member who fired the shot shouted in disbelief. In his panic, he fired several more shots towards Mu Yang.

Bang bang bang. The intense gunfire erupted, streams of fire spewing out. He thought he'd surely kill the opponent this time, but his triumph didn't last long, and his expression quickly turned to one of greater fear. Because after firing a barrage of bullets, the person opposite him looked completely unfazed, as if he hadn't even noticed the shooting.

The man reached out his hand, waving it in the air a few times, and all the bullets were blocked.

Clink clank. The crisp sound of over a dozen bullets hitting the ground struck the hearts of everyone in the Ophiuchus Legion.

"A monster!!" Someone shouted first, and a sense of dread suddenly spread among the Ophiuchus Legion soldiers. "Everyone open fire and kill him." In their panic, the Ophiuchus Legion members shouted hysterically, fumbling to aim their firearms and unleashing a torrent of fire towards Mu Yang.

"You're asking for death!"

Suddenly, Mu Yang's body moved. With a whoosh, countless phantom images flashed like ghosts, weaving through the Ophiuchus Legion soldiers. What followed was a rapid crackling sound. In just a few seconds, all the Ophiuchus Legion members lay on the ground, lifeless.

"They're all dead?" The island residents stared, their eyes wide with disbelief at the scene before them.

"They're definitely dead. Those scoundrels got what they deserved," others shouted with satisfaction.

At this moment, the elder among them remembered a legend he had once heard. Trembling, he approached Mu Yang. "Could it be... you are the legendary martial artist?"

Mu Yang nodded, admitting, "That's right, I am a martial arts practitioner."

"Ah, the rumors that martial artists possess power beyond ordinary people are true," the elder said, his voice choked with emotion.

"Old sir, who are these people, and why were they causing trouble on the island?" Mu Yang asked, frowning. As far as he knew, Earth had long since entered an era governed by the United Kingdom, and things shouldn't be this chaotic.

The elder sighed and said, "Alas, they are from the Ophiuchus Legion. This Ophiuchus Legion is a very overbearing armed organization. They rule over a vast area nearby, acting as kings and overlords, and even the military forces of the United Kingdom cannot restrain them."

After the elder's explanation, Mu Yang had a general idea of the Ophiuchus Legion's nature. It was likely similar to the Red Ribbon Army in the original story, a remnant armed organization under the governance of the United Kingdom. Earth was simply too vast. Although nominally under the United Kingdom's rule, there were many places that the United Kingdom couldn't effectively govern.

However, compared to the Red Ribbon Army of later times, the current Ophiuchus Legion was clearly more arrogant. If the Red Ribbon Army was a private armed group hidden within the United Kingdom's governance, then the Ophiuchus Legion was more like a local warlord force, possessing its own territory.

Damn it, it seems the United Kingdom's governance has issues!

"Old sir, what are your plans now?" Mu Yang asked, looking at the bodies scattered on the ground, suddenly feeling a headache.

Previously, the islanders could live under the Ophiuchus Legion's rule with forbearance. Now that he had killed these people on the island, there was no room for reconciliation between them.

"Alas, we can't go on living like this!" The elder sighed deeply and shook his head. "We have considered leaving, but we are still reluctant to part with this place. However, after what happened today, even if we are reluctant, there's nothing we can do."

Mu Yang nodded. Although he sympathized with the elder and the islanders' plight, he didn't feel guilty about killing the Ophiuchus Legion members.

In this matter, he felt no guilt whatsoever. The saintly sentiment of "I did not kill Bo Ren, but Bo Ren died because of me" seemed absurd to him. He had simply done what he believed was the right thing to do at the opportune moment.

Fortunately, the island residents were not ungrateful. They didn't blame Mu Yang for killing the Ophiuchus Legion members as the reason for their displacement. Perhaps they had already been contemplating leaving.

In the following time, the island residents began packing their belongings to leave their homes. Mu Yang, after obtaining much information about the Ophiuchus Legion from the elder, leaped into the air and bid them farewell.

Clang clang. April struggled as she carried her schoolbag, her slender body walking along a gravel path. As she ventured deeper, the surrounding vegetation gradually thinned.

April looked down at the path with a sense of bewilderment. At that moment, she came to her senses; she seemed to be lost. Looking around, the colors of her surroundings had turned to a dusty yellow. She had entered a vast, flat plain.

"I... I think I took a wrong turn."

April hunched her shoulders, her brown hair sticking to her face, messy from not being washed.

Two months ago, she had secretly boarded a merchant ship to the mainland. After disembarking, April followed the vague memories in her mind to return home. But the memories of a five-year-old girl were hardly reliable, so she wandered further and further afield, and now she didn't even know where she was.

"Roar—"

A ferocious beast's roar echoed from a distance, and then a rolling dust cloud was seen speeding across the plain. After a while, a light blue dinosaur chasing an antelope appeared within her sight. The dinosaur was about two meters tall, its dark eyes like light bulbs.

As it got closer, the blue dinosaur spotted April. For some reason, it abandoned its prey and ran towards April instead.

Thump thump thump. The dinosaur grew closer, and the ground began to tremble with its footsteps.

April fearfully covered her head, falling to the ground with a plop. Tears welled up in her eyes. "Wuwu... it's so scary, don't eat me."

The blue dinosaur was right in front of her, and April could even feel the hot breath from its nostrils. But after a while, April didn't feel any pain. She opened her eyes and met the dark, bulb-like eyes of the blue dinosaur.

This was a young-looking blue dinosaur. Its large head was close to April, with black horns growing on its head and along the sides of its jaw, gleaming in the sunlight. Its belly was quite large and covered in white scales. A pair of small wings on its back flapped, but instead of lifting itself into the air, it stirred up a cloud of choking dust.

"Squeak! Crunch!" The young blue dragon tilted its head and chirped at April, its eyes fixed on the candy jar in her arms.

"Do you want to eat honey?" April reacted, then tremblingly opened the lid of the candy jar and offered it.

"Hiss~~" The young blue dragon stuck out its tongue and licked it, letting out a joyful sound.

The innocent and cheerful April seemed to have forgotten her fear. She happily raised the honey jar and continued to feed the dinosaur honey. "You like it too? This sweet honey is the best. Try some more!" For children, sharing their joy was the most important thing. With shared interests, they could quickly become good friends.

"Ohm." The Little Blue Dragon licked April's fingers and then licked her cheek.

"Heehee, stop licking. Can you take me with you? I can't find my way back."

"Mmkah." The Little Blue Dragon chirped, looking as if it didn't quite understand.