Chapter 111 - Terrifying Yong (Classic of Mountains and Seas)

Chapter 111 – Terrifying Yong (Classic of Mountains and Seas)
In reality, Huang Da Jun had never encountered such a poor environment in his entire life.

Xiao Bei, can you give me some water?

Huang Da Jun spoke with difficulty as his throat was so dry that it could let out flames.

I’ll give you water after we walk for another kilometer.

Wei Xiao Bei did not point out to Huang Da Jun about how he had previously drunk  an entire bottle of water by himself. He only replied coldly and continued to move without stopping or slowing down.
After reaching this point, the number of hidden Giant Black Scorpions had rapidly decreased. It was difficult to even meet a single one without walking for another hundred meters.
Wei Xiao Bei’s entire body was in a state of alertness.
It was easy to see that the scorpions could handle this temperature. The reason that there were only a few of them was perhaps due to the presence of a stronger monster nearby, forcing the Giant Black Scorpions to distance themselves from this place.

Dadada!

A continuous crackling sound like firecrackers came from the foot of the fiery red mountain range.
Huang Da Jun did not notice the sound, but Wei Xiao Bei’s face tensed up. He instructed Huang Da Jun,
Wait here and don’t go anywhere.

After stating his commands, Wei Xiao Bei quickly moved toward the foot of the mountain.
As a retired soldier, Wei Xiao Bei could easily discern that it was not the sound of firecrackers that he had heard, but rather it was sound of gunfire of AK-47 rifles!
The continuous sounds smiliar to that of the Type 81 Assault Rifle made Wei Xiao Bei reminisce about his days in the army.
However, it was not the best time for Wei Xiao Bei to do so.
Right now, there were more than 10 armed men continuously firing their guns. Their faces and bodies were covered in camouflage paint. They were also wearing camouflage clothing. If Wei Xiao Bei’s vision had not exceeded that of a normal person’s vision and the weapons hadn’t continued to make noise, then it would been very difficult for him to have noticed them.
This armed group was not comprised of Chinese people, nor were they of Asian descent. Based on their body size and hair, Wei Xiao Bei determined that there were white men and black men in the group.
This made Wei Xiao Bei a bit suspicious.
When did armed men appear inside the Dust World?
They are even carrying modern firearms!
Their existence in the Dust World might be reasonable. Wei Xiao Bei assumed that these armed men must have come from the real world. However, as for how they came here, it became a problem. The problem was why armed men were in Cui Hu City.
In short, there were many questions that arose in Wei Xiao Bei’s mind from this scene.
Moreover, the target of the armed men was an owl!
It was understandable since the owl was different from the owls in reality. Its face appeared human, but it had four eyes and long ears.
The most terrifying aspect  was that the owl was five meters tall in height. It looked heavy and sluggish, but it was able to dodge the bullets from the armed men as it flew a hundred meters above the ground.
This is?
Wei Xiao Bei’s brain moved fast and recalled what it was after a while.
There was a bird with the same description in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
It was called a Yong
!
A Yong was a bird that was listed in the Classic of Mountains and Seas. It looked like an owl, but it had a human face with four eyes and long ears. The sounds that it let out were the same as its name. Once it appeared, a drought would be created around it.
The description was short, but it was able to make Wei Xiao Bei slightly sweat in concern.
Afterwards, one of the armed men had shot the owl, causing the owl to cry out loudly. This confirmed that it was truly a Yong that was described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
A majority of the monsters described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas were not good creatures.
There was one way to describe these monsters, and that was Devils!
To speak frankly, these creatures inside the Classic of Mountains and Seas exceeded normal organisms by a large amount!
Wei Xiao Bei had seen a Shangfu before. If it truly existed in reality and if a normal person did not have weapons, it would have pecked many people to death.
Additionally, just a Citizen of Long Bo’s legs were enough to deal with modern armies.
In short, any monsters seen in the Classic of Mountains and Seas could easily terrorize humans in reality.
There was a saying associated with Yongs: Seeing them brought great droughts!
Although it did not mention how the great droughts appeared, these great droughts had a relation with the appearance of Yongs.
It was so much that there was a huge probability that a drought was created by a Yong.
At the same time, creatures that could create a great drought were powerful creatures especially in Chinese legends.
An example of this was the Drought Demon.
Just from observingt the battle between the armed men and the Yong, it was apparent how strong it was.
Those bullets that were able to turn humans into corpses within seconds landed on the Yong, but the force of the bullets were dampened by its thick feathers. Although some bullets had passed through the feathers and hit the Yong’s body, the most they could do was make the Yong bleed a bit.
Its appearance was like a human pincushion. Just using guns to kill the Yong was not enough.
Moreover, when the Yong was injured, it would begin to dive down and chase after the armed men.
These armed men knew how to pull the attention of enemies away from each other. If one person was being chased, the others would concentrate fire on the Yong’s body to attract the Yong’s attention.
Wei Xiao Bei did not move on impulse. Instead, he lied down on the sand and quietly observed the battle between the men and the Yong.
In Wei Xiao Bei’s eyes, the foreign armed men might not be good people, and they were most likely mercenaries.
If Wei Xiao Bei joined the fight, it would be hard to say that the mercenaries would not attack him.
They were using adept tactics based solely on their hand signs and wonderful cooperation. If it was Wei Xiao Bei, he would not be able to have done this when he was a soldier.
There was a limit to the power of bullets.
The fighting continued for a period of time. Two armed men split up from the group and ran for their lives.
After retreating by a hundred meters, the two men brought out their bazookas, loaded the warheads, and aimed at the Yong, who dived from time to time.
Seeing this scene, Wei Xiao Bei couldn’t help but become nervous.
At this point in time, victory or defeat was about to be decided.
However, after the two armed men distanced themselves, the other armed mens’ firepower had weakened, and this gave the Yong an opportunity to strike.
In a flash, one of the armed men who was not able to dodge the Yong’s dive was bitten on the waist and was snatched up into the sky by the Yong.
Seeing this scene, the armed men strengthened their firepower. In just a few breaths of time, the comrade of the armed men that was seized into the sky by the Yong had been turned into a hornet’s nest.
However, the Yong did not seem to care about the corpse in its mouth being torn to shreds. Instead, it seemed to be satisfied by the blood that flowed into its mouth as it was circling in the air. Then it relaxed its beak, dropping the corpse. The Yong dived down again and flew by the side of the freefalling corpse. It extended its claws and tore the corpse in midair into pieces.