Dark Blood Age
chapter-18

Chapter 18: Chapter 18 Courageous path

Translator: Doggotranslation Editor: Doggotranslation

Chu Yunsheng counted the insect bodies he had: thirty-eight of them in total. He still needed twenty-two!

Pig’s brains have always been Chu Yunsheng’s life savior. He also had no other choices, single red-shelled insects were very hard to find now, he would be happy even if he encountered two insects every time.

Surely, not only Chu Yunsheng, but even the army also didn’t like to encounter a swarm of insects as well. Red-shelled insects liked to eat brains. It didn’t matter if it was humans’ or other animals’. To them, all creature’s brains on Earth seemed to be delicious meals. Because of this, Chu Yunsheng had successfully used pig’s brains as bait to kill a dozen red-shelled insects already.

But recently the method seemed to become less effective. Last time, his pig’s head was almost taken away by some starving people! It was pork, of course, anyone would try to take it if they saw it.

But he soon came up with an idea. He removed the pig’s brain from its skull, mixed it with blood, and left it on the street next to a human body. After doing that, no one dared to steal his pig’s brain anymore!

He guessed that probably the brain wasn’t fresh anymore, that’s why fewer insects fell for the trap.

While he was thinking how to find more red-shelled insects, the female teacher and her students came into the restaurant hall one by one. They probably had finished the food. After all, half a pot wasn’t that much, let alone with the number of people they had.

Although this group of people seemed to be scared of him, they still forced themselves to come to him. Chu Yunsheng could not help but frown. Looking at this situation, they were definitely going to ask him for something else. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to help these kids, but the problem was that he couldn’t even take care of himself, how could he pretend to be a hero and take care of them?

He instantly regretted what he did earlier. He should have left earlier.

The female teacher said to him gratefully, “Thank you for your help, I am a teacher in the twenty-first high school in Shen Cheng city, my name is… ”

Chu Yunsheng quickly interrupted her, “Okay, Okay, I do not want to know this. Based on the situation you are in right now, I personally think that you should seek help from the troops or government as soon as possible. You are all students, the troops should do something to help.”

His interruption was somewhat embarrassing to the female teacher, but she still bit her lips and explained, “We did go to the troops, but they have too many people that need to be taken care of. We never had a chance! Sir, I am not asking for food from you, I have a student who has been suffering from high fever for three days now. She needs prescription drugs. If she doesn’t get treatment soon… Sir, please, she is dying…!”

Chu Yunsheng was dazed for a moment. He was very sympathetic towards their plight, but he didn’t have any prescription drugs. In the age of light, the prescription drugs were given out by doctors. He did not have much time nor energy to find those drugs. He had some regular medicine, but to cure this level of high fever he did not think it would help, so he could not help but say. “I’m sorry, I do not have any prescription drugs!”

The female teacher quickly said with a tone of hope, “There is a community hospital not far from here. We have been there before, but there are insects over there, can you… please?!”

“I am sorry!” Chu Yunsheng thought for a second but still refused. He had also been to that hospital, there were three red-shelled insects just near the entrance and there could be even more inside. It was too dangerous. Although they had his sympathy, he was not yet ready to sacrifice his own life for others.

The hall suddenly fell into an awkward silence.

Chu Yunsheng thought it was his right to choose whether to help or not. He did not want to risk his life for a stranger. It was not a good idea at all, so he got up and prepared to go!

“Thump!” Behind him, the female teacher knelt down!

He was stunned by her action, Then, “thump!”, “thump!”, “thump!”…..

A dozen students, they all knelt down!

Chu Yunsheng’s heart inexplicably jumped. He couldn’t describe the feeling he had then, it was more than just shocked.

In the age of light, on the television or on the Internet, there were often the appearances of groups of people on their knees asking for justice.

He used to curse those officials as cold-blooded animals, that they did not have any feelings towards others, that they were the shame of humanity!

But he never thought that this scene would appear right in front of him, and that he was standing on the side he used to curse at!

He opened his mouth, but only to find that he did not know what to say.

“Please, uncle! Xiaoxue is dying!” said a girl who could not stop crying,

“Uncle please…!” Then everyone started to cry.

Chu Yunsheng was struggling to make a decision – on one side he was thinking. “Well, you are not powerful enough, do not do it! You don’t even know what is going to happen. So just mind your own business, and forget about others!”

On the other side. “Come on brother, life is all about trying, isn’t it? Let’s fight, brother! Strength is important, but if you do not have courage, you will always be weaker than others!”

Many years later, when Chu Yunsheng looked back to the past, he would be surprised to find that it was because of these people that he learned how to face this world.

A truly powerful man not only relies on his physical power, but also the courage to dare to challenge the limit, without backing off!

Chu Yunsheng suddenly realized that, for a long time, he had been living in a cycle of escaping from danger; to avoid challenges, and pray for better luck the next time.

Of course, he could continue to live like this, but would this kind of cycle help him survive in the future? With more and more red-shelled insects appearing in the city, he was no longer able to find any single red-shelled insects easily anymore. If he continued to live like this, his Yuan Qi cultivation progress would be slowed down. And if his cultivation progress was slowed down, it would only become more dangerous for him. He might even be killed by the monster before he was even able to reach Yuan Tian stage two!

He broke out in a cold sweat and thought for another minute, ‘Even in the age of light, you can not succeed without taking any risk, not to mention in this sinister dark age!’

The number of insects was increasing rapidly, the awakened humans were also getting stronger, but he did not even dare face three red-shelled insects. If he didn’t change, then he would be struggling to survive in the future, and eventually, he would be eliminated by this dark world. In the end, it would be a waste of having his ancient book!

‘Do it!’ Chu Yunsheng let out a long stressful sigh. He did not expect that these people’s actions would accidentally cause his thoughts to undergo a dramatic change!

His state of mind changed from being a cautious poacher to a bloodthirsty killer!

Of course, it did not mean that he was going to do it blindly. Even though courage was still very important, having courage did not mean that he needed to be reckless. If the strength gap was huge, no matter how much courage he had, he was still going to die in the end!

He had eight units of Yuan Qi now. He could try to fight with three red-shelled insects. Plus If he planned in detail, he believed that there was over 80% chance of success.

The first thing he needed to do was lurking. He should not let the insects be aware that he was approaching. If he used the crossbow to freeze one as fast as he could, then he would only have to face two angry insects. If he was lucky, he could use the pistol to injure the second one, then it would leave him with the last one. As long as he still had the pistol or the crossbow at that time, he would win!

At the moment, there was no way for him to use the sword to break both an insect’s shield and shell at the same time. He could break the energy shield, but there was no way he could stab the sword into an insect’s mouth like the last time. It was very lucky, but he could not just blindly believe in luck. The same lucky chance would not appear twice.

So to sum it up, there were two key points. First, he must freeze one as fast as possible, the second point, his pistol, and crossbow could not be lost!

If he kept to these two points, he had at least a 70% chance of winning the fight. If he was able to injure another one during the insects’ counterattack, then the chances could go up to 90% and as long as there were no other insects, he should be able to kill them all.

After thinking through the plan, he was not as worried as before. He just needed to look into some details then everything would be perfect.

Chu Yunsheng did not realize that they were still on their knees. When he noticed, he felt sorry for them. Eventually, it was these people that changed his Yuan Qi cultivation approach, and since he decided to challenge his limit, why not help them as well. It was a win-win situation.

In addition to that, the importance of drugs was not much less than food. It was also the supplies he spent the least time preparing. Therefore, it was absolutely necessary for him to get some prescription drugs as well…