The City of Terror
chapter-372

 Naturally, this was something Wei Xiao Bei was not certain about. Thus he decided to use the 770 points he had remaining to test his hypothesis to see what would happen and what kind of ability he would gain if he increased his courage to 20 points.

His charm attribute was currently 17.88 points. After using 212 evolution points, it increased to 20 points.

Once that happened, Wei Xiao Bei felt a bit more courageous, as though there was nothing that he could not do. It was a kind of positive outlook in everything to the point where he would even dare fight the fire dragon if it was in front of him.

Naturally, he knew that this was only the influence of increasing his courage. This kind of side effect happened with other attributes as well, so it was normal.

What amazed him more was the ability given to him from increasing the courage attribute.

[Bold and Decisive]!

This ability meant to do things in a more decisive and bold manner.

Wei Xiao Bei concentrated on the skill to get more information.

 Bold and Decisive: This ability appeared when courage increased to 20 points. This ability will have a lower chance to appear after 40 points. After obtaining this ability, whenever the host tries to judge past, present, and future events, the host will ignore the influence of secondary details, allowing the host to make a more accurate judgment. Attributes that affect this ability are courage, learning, reasoning, willpower, intuition, and judgement .

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The explanation was a bit vague.

This was Wei Xiao Bei’s first reaction after reading the description.

The abilities that Wei Xiao Bei obtained normally had clear explanations, but this new ability sounded much more superficial.

He pondered for a bit and roughly understood its meaning.

It could be said that the ability was something like having logical thinking, but in truth, it felt more like a mysterious ability for foreseeing things.

There were six attributes that could influence this ability. Moreover, from the fact that it could not appear above 40 points, it could be said that this ability was rare and powerful.

Perhaps after obtaining 20 points in courage, the number of people who could obtain this ability was only a handful. Naturally, there was no need to worry as the ability could still appear after 40 points, albeit with a low chance.

In other words, there was a possibility that it would not appear at all.

As someone who obtained this problem-solving ability during such a crucial time, Wei Xiao Bei’s mood became a lot better.

As for the remaining 558 points, he decided not to touch them yet. He then immediately activated [Bold and Decisive] to see if continuing as he was would be a good idea.

It could be said that activating the ability felt a bit different from other abilities.

After activating it, Wei Xiao Bei felt as if his world had changed, but he could not tell what had changed.

 Left? Low risk, low return.

 Right? High risk, low return.

 Forward? High risk, high return, but there is an 80% chance of not dying.

In the end, Wei Xiao Bei did not even think anymore and decided to move forward!

After he walked for less than a hundred meters, he felt a slight danger appear.

In truth, if it was before this, he would have turned around at the first available moment.

The reason why was simple. Wei Xiao Bei suddenly noticed that he had many apprehensions about the past and had missed a lot of opportunities. Although the opportunities that he encountered before were a lot luckier than most people, he would have been a lot stronger now if he was much more decisive.

Moreover, a fearful attitude would become dangerous if one becomes stronger.

If he had not increased his courage, then he could not tell what would become of his future.

Naturally, Wei Xiao Bei also knew that this mentality had been influenced by the real world.

From a young age to now, his life was a steady one even if it could not compare to the lives of rich kids, so he had the mentality of a city dweller.

In many cases, this kind of mindset would make one feel safe, but in crucial times, it would make one lose a good opportunity.

This was also why from ancient times until now, people who managed to profit from big events would possess the courage to weave through changing times and withstand huge pressure. The decisions that these people make during dangerous times allow them to obtain the things they want.

An example of this was Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shi Min, who led the Xuanwu Gate coup, and was weaker than his brother Li Jian Cheng.

The crown prince Li Jian Cheng not only had the emperor’s support, but he also had the majority of the cabinet ministers’ support as well as the support of the majority of the army.

A normal person would have given up and been satisfied with being a marquis.

Although Li Shi Min had the support of a general, the group he could truly rely on was his Black Armor Army.

It could be said that if Li Shi Min had failed, then he was sure to have been executed along with his children and grandchildren. Moreover, his name would go down in history as being one of a shameful figure.

Thus being able to make such a decision was the same as putting his entire family’s life on the table.

The more Wei Xiao Bei advanced, the higher the temperature the sand and air was.

He could clearly feel that the surrounding temperature was at least five to six degrees higher than before.

 Could some kind of event have happened to the fire dragon?

Wei Xiao Bei immediately pulled out his great spear and spread his qi outward, turning it into cosmic energy and pushing the heat away. As he continued to advance, he became more and more alert.

In truth, advancing in the desert, especially the Dust World’s desert, made it hard to discern one’s direction. The gray sun in the sky was permanently stuck there unmoving as if it was eternally suspended above his head, unable to give him an idea of his direction.

If Wei Xiao Bei’s vision was bad and he couldn’t see the red mountain range from afar, he might have become lost.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

He suddenly heard continuous gunshots, catching his attention.

This could not be helped. With Wei Xiao Bei’s perception being at such a high level, all of his senses would have gone through some slight changes. The most noticeable change was with his ears.

It was unknown when it happened, but the muscle behind his ear had recovered its function. Although he could not move it as he wished like herbivorous animals, he could make it stand up to gather more sound waves.

“Mortar! Hurry!” Other than gunshots, there were some minute sounds blowing through the wind.

 It’s English!

Wei Xiao Bei’s input into language had not been wasted. He could even tell that there was an accent in the opposite party’s voice and guessed that it was Texan.

No matter what, the explosion he heard afterward was something a normal person would be able to hear easily.

Wei Xiao Bei’s distance from where the sound originated was around three kilometers.

Wei Xiao Bei recalled some information and came to an answer.

This made him remember the mercenaries that he encountered previously.

In truth, he had been puzzled by this ever since the beginning.

It should be impossible for those mercenaries to have come from Cui Hu City in the real world.

Then the question was how the mercenaries entered Cui Hu City’s Dust World? Moreover, how did they carry various modern weapons inside?

It was impossible to say that the police of Cui Hu City had become blind. Let alone Cui Hu City, it would be impossible for them to have brought such powerful weapons inside Chinese borders.

It might be possible for small handguns, but an AK47, a rocket launcher, a sniper rifle, and other large weapons would be impossible to sneak in.

Now, Wei Xiao Bei confirmed that he had not heard wrong and that the other party fired a mortar.

 How was this possible?

If mortars were so easy to bring into the Dust World, then it meant that foreign enemies had entered the country.

However, even an idiot would know that this matter was simply impossible.

Then the only thing was that the desert itself was strange.

Another way that the mercenaries could have entered was that they were aboriginals of the Dust World. However, their use of mortars made it hard to identify this as an explanation.

From the high-speed gunfire, Wei Xiao Bei could discern four different weapons just by sound.

M4A1 Carbine rifles, 60-millimeter mortars, machine guns, and even the propeller of a helicopter.

There was no doubt that the closer Wei Xiao Bei got, the more he could tell that a big battle was happening.

From the sounds of shouting and breathing, he could tell that there were at least three hundred people!

Additionally, he could hear the sound of Yongs flying and Sacred Beetle Descendants knocking against some steel object with a loud boom.

In short, it was a huge battle between humans and monsters.

After getting closer, Wei Xiao Bei put his White Mist Divine Great Spear back into his storage bag, throwing himself on the ground and crawling on all fours. He was slower while crawling on the sand, but his posture made him more agile.

Finally, after crawling on top of a sand dune, Wei Xiao Bei saw the battle that was happening.

 It’s American soldiers!

The first thing Wei Xiao Bei took notice of was the badge on the soldiers’ arms.

The shape of the badge was like a heart with a yellow lightning streak in it.