Humans Shrunk 100 Times

Chapter 152: Repelling

He Ying and Qian Fei had been crouching by the window, looking down for quite a while. As soon as they saw Chen Mu and the others coming up, they quickly made way for them.

Chen Mu looked down through the glass window and saw a dancing tongue of fire, vigorously shooting upward. Because the stone ball was pressed against the door crack, the flames were licking the outer side of the door, indicating that it wouldn't be long before the door caught fire.

Although the flames were high, the illuminated area was not large. Chen Mu couldn't see any trace of humans at all.

It was evident that the people from Yizhong [a place or organization] were scattered in various positions, but they wouldn't go far. They were probably guarding nearby, waiting to catch them all in one fell swoop once they escaped.

"What should we do?" He Ying asked.

"Squad leader, could you please make as many light bulbs as possible as quickly as you can."

Dong Junwei didn't ask much and agreed before picking up a box of plastic balls brought by Wei Dalei and starting to work.

Chen Mu had prepared these plastic balls in his spare time, thinking that they could be used as a light source when needed.

As for the hand grenades, they were all ready-made.

After constructing the elevator, Chen Mu had brought up a box of grenades in case of future needs, and Wei Dalei had just brought up another box, making a total of two boxes.

Chen Mu had made these wooden boxes for storing hand grenades himself. He used cotton thread inside to separate them and prevent damage during transportation. One box could hold 50 grenades.

During Dong Junwei's usual training, she made the most hand grenades. On one hand, hand grenades were the most useful, and on the other hand, they were the only things that could be stored for a long time.

Now, in the Qiming's ammunition depot, there were a total of 300 hand grenades.

All these hand grenades had been taken out, with 100 of them brought up to the observatory, while the rest were left on the ground for Tang Jing to command, in case the enemy suddenly broke through the door crack.

While Dong Junwei was busy working, Chen Mu pulled Wei Dalei over.

"Lao Wei, look outside."

"What am I looking at?"

"Just look at whatever you can see, so your eyes can get used to the darkness quickly."

"Oh." Wei Dalei didn't ask further and looked outside together with Chen Mu.

Soon enough, 30 light bulbs were completed.

Making these light bulbs was the easiest and fastest task for Dong Junwei.

"Is this enough?"

"Not enough. Make as many as you can." Chen Mu replied without turning his head.

"Okay."

At the next moment, Chen Mu reached out and pressed his hand against the glass window.

The entire glass melted into an irregular glass block and was thrown aside.

In the beginning, to maximize the field of view, this piece of glass was designed like a floor-to-ceiling window. Now that it has been removed, it's like a door has been opened on the wall, and one could easily fall off with a little carelessness.

The outdoor wind rushed in, refreshing the spirits of several people.

Chen Mu reached into his waist and then shot out a metal chain, firmly attaching it to the railing of the observatory, creating a safety rope.

He replicated the process and made a safety rope for Wei Dalei as well.

The two stood side by side at the edge of the "cliff," looking down.

At this moment, their view became clearer, but they still couldn't see any human figures.

The flames continued to rise, but fortunately, their height was sufficient to avoid being burned.

"What should we do, boss?"

Even someone as slow-witted as Wei Dalei probably understood what they needed to do next. The battle maniac, Lao Wei, showed no signs of nervousness; instead, he was extremely excited.

"It's simple," Chen Mu said, "throw all the light bulbs down."

After saying that, he turned around and grabbed a few plastic balls that were already emitting light.

"Like this."

He tossed one out.

The plastic ball was about the size of a fist, and Chen Mu could take three or four at a time with both hands.

Once thrown, they landed quickly.

Dong Junwei's abilities had grown rapidly, and the light emitted from the plastic balls was much stronger than before.

However, due to their size, the area they could illuminate on the ground was still quite limited.

When Chen Mu went to pick up more, Wei Dalei snatched everything, including the box, from him.

"When will you finish throwing them?"

Lao Wei laughed heartily, holding the box, and then, like pouring water, he scattered the light balls outwards.

With thirty light balls in one box, they streaked down to the ground like meteors.

This action illuminated a considerable area near the entrance.

Chen Mu soon saw several figures moving swiftly.

In fact, although these light balls illuminated a large area, looking down from this height, they still couldn't see very clearly. If those people remained motionless on the ground, Chen Mu and Wei Dalei probably wouldn't be able to find them.

But for the people below, the sudden illumination around them exposed their positions, causing them to hurriedly find another hiding place.

The rising flames actually provided cover for Chen Mu's position.

The people from Yizhong had no idea where these light balls came from, as if they fell from the sky.

"Throw them at the people!"

Chen Mu didn't waste time. After calling for Wei Dalei, he swiftly threw out two hand grenades.

Wei Dalei grinned widely.

He loved doing this kind of thing the most.

One after another, hand grenades were thrown from above, exploding on the ground, and then the steel balls inside them shot out in all directions.

Due to the distance, Chen Mu couldn't hear anyone screaming in pain, but thanks to the light, he could clearly see several figures suddenly falling to the ground while running.

Their accuracy in throwing wasn't particularly high.

But it didn't matter because of their large number.

Especially Wei Dalei, his throwing speed was almost like a machine gun.

Precise strikes were good, but firepower coverage was the truth.

Lao Wei was faithfully executing this truth.

The second batch of light bulbs was completed under Dong Junwei's command, while He Ying and Qian Fei acted as transport officers, diligently passing the ammunition to Chen Mu and Wei Dalei.

Another twenty or so light balls were scattered down.

The area below was already in chaos.

More and more people were affected by the hand grenades, and at the same time, countless crawling figures scattered and fled from the door crack.

Thinking of what Sun Yuan had said, these figures seemed to be some kind of reptiles.

Why were there reptiles?

Weren't the people from Yizhong afraid?

Or perhaps, did they bring these reptiles here?

At this thought, Chen Mu's mood became heavy once again.

He had heard from He Ying that there were people with the ability to control insects, and Du Jiajia's ability was somewhat similar.

So, it wasn't surprising that Yizhong had such ability users.

But...

During the battle with Qingbei, they hadn't seen Yizhong deploy such ability users. Why did they attach so much importance to Qiming?

Chen Mu pushed these thoughts aside. There was no use thinking too much at this moment.

Fortunately, those reptiles were frightened by the hand grenades. The steel balls hit the stainless-steel pillars beneath the door seal, making sharp noises and bouncing back, hitting many of the reptiles.

"Did they run away?"

Wei Dalei held two hand grenades, carefully searching for any moving objects below. But in just a couple of minutes, the area below had become lifeless.

"Seems like it."

"No fun." Wei Dalei pouted.

"Let's go down."

There was no sense of victory in Chen Mu's heart.

Even if all the enemies had retreated, that fireball was still a big problem. Once it ignited the door, even if they could escape in time, all their efforts from these days would go up in smoke.

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