Armor Guardians

Chapter 121 Pay attention to safety
As expected, facing a powerful alien beast with superior strength, and with the Black Group's firearms nearby, Xia Qianxue and the other Dragon Group armor summoners were on the verge of defeat.

Seeing this situation, Xia Qianmeng couldn't help but feel a little troubled, because with such strength she couldn't even defeat the soldiers sent by others, so how could she fight against more powerful alien beasts?
It's important to understand that if top-tier mutant beasts can be used as low-level soldiers, then there should be even more powerful general-level mutant beasts, or even more powerful ones, to come.

What if you're not strong enough and get instantly killed by a mutant beast?
So, Xia Qianmeng, who was in charge of assisting, felt that things were incredibly difficult. Wouldn't it be great if she could act on her own? Wouldn't it be wonderful if she could just use her light-footed skills to go up and solve everything?

However, their requirement was to assist and train these armor summoners, so Xia Qianmeng had no choice but to comply, which added some difficulty to the mission.

Looking at the Black Group members who were still firing their guns wildly, Xia Qianmeng felt a surge of annoyance. It seemed that she had been beaten like this by members of the Dragon Group and the Black Group before, so the dark history was deeply etched in her memory, and she would take revenge sooner or later.

So Xia Qianmeng didn't hesitate much, squatted down, picked up a handful of pebbles, and threw them at the Black Group members.

However, were the pebbles that Xia Qianmeng threw ordinary pebbles?
Of course not. The stone was imbued with immense power the moment it was thrown from Xia Qianmeng's hand, making it arguably even more powerful than a bullet.

Unsurprisingly, the Black Group members hit by the stones thrown by Xia Qianmeng fell to the ground immediately, and could no longer use bullets to interfere with the Dragon Group members' battle.

Then, Xia Qianmeng picked up a handful of stones and looked at the divine beast armors that were fighting against the alien beasts. If any of them couldn't hold on, she would lend a hand.

To be honest, Xia Qianmeng's actions were quite masterful, as if she could injure someone with just a flying flower or a plucked leaf.

Of course, it's not impossible for flying flowers and falling leaves to injure people, and Xia Qianmeng could do it too, but... it would be very difficult.

In fact, Xia Qianmeng had also heard her master Ye Ying say that our current strength is only in the ordinary world, and the truly powerful are the people in the mountains, the backbone of China.

Indeed, there are many sects in the mountains of China. They are hidden in plain sight in the city and in the forest. There are always people more capable than you and heavens beyond heavens. Any disciple can fight against alien beasts on their own.

Otherwise, China would have been wiped out long ago when the alien beasts first appeared, right? It's just that after those experts finished helping, they went back into seclusion.

Actually, this is why, although everyone is into martial arts now, very few people actually achieve anything. It's not that there aren't any, but rather that their skills have been stolen.

That's right. When ordinary people reach university, many people from remote mountain sects will come to recruit and train them. And then... and then they can't leave. After all, every family has its rules, and every sect has its rules. If a sect doesn't leave the world, its members should try their best not to leave the mountains.

The reasons given by each sect for doing so are quite clear: first, to preserve humanity's ultimate power in case of a large-scale attack by alien beasts; and second, because they fear that their disciples might develop powerful abilities and cause trouble outside the sect, which would be difficult to manage in the vast outside world.

In short, all the sects are still very powerful. Their influence can be found among officials, high-ranking personnel, and teachers throughout China.

With Xia Qianmeng's help, the Divine Beast Armor finally defeated the ten alien beasts. However, the process was very difficult, and after the battle, they all collapsed from exhaustion without any regard for appearances.

Of course, Xia Qianxue was an exception; she went to the spot where she and Xia Qianmeng had slept the night before and rested there. Seeing how tired everyone looked, Xia Qianmeng couldn't help but see her past self; it seemed she had gone through something similar before.

However... she used to be so tired and exhausted, but this group of people might be able to go back to a good life after the mission is over, so overall it's still different.

Looking at the leftover fruit from yesterday, Xia Qianmeng walked over, picked up a few, and tossed one to each of them: "There's no water here, this is all you need to quench your thirst. By the way, are you still going to hunt down these mutant beasts? I reckon you can't do it with your current strength, considering how many mutant beasts appeared earlier. It's not uncommon for there to be even more and stronger ones later."

That's right, Xia Qianmeng's words were for their own good. She hoped they would give up the encirclement mission because it was far too dangerous, far beyond the strength of these armored summoners. She wondered what the person who arranged the mission was thinking.

Although they were very unhappy with Xia Qianmeng's words, the members of the Dragon Group had to admit their mistake, because if Xia Qianmeng hadn't helped them with the stone earlier, they would probably be dead by now.

After hesitating for a moment, Long Linghuai, the captain of the Dragon Group, took a deep breath and then asked Xia Qianmeng, "Since we can't defeat these mutant beasts, you should be able to, right?"

"What do you mean?" Xia Qianmeng looked at Long Linghuai, as if she had guessed something bad, a girl's intuition.

As expected, after hearing Xia Qianmeng's words, Long Linghuai spoke up: "I would like to ask you to help us complete the mission, is that alright? You see, if this monster's nest is not wiped out, who knows where the other monsters will go to cause trouble."

Despite his righteous words, Long Linghuai's true thought was that since the Dragon Group had spent a lot of money to hire people, it would be a huge loss to just go back like this. It would be better to let the Shadow Group complete the mission, so at least they would break even and wouldn't have to come back again.

After hesitating for a moment, Xia Qian thought, "Long Linghuai is right. It's not good to just leave these mutant beasts alone. If they go out and cause harm to humans in the future, the damage they will cause will be even greater."

So, Xia Qianmeng finally agreed: "Alright, you two stay here and protect them while they rest. I'll go up the mountain to take a look."

After saying that, Xia Qianmeng was about to use her light-footed skills to travel.

However, at that moment, she heard a familiar voice: "Wait."

"What's wrong?" Xia Qianmeng looked at Xia Qianxue. After last night, their relationship had indeed improved a lot; at least, it wasn't as cold as before.

"Be careful." After hesitating for a long time, Xia Qianxue finally managed to utter these words.

Although she knew that Xia Qianmeng was very strong and would hardly encounter any danger, she still couldn't help but want to give her a reminder.

She has truly grown up and changed.

(End of this chapter)