Chapter 1051 Crawling Forward

Even though the three beauties were respectively holding a Maxim heavy machine gun, a Thompson submachine gun, and an Uzi submachine gun, and were wildly blasting away at the ancient mantis in front of them…

the ancient mantis’s body was like it was covered in armor,

no matter how the machine guns raked it, they just couldn’t pierce its hide…

When the three beauties finally emptied all their ammo, they wiped the sweat from their foreheads and said:

“I really didn’t expect it, this ancient mantis is ridiculously tough-skinned and thick-fleshed, not even machine-gun bullets can punch through it…”

Lili tossed the Thompson submachine gun in her hands to the side, let out a sigh, and said:

“Sure, the Thompson submachine gun used to have a long glorious run in the States… but now that the Thompson submachine gun is up against this ancient mantis, it still can’t finish it off…”

Yu Lan sighed, stuffed the Uzi submachine gun in her hand back into her bag, then said with feeling:

“Even though the Uzi is the standard weapon of those Israeli Mossad agents… turns out when an Uzi is used against this ancient mantis, it’s completely useless, huh…”

Xuelian went further and gave the Maxim heavy machine gun in front of her a kick, sending it clattering to the ground,

then said dejectedly:

“The Maxim used to be a killing tool on the battlefield… but facing this ancient mantis right now, the Maxim still can’t do a damn thing…”

Right then, Zhao Rong ducked behind the big rock,

and when he saw that the girls’ submachine guns and heavy machine gun all failed to take out this ancient mantis,

he said:

“Looks like if we want to deal with this ancient mantis in front of us, we’ll have to use other weapons…”

The assistant hurried to offer up advice beside Zhao Rong, saying:

“Brother Zhao Rong, I think you’d better hurry up and buy an anti-aircraft machine gun from the Paradise Shopping Cart… As long as we take that anti-aircraft gun and fire it flat at the ancient mantis, we can definitely blast it into pieces…”

Zhao Rong shook his head and said:

“Since even the Maxim heavy machine gun couldn’t do anything to this ancient mantis, then using an anti-aircraft gun in a flat trajectory sure as hell won’t kill it either…”

The assistant kept suggesting, saying:

“Brother Zhao Rong, since the anti-aircraft gun can’t deal with this ancient mantis, then just buy some rockets from the Paradise Shopping Cart… I refuse to believe rockets can’t kill this ancient mantis in front of us…”

Lili chimed in with a suggestion to Zhao Rong, saying:

“Brother Zhao Rong, I think you’d better buy a pack of explosives and use that against this ancient mantis…”

Yu Lan said:

“Brother Zhao Rong, buy a blasting tube from the Paradise Shopping Cart, hand it to the assistant, and let him go blow up this ancient mantis…”

Xuelian offered her own suggestion to Zhao Rong, saying:

“Brother Zhao Rong, I think you should buy some TNT black gunpowder from the Paradise Shopping Cart and use that to deal with this ancient mantis…”

When the assistant heard that Lili and Yu Lan actually wanted to use explosive packs and blasting tubes and have him go blow up the mantis,

he was thoroughly indignant and said:

“Lili, Yu Lan, you two are way too biased, why are you making me, the assistant, risk my life carrying explosives to blow up this mantis, why can’t you have Brother Zhao Rong personally wipe out this ancient mantis instead…”

Lili explained to the assistant, saying:

“Assistant, you’re missing something here. Brother Zhao Rong is the backbone of our team, if anything happens to him, this team of ours is basically finished…”

Listening to Lili, the assistant complained bitterly:

“Lili, I know Brother Zhao Rong is the backbone of our team, sure, I, the assistant, don’t have any real skills, but I’m still an important member of this team, you can’t just treat me as cannon fodder, as some disposable scapegoat…”

Yu Lan tried to explain to the assistant, saying:

“Assistant, you’re misunderstanding what we mean, we’re not asking you to go die, or to be cannon fodder, what we want is for you to blow up this ancient mantis, and if you get hurt or even lose your life, as long as Brother Zhao Rong is still here, he can still bring you back, or drag you back from the brink of death…”

Lili said to the assistant:

“Assistant, now you understand why we’re handing the explosive pack to you instead of Brother Zhao Rong, right…”

The assistant listened to the two beauties; even though he was deeply annoyed,

he accepted reality and said:

“I get it. If Brother Zhao Rong has an accident, we’d have no way to resurrect him, or snatch him back from the hands of Death… but if I’m injured or something happens to me, Brother Zhao Rong will definitely bring me back…”

After hearing the assistant, Lili immediately said to Zhao Rong:

“Brother Zhao Rong, since the assistant has agreed, hurry up and buy an explosive pack from the Paradise Shopping Cart, give it to him, and let him go blow up this ancient mantis…”

On Lili’s prompting, Zhao Rong decided to give it a shot,

so he bought an explosive pack from the Paradise Shopping Cart…

When Zhao Rong handed the explosive pack to the assistant,

he repeatedly reminded him, saying:

“Assistant, remember, there’s double-sided tape on the back of this explosive pack… Once you get close to the ancient mantis, first peel off the double-sided tape on the back, then slap the explosive pack onto the mantis’s body… And once you’ve stuck the pack onto the mantis, you need to immediately retreat, got that…”

The assistant nodded, and very seriously said:

“Brother Zhao Rong, I understand…”

Hearing that, Zhao Rong handed over the explosive pack to the assistant and said:

“All right, Assistant, go blow up that ancient mantis now…”

The assistant nodded, took the explosive pack, and crawled forward…

When the assistant finally reached the ancient mantis,

he immediately tore off the double-sided tape on the back of the explosive pack.

Everything happened in a split second—just as the ancient mantis moved in,

the assistant slapped the explosive pack right onto the mantis’s body.

When he managed to stick the explosive pack onto the mantis,

he immediately ran back, grinning from ear to ear, and said:

“Brother Zhao Rong, I’ve successfully completed the mission you gave me…”

But before the assistant could finish talking,

Zhao Rong said, awkward as hell:

“Assistant, sure, you did stick the explosive pack onto the ancient mantis, but you didn’t actually check whether the spot you stuck it on was a little too far back…”

Hearing Zhao Rong, the assistant looked closely, then said, half laughing, half crying:

“I really was too nervous just now, and ended up sticking the explosive pack on the mantis’s tail by accident…”

Lili said beside him:

“It’s fine, Assistant, don’t lose heart, if this explosive pack can’t kill the ancient mantis, then you can just take a blasting tube and go blow it up again…”

Listening to Lili, the assistant wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said:

“If the explosive pack can’t kill this ancient mantis, then I’ll just have to go blow it up with a blasting tube…”