Chapter 139: Landmine Warning
The person who came was Huang Zhong, known as the 'Soul-Burning Heavy Artillery', one of the most powerful output heroes in Shu Kingdom!

Wang Yao was stunned to see Huang Zhong, who looked much more sturdy and majestic than in the game, walking towards him with heavy steps. He was unable to react for a moment.

Until today, he finally witnessed Huang Zhong, the ADC shooter of the Shu Kingdom lineup, at such a critical moment when he was about to fight with the enemy hero and had no help.
And more importantly, there is an uncontrollable ecstasy!

I remember that when Luna left half a month ago, she mentioned Huang Zhong. Since Huang Zhong appeared here in the top lane, it means that the support from Shu Kingdom has arrived.

Thinking of this, Wang Yao felt warm in his heart; that is to say, Luna is back? !

Huang Zhong also saw Wang Yao. The white-haired veteran was stunned for a moment, and then, like many people when they met Wang Yao for the first time, a trace of disdain and doubt appeared on his old and resolute face.

Wang Yao's neutral appearance has always been the object of criticism and contempt by many people.

Of course, Wang Yao didn't care about these things. It was not only because Wang Yao had long been accustomed to such looks, but also because he still remembered that Luna had called Huang Zhong "Uncle Han Sheng" before, which was a bit like honoring her guardian. Huang Zhong and Luna might have a special relationship. In this case, Wang Yao felt that he had to behave better in front of this "elder", at least the first impression should not be too bad, only in this way, it would be convenient to carry out "work" in the future! Right?

"Where did these soldiers come from?" At this time, Huang Zhong had already walked up to him, his voice was very steady, but his words didn't sound like a question, but more like talking to himself.

Wang Yao didn't think much about it and quickly gave a standard military salute. He looked at the tough veteran in front of him who gave him an oppressive feeling and said, "I am the captain of the seventh main force of the Shanglu Legion."

Before he could finish his words, Huang Zhong waved his hand and interrupted him, saying, "I'm not interested in your name. If you know anything, just report to me the current situation on the road."

Wang Yao was stunned. Huang Zhong's performance was somewhat different from what he expected. Having said that, Wang Yao still briefly reported the general situation: "The enemy's heroes are planning to attack the tower. Currently, our 13th and 7th main forces on the top lane are preparing to resist under the first defense tower."

"Yeah." Huang Zhong nodded, then walked past Wang Yao who was still unsatisfied, and walked towards the first defense tower alone.

On the way, Huang Zhong also turned a blind eye to Zhao Yun and other ten special forces soldiers who were hiding their auras.

"It seems that he is one of the early heroes of Shu Kingdom." Zhao Yun walked to Wang Yao's side, looked at Huang Zhong's tall and majestic back and whispered.

Wang Yao nodded but said nothing. He couldn't help but feel a little regretful that Huang Zhong obviously wasn't interested in even getting a first impression of him. But at the same time, Wang Yao was more vaguely uneasy about Huang Zhong's almost arrogant and stubborn behavior.

"Let's go." Wang Yao sighed softly.

It is understandable that powerful and elderly men always have strange tempers.

Wang Yao could only comfort himself in his heart.

In this way, the group followed Huang Zhong and soon returned to the first defense tower.

At this time, the enemy's Da Qiao had not yet come to attack the tower, and the two main forces, nearly two thousand soldiers were waiting under the tall defense tower. These were a large number of soldiers that were deliberately blocked by Wang Yao. Although the number of people was considerable, it was very quiet. Only the low roar of the charging maneuvers of ten artillery vehicles, and the scene was solemn and murderous.

However, the appearance of Huang Zhong broke the solemnity before the war and caused great commotion.

"Ah! Look behind you, that's our Shu Kingdom's hero!"

"Hero? Are you talking about that adult? Why haven't I seen him before?"

"Haha, no wonder you haven't seen him before. After all, you have only been in the army for less than a year. Only veterans like us know this gentleman!"

"Two years ago, this gentleman accompanied the young master and left our Shu Kingdom. There has been no news since then. Great! Haha, this time those bastards in the Wu Kingdom are in big trouble!"

After a brief commotion on the outskirts of the army, the atmosphere spread out to the surrounding areas like a chain reaction. Soon, the entire legion was in an uproar, and the originally solid and tight defensive formation began to uncontrollably loosen.

Wang Yao saw it all, but could do nothing about it. The soldiers in this world all had an almost blind admiration for the heroes. It seemed to be innate and deeply rooted.

However, facing the soldiers' respectful cheers, Huang Zhong looked dissatisfied and asked loudly, "Why are the soldiers stuck under the defense tower?!"

Wang Yao, who was standing behind Huang Zhong, was about to come forward to explain, but a soldier, Wang Ping, stepped out first from the troops in front.

"General Huang." Wang Ping walked up to Huang Zhong and stood at attention respectfully.

"Oh, it's Wang Ping." Huang Zhong looked at Wang Ping and his tone softened a little.

Wang Yao then realized that Wang Ping knew Huang Zhong, so he did not go forward.

Wang Ping smiled humbly and said, "It's been two years since we last met, but General Huang is still as sharp as ever. Even from a distance, I can feel the invincible spirit of the old general, haha."

"Wang Ping, stop talking nonsense and tell me, what's going on with these military lines? If you don't have a reasonable explanation, I won't let you off easily even if you were my subordinate back then!" Huang Zhong obviously didn't buy Shi Huan's words and asked sternly.

Wang Ping, who had been frustrated, glanced at Wang Yao and said awkwardly, "Actually, the enemy hero is lurking outside and may come to attack the tower at any time. After discussing with another centurion, I decided to deploy the troops under the defense tower and use the advantage of the defense tower to resist."

Wang Ping's voice became smaller and smaller, because as he spoke, Huang Zhong's expression became uglier and uglier. At the end, Wang Ping lowered his head guiltily.

The scene fell into a terrifying silence again, but this time it was not a murderous atmosphere, but a chilling silence. The invisible chill emanating from Huang Zhong even made some new recruits tremble instinctively.

"Who gave you the order to dare to act on your own and not leave the tower?" Huang Zhong asked. His voice seemed to come from the underworld, so cold that it was suffocating.

Wang Ping was so frightened that he dared not move. He just lowered his head like a child who had done something wrong.

"The duty of you soldiers is to keep moving forward. Without our orders, no one is allowed to stop without permission, even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire ahead, or even if there are enemy heroes. You are not allowed to make rash decisions like you are doing now! Do you understand?" Huang Zhong said word by word.

It was more like a threat than a warning. "I understand." Wang Ping knelt on one knee at Huang Zhong's feet.

Huang Zhong glanced coldly at Wang Ping's lowered helmet, then faced the two thousand soldiers and shouted loudly: "All soldiers, put away your shields and cowardice, and prepare to leave the tower immediately to meet the enemy!"

There was a sudden rush of movement, no conversation, no hesitation, only hurried action.

Faced with absolute power, the soldiers followed orders almost instinctively, and the carefully prepared defense formation collapsed in an instant.

Seeing this, Wang Yao, who had been standing at the back, could no longer bear it and stood up and shouted, "Maintain the original formation, everyone stop!"

This roar was as loud as a bolt from the blue amid the silent movement of the army.

The air seemed to freeze in an instant, and all the soldiers looked at the young centurion in front of them in panic and astonishment, not knowing what to do.

Ignoring Wang Ping who was desperately glaring at him, Wang Yao walked up to Huang Zhong without being servile or overbearing, and faced the old soldier's icy face: "Speak frankly to me, you are treating human life as worthless!"

Huang Zhong said nothing, just stared at the soldier in front of him. His eyes looked as if he was watching a clown's farce.

Wang Yao also saw Huang Zhong's mocking look, but he still suppressed his anger and said through gritted teeth: "There is indeed an enemy hero lurking outside, ready to attack at any time. Just an hour ago, a troop had already lost its life because of this! As the captain of the troop, I think we should occupy the advantageous terrain and use the power of the defense tower to start a tower attack battle with the enemy. This will not only reduce a lot of unnecessary casualties, but also have a chance to repel the enemy's attack here! But why do you still want us to go out? I'm sorry, in my opinion, your decision is very stupid and unreasonable!"

These words were powerful, but they frightened countless soldiers.

No soldier has ever dared to speak to a hero like this. No, this is no longer a question; it is a doubt of absolute power!
Is this centurion sick?

He was dead.

The soldiers mourned in silence.

"It seems that you are very confident in your own personal opinion. Are you the one blocking the military line here?" Huang Zhong stared at Wang Yao indifferently, his black and determined eyes were like a poisonous snake looking at a frog.

"I was the one who blocked the military line, but I only did what I thought was right. If you have any better decision, please advise me!" Wang Yao held his head high and chest out, looking straight at Huang Zhong, neither humble nor arrogant.

Wang Yao just didn't believe it. Faced with such obvious facts of right and wrong, could Huang Zhong still kill him?

"Then I will tell you my decision." Huang Zhong approached Wang Yao and said in a firm tone: "No doubts are allowed. Take your troops out of the tower and meet the enemy!"

Wang Yao was stunned, and Huang Zhong's next words made Wang Yao's blood surge.

"I'm telling you very clearly that in this canyon, defense towers are the most precious resource, and you soldiers are born to protect these defense towers. As long as the people are there, the towers will be there. Even if you have to use your bodies to block the enemy's artillery, you soldiers will never allow these defense towers to suffer the slightest damage! Do you understand? Let alone a mere thousand, even if you use the lives of ten thousand of your soldiers to exchange for a defense tower, I will agree without hesitation!"

Every word hurts my heart!

Wang Yao looked at the old soldier in front of him in disbelief, as if he had heard an absurd and ridiculous fact.

The tower is there as long as the person is there? This catchphrase of summoners, which was once popular in the game, is so cruel to hear in this world.

Are defense towers precious? But can a dead object be more precious than life?
Do not!
Wang Yao really couldn't agree with this, so he got angry.

"You stinky old man!!"

Wang Yao grabbed Huang Zhong's collar with an angry roar, his eyes red. "Our lives are lives too. Why should we die in vain just for a defense tower?! I am the captain of the army, and my responsibility is to bring them back to Jingzhou alive! Do you understand? I do not agree to send troops!"

Oh shit! Oh shit! Oh shit!

I thought he was a kind and amiable elder, but it turned out that he was just a stubborn old man who regarded the lives of soldiers as worthless and had no humanity!

At this moment, Wang Yao no longer cared about first impressions, guardians, or future work. He was just angry, angry at this almost inhumane injustice.

Of course, Huang Zhong didn't care.

So, Huang Zhong used an irresistible force to push away Wang Yao who was pulling his collar, and turned around and left without saying a word.

"Stand still." Wang Yao was about to grab Huang Zhong, but suddenly stopped.

Because it was not until this time that Wang Yao was shocked to find that a round black object had been stuck on his chest without him knowing when.

This thing was very strange, flat and round in shape, with a faint red light flickering on it. It was stuck to his chest as if it were glue.

Ding--

With a slight sound, before Wang Yao could react, the violent explosion and flames completely engulfed him.

Boom——

A small mushroom cloud, spewing deadly flames, slowly rose into the sky above.

(End of this chapter)