226: Chapter 100,000 Indian mechanized troops besieged Lin Mo
Deep within the Myanmar rainforest.
A hundred thousand 'disaster relief' troops from India!
Like a bloated steel python, struggling through the humid rainforest!
Arjun tanks rumbled! Their treads crushed bushes! Broke ancient trees! Leaving a trail of devastation!
Armored vehicles followed closely! Soldiers were crammed into stuffy compartments, reeking of sweat! Yet each one was visibly excited!
"We're rich! I heard Myanmar is full of gold!"
"Women! Soft-skinned Myanmar women!"
"Loot! Grab anything you see!"
The scattered villages they encountered along the way!
Were instantly ravaged!
Soldiers swarmed like locusts!
Kicking in doors! Smashing windows!
Stealing food! Stealing livestock!
At the slightest resistance! Rifle butts slammed down! Blood splattered!
"Haha! This poor place! Not even a decent gold chain!" A soldier kicked over a rice jar, grumbling.
"Lizards! Roast them and eat them!" Another soldier used a bayonet to pin a passing monitor lizard to the ground! The lizard struggled and wailed! It was quickly hacked to pieces! Skewered on branches and roasted!
"You guys are too wasteful! Lizards are so awesome, and you're just roasting them!"
A veteran, holding two newly caught lizards in his hand.
Was lecturing these new recruits.
"Brother, besides eating, what else can lizards be used for?"
The old veteran smiled knowingly.
"Want to learn? I'll teach you!"
All the way, chaos reigned! Utter pandemonium!
Even passing lizards were stabbed into paste.
But the deeper they went... the atmosphere gradually changed.
The ground beneath their feet... began to become... dry!
The lush vegetation... became sparse! Withered!
The humidity in the air... was replaced by a... dry heat!
"Huh? On the ground here... why are there shiny flakes?" A soldier bent down, picking up a small, crumpled, faintly gleaming piece of... paper? from the dry grass.
"Probably toilet paper? Damn unlucky!" A nearby soldier recoiled in disgust.
"That's not right, we all use our hands, we can't afford toilet paper at all."
But the soldier squeezed it... the texture was wrong!
Too hard! Too tough!
He curiously pulled out a lighter... hiss... the flame licked a corner of the golden paper!
No charring! No burning!
The golden paper... actually melted in the flame!
Turning into a drop... of a rice-sized, alluringly gleaming... golden bead! It rolled into his palm!
"Go... gold?!" The soldier's eyes nearly popped out! His voice changed pitch!
"What?! Gold?!" The surrounding soldiers instantly erupted! Swarming around him like mad!
"Where?! Let me see!"
"Damn it! It really is gold!"
"Quick, look! There's more on the ground!"
Instantly!
The soldiers who had just been disgusted! Pounced on the ground like mad dogs! Frantically searching through the dry grass and sand!
"I found it!"
"Here too!"
"Damn it! We're rich!"
More and more gold foil pieces were discovered!
Rubbing! Burning! Melting!
All real gold!
The news spread like wildfire! Instantly sweeping through the area!
A hundred thousand troops!
Completely insane!
What discipline! What mission!
All thrown to the back of their minds!
Everyone! Officers! Soldiers! Logistics!
All with red eyes! Bending their backs! Like plowing the land! On the gradually desertifying ground! Frantically searching for every possible missed piece of gold foil!
"Report! Report, General!" A low-ranking officer scrambled to the central command vehicle, holding a handful of gold foil, too excited to speak coherently, "Go... gold! The ground... it's all gold!"
Inside the command vehicle.
One-Eyed Dragon King sat upright.
His gaunt face was expressionless.
He took a piece of gold foil.
Rubbing it with his fingertips.
A faint green light flashed in his single eye.
"Hmph!" He snorted coldly, with the sarcasm of someone who saw through everything, "So that's it!"
"What ghosts! What paper soldiers from heaven!"
"All lies spun by that old fox Bai Suocheng!"
"An astonishing gold mine has been discovered here! With incredible reserves! Gold dust has even been washed out by the rain! Adhering to the paper!"
"Those several warlord factions... to fight for the gold mine! Fought fiercely! Their eyes turned red with killing intent!"
"Bai Suocheng couldn't hold on! That's why he fabricated the ghost story! To lure my Indian master army here! To suppress his opponents for him! And reap the benefits!"
"A good scheme!"
His thin, bony fingers suddenly clenched! The gold foil twisted and deformed in his palm!
"Too bad... he met this poor monk!"
"Order!"
One-Eyed Dragon King's voice suddenly rose! With undeniable authority and greed!
"Armored forces! Tanks lead the way! Full speed ahead!"
"Reconnaissance planes ascend! Locate the source of the gold mine!"
"That... is the core of the gold mine!"
"Bai Suocheng wants to kill with a borrowed knife? This poor monk... will make him... lose both his wife and his army!"
A hundred thousand troops! Stimulated by gold! Exploded with unprecedented 'combat power'!
Tanks roared! Crushing everything recklessly!
Soldiers howled! As if injected with stimulants!
In just a few days!
Forward reconnaissance planes sent back images!
All clues to the source of the gold foil!
Ultimately!
All pointed to the depths of Myawaddy!
That... towering! Giant Pyramid, emitting an eerie golden light in the dead, silent sand sea!
"Gold mine! It must be the core of the gold mine!" One-Eyed Dragon King's single eye erupted with terrifying green light! Like a hungry wolf seeing a fat sheep!
"All forces! Surround Myawaddy!"
"We're rich!"
"So much gold it can be thrown around like paper! This reserve... top ten in the world! No! Top five is possible!"
"The glory of India! Will shine upon the world!"
His voice trembled with excitement!
Deep within the Pyramid.
The sand bed was soft.
In the pool formed by weak water, ripples gently swayed.
Nie Xiaoqian was like a lotus emerging from water, with icy skin and jade bones, her black hair clinging to her smooth back.
"My Lord..." Her voice carried a hint of languor and a slight gasp, "You... gently... it has been three hours... it's time to... rest..."
Lin Mo rose from the weak water.
Water droplets slid down his powerful, dragon-like body, brimming with vital energy.
"It is time to rest." His voice was low, with a hint of lingering taste, "This body in reality... is ultimately not as good as when I was in the Sea of Quantum... fighting the Angel Legion for three days and three nights... without falling behind..."
As soon as his voice fell!
Whoosh—!
A hot wind, carrying fine sand, blew in!
Sand particles gathered at the edge of the pool! Condensing!
Transforming into Dilireba's tall, sexy, graceful figure!
Fiery red hair! Wheat-colored skin! Carrying the scorching heat of the desert!
"My Lord!" She knelt on one knee, her voice carrying a hint of solemnity, "Another hundred thousand troops have surrounded us! Not local soldiers! Their skin is as dark as charcoal! They resemble Kunlun slaves! They have set up an impenetrable formation!"
A cold glint flashed in Lin Mo's eyes!
"Oh?"
He stepped out of the weak water pool!
The water vapor instantly evaporated!
His vital energy was like a roaring furnace! Emitting a faint white mist!
"Finally..."
"Some... decent appetizers have arrived."
His figure flickered!
He was already at the top of the Pyramid!
Looking down!
He saw!
At the edge of the sand sea!
A dense, dark mass!
A steel torrent!
Tanks! Armored vehicles! Like steel hedgehogs! Densely packed!
Trenches crisscrossed! Barbed wire was everywhere!
Countless dark figures moved through the positions! Guns and cannons were menacing!
A hundred thousand troops!
Had already surrounded the Pyramid!
Completely impenetrable!
Killing intent soared to the sky!
Lin Mo's lips!
Curled into a cold, expectant arc!
"The feast begins!"