Apocalypse: After Being Reborn, I Stocked Up on All Supplies

Chapter 184: Chapter 184 Emperor Scorpion

“Brother Song, now that things have come to this, we’re all in the same boat temporarily. Is there anything we can’t talk openly about?”

Sun Jingtao spoke straightforwardly without any reservation or hesitation.

“Brother Sun, there are some things—” Song Qian had barely started speaking when suddenly a strange noise came from outside, the sound of many objects falling into the water and inside the cabin.

“Pat!”

“Plonk!”

“Bang!”

“Terrible! The boat!” Jiang Yan, whose hearing was obviously better than the rest, instinctively picked up her backpack and grabbed two bottles of insecticide placed beside her, swiftly standing up and walking quickly toward the cave entrance.

The others also picked up their respective backpacks and weapons, quickly following her.

“Gasoline!” Song Qian, out of the corner of his eye, caught sight of the gas can Kong Wu had fetched the day before being left behind, and reminded him with a frown.

Kong Wu exclaimed “Ah!” and hurriedly turned back to pick it up.

At this point, it had become an instinctive basic operation for everyone to immediately take their backpacks and weapons whenever they noticed something off about their surroundings.

The six of them had barely reached the cave entrance when they saw debris and clods falling from the cliff above.

“An earthquake?!”

“A landslide?”

Everyone quickly looked around, their internal alarm skyrocketing within a second.

After feeling for a while, there was no trace of the ground shaking.

As for a landslide—

This cliff was cut as sharply as a knife; even if it were to slide, it would be from another face of the mountain.

Those small stones and clods seemed more like they were coming from other smaller caves above.

“It’s the mutant scorpions!” Kong Wu pointed toward the direction of the assault boat and screamed in horror.

Indeed, among the sparse falling debris, traces of scorpions waving their claws and pincers could occasionally be seen.

Those mutant scorpions were falling from the cliff, some “plonk plonk” into the water and some “pat pat” onto their assault boat.

The rubber boat tied behind the assault boat wasn’t spared either.

That rubber boat was positioned near another cave entrance, albeit a smaller one in size.

Yet still, scorpions kept dropping into the cabin.

Although obscured by a layer of dark dust, everyone could clearly see that in the cabin, there appeared to be several groups of meter-sized, furiously writhing scorpions.

Those clusters of scorpions quickly separated and scattered.

The silver-grey cabin bottom turned instantly dark.

“Heavens! Our boat, it won’t be punctured by the scorpions’ big pincers, will it?” This time, Su Dai burst into a panic-stricken cry.

They had some bags lying open in the cabin, now completely covered with dense scorpions.

Key is, unlike the brownish-yellow bodied scorpions they had seen previously, these were larger in size and looked much sturdier.

Their bodies were dark and shiny, and the spherical parts of their tails that stored venom appeared in a small, glaringly bright crimson group amidst the dark haze.

At first glance, it was genuinely hair-raising.

The others were silent, all frantically pondering strategies with furrowed brows.

In addition to a submachine gun, Sun Jingtao had a shotgun which could take out dozens with a single shot.

Song Qian and the others also had daggers and submachine guns, and when stabbing scorpions, they could almost hit with every thrust.

But the problem was, the body of the assault boat was made of fiberglass.

Once these weapons were used, it was clearly a case of winning the battle but damaging their own equipment, and the boat would be ruined.

“We’ll just have to go back to catching scorpions with our bare hands with Brother Song,” Sun Jingtao ran through several response plans in his mind and finally made up his decision.

As he spoke, he took off his half-fingered combat gloves and quickly took out a pair of very old full-fingered leather gloves from his backpack.

Brother Song did the same.

Catching scorpions with bare hands was not something the others had the courage or ability for.

Adding more people would only create chaos, so they could only stand aside, thinking about what they could do to help.

“Wait! There are falling rocks; put this on.” Jiang Yan took a cute little bear-shaped, thickened cashmere ear-protecting hat from her backpack, actually from “Space,” and handed it to Song Qian.

The red helmet tied to the backpack was then taken off and given to Sun Jingtao.

She had many protective hats and helmets in “Space,” but now, with only a backpack, she clearly couldn’t take them out.

Pressed for time, the two didn’t decline or fuss but simply said “thank you” and took them.

The grey, little bear-shaped, ear-protecting hat had two long cashmere braids trailing behind it, originally also a loose and casual style.

Song Qian put it on his head; it was a bit tight, but luckily it fastened.

He didn’t even hesitate, immediately taking the two wool braids and quickly wrapping them around his neck, securing them to protect his neck.

On the other hand, Sun Jingtao also put on the helmet.

Since Jiang Yan’s head was smaller, and he didn’t have time to adjust it, he simply plopped it onto his head, making it look like he was wearing a tall hat.

Initially still panic-stricken, Su Dai glanced at Song Qian, getting inspired, took off her wool scarf, and quickly secured it around Sun Jingtao’s neck.

“Honey, Brother Song, be careful! Don’t get stung!”

“Right, use this first!” Jiang Yan handed the two bottles of insecticide to Song Qian and Sun Jingtao.

Seeing this, the two men’s brows relaxed considerably.

They pulled the assault boat toward the cave entrance and then sprayed fiercely into the cabin.

A pungent smell began to spread in the air.

The scorpions, after being sprayed with the insecticide, started crawling noticeably faster, but soon slowed down and began to twist and struggle.

Clearly, they were poisoned.

Once the scorpions’ aggressiveness was reduced, catching them off was evidently much easier.

Still, the problem at the moment was that new scorpions and debris kept falling from the cliff.

Although fewer, it remained an issue.

After all, those scorpions were highly aggressive.

Song Qian said, “We need to temporarily move the boat out, away from the cliff.”

Unlike his circuitous conversation style, when facing direct conflict and crisis, he became decisively brisk.

Kong Wu and Ye Qing immediately were eager to try, “We’ll join you.”

“Ye Qing stays on top to avoid any unforeseen situations; Kong Wu comes down,” Song Qian said directly, not forgetting to remind them:

“These scorpions are Emperor Scorpions, both their venom and strength are considerable, everyone must be careful!”

“Emperor Scorpions???” Su Dai was taken aback.

She’d heard of and even eaten king crabs, and she had seen the movie The Scorpion King.

But what in the world was an Emperor Scorpion?

However, at the moment, no one was in the mood to provide her a detailed explanation, as Sun Jingtao and Song Qian were already cautiously jumping off the boat.

Ye Qing took out a folding climbing stick from his backpack, set it up, and handed it to Sun Jingtao.

Sun Jingtao took it, and together with Song Qian who was holding a dagger, continued spraying insecticide while quickly poking the poisoned scorpions on the side of the boat back into the water.

Those poisoned scorpions, one poke was all it took.