r18novel Chapter 1: The Man is Devouring, the Cheat Code is the Myriad Soul Banner
Chapter 1: The Man is Devouring, the Cheat Code is the Myriad Soul Banner
October 12, 2055 AD, City War Base Defense Line No. 003.
Night falls.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The earth seemed to collapse and the sound of artillery fire shook the heavens and the dim sky turned crimson.
Inside the steel fortress, Qin Ming stared in disbelief as countless monsters, densely packed and overwhelming, either launched from the wide river in front of the war base or scrambled out rapidly.
About two hundred meters away, a large number of unidentified fish-like monsters, some several meters or even more than ten meters long, leaped twenty or thirty meters high from the river.
They actually used their bodies as weapons, heading straight for the war base.
Bang!
The massive body crashed into the outer shell of the war fortress, causing a violent tremor.
Before Qin Ming's shocked eyes, these monsters opened their sharp mouths full of fangs, and the fortress made of reinforced concrete was bitten to pieces.
What the hell is this thing?
The next moment, the war base unleashed countless tongues of fire, blasting the monster into the air.
The monsters that desperately approached the war fortress were killed in large numbers, turning into piles of minced meat.
The large-caliber artillery fired wildly, and brilliant sparks exploded on the river surface, turning the entire river into a blood-red expanse in an instant.
Death did not frighten these monsters; instead, the stimulation of blood made them even more frenzied.
"What... what happened? Was it a dream? Time travel?"
Qin Ming stared blankly at everything, feeling as if he were in a dream, unable to understand why he had inexplicably appeared here.
Everything before my eyes is so real, so real that it doesn't feel like a dream at all.
Looking down at himself, he realized that his casual clothes had somehow transformed into a black combat suit.
He was also holding an exaggeratedly large sniper rifle in his hand.
Correct!
It is a super-large sniper cannon that is two meters long and has a barrel-like shape.
Looking around, it seemed to be inside a fortress, where more than a dozen soldiers were firing wildly with various firearms.
The roar of machine guns, the sound of spent cartridges hitting the ground, and the thick smoke were all incredibly realistic.
crossed?
Or is it on the battlefield?
Finished!
Qin Ming felt a pang of bitterness in his heart; he was just an ordinary person.
What are we doing here, transported to this unknown battlefield of monsters?
Die again?
"The Banner of Ten Thousand Souls is recognizing its master, 10%...30%...50%..."
Suddenly, a tattered banner of ten thousand souls appeared deep in Qin Ming's mind. It was made of bone as the pole and flesh and skin as the banner. The banner was pitch black and moved without wind, with black mist rising from it from time to time.
Countless secret patterns flashed across the tattered banner, and the words "Ten Thousand Souls" could be vaguely seen among them.
Qin Ming's eyes widened. He seemed to see the monster souls torn apart by machine guns and artillery on the battlefield within a hundred meters radius being continuously absorbed into the Myriad Soul Banner like swallows returning to their nests.
"I've been transported to a battlefield, and my cheat ability is the Ten Thousand Souls Banner?"
For a moment, Qin Ming didn't know whether to be happy or worried.
Who on Earth doesn't know the name of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner?
Before Qin Ming could think, a roar rang in his ears.
"Qin Ming, what are you doing? Fire!"
Inside the fortress, a dozen soldiers opened fire wildly. Seeing Qin Ming standing there blankly, squad leader Jia Hong, who was operating a heavy machine gun and firing wildly, roared angrily.
Amidst the torrent of metal and explosions, large numbers of shrimp and crab monsters, some five or six meters long, and even more than ten meters long, covered in thick shells, surged out of the river like prehistoric monsters.
Instinctively, Qin Ming pulled the trigger.
Bang!
It felt as if a giant hammer had struck his shoulder; a violent explosion rang out as a neutron was ejected from the barrel, and the two-meter-long barrel suddenly burst into flames.
A fish-like monster, at least seven meters long, leaped into the air and was torn into a bloody mist. Then, to Qin Ming's horrified gaze, it pierced through two more monsters.
Is this gun that powerful?
How could I withstand the recoil?
"Ignore the monsters in the river, attack the ones that climb ashore, and prevent them from attacking the base!"
A roar erupted.
Ignoring the pain in his shoulder, Qin Ming quickly turned his gun around, though he didn't know why he had come here or why he was on the battlefield.
But the frenzied charging monster and the surrounding smoke gave him no time to think.
Through the scope, they locked onto a crab monster that had already crawled ashore, a living tank-like creature.
The monster was too fast; Qin Ming had no time to aim and simply pulled the trigger instinctively.
Bang!
One of the crab's legs exploded.
But this injury could not stop its charge.
Bang!Bang!
Two more shots were fired in quick succession, but this time it was even worse; both missed.
Qin Ming, who had never fired a gun before, had a blank mind and fired instinctively.
It would be strange if you could hit a monster that moves at high speed.
"70%...100%, recognition of the Lord is complete."
The next moment, a pure soul aura surged out from the Myriad Soul Banner and rushed into his soul.
What followed was a barrage of memories.
"RR Virus... Great Rebirth... Jiangnan Base City First Military Academy... City Warfare Base No. 003..."
"Is this the Swallowed Star world?"
Accompanied by memories deep within his soul, Qin Ming learned where he was.
He unexpectedly transmigrated to the world of Swallowing the Stars and became a senior student at the First Military Academy in Jiangnan Base City, where he was assigned to the most dangerous City War Base No. 003.
And it possesses the golden finger, the Ten Thousand Soul Banner!
As a renowned demonic weapon, the Myriad Soul Banner has many uses.
The most basic of these is to absorb souls to nourish oneself and to draw on the essence of flesh and blood to strengthen one's physique.
Imprisoning souls to create "soul weapons" or to create flesh and blood puppets.
Furthermore, it can gain even more incredible abilities by devouring flesh and souls.
Wait a minute? Devour flesh and blood?
Qin Ming seemed to see blood mist rising from the broken monster corpses beside the fortress.
It's one thing to absorb souls, but no one else can see it.
It can devour flesh and blood, forming a blood mist?
Do you think everyone else is blind?
Immediately, Qin Ming controlled the Myriad Soul Banner to temporarily stop absorbing flesh and blood, and the newly formed blood mist spontaneously dissipated.
clang!clang!clang!
A sharp, piercing sound startled Qin Ming awake. Through the firing port, he saw dozens of black bone spikes flying out from the dorsal fin of the monster that resembled a sailfish.
The bone spike flew hundreds of meters and landed firmly on the fortress, which was made entirely of reinforced concrete, with a loud bang.
"what!"
A scream rang out, causing Qin Ming to turn his head to look.
Not far from him, a soldier also wielding a giant sniper rifle fell to the ground, his entire arm torn apart by black bone spurs.
"Damn! Medic, save him! It's a mutated sailfish of high-level beast soldier caliber."
Immediately, a heavy machine gun swept across, turning the mutated sailfish into a bloody mess.
But it was just a bloody mess; it couldn't be killed.
"Qin Ming, quickly shoot down that mutated sailfish!"
The soldiers around him roared.
"clear."
Without hesitation, Qin Ming gripped the sniper rifle tightly. The continuous flow of soul energy from the Myriad Soul Banner made him feel refreshed, as if his soul had taken a powerful tonic.
With the blessing of the Myriad Souls Banner, he easily merged with the original body's memories.
As a top student from the best military academy in Jiangnan, the original owner of this body was naturally skilled in using firearms, and was most proficient in sniper rifles.
The monster's silhouette, which was originally too fast to be captured through the sniper scope, became as if in slow motion, and its ferocious appearance became clearly visible.
The sniper rifle in his hand is a high-powered sniper rifle specifically developed to target monsters.
Or this can't even be called a gun, it's a cannon!
Because its full name is Z-11 25mm heavy sniper rifle (shoulder-fired gun).
It incorporates Kro alloy, has a maximum range of 3000m, and can use a variety of ammunition, such as high-explosive fragmentation rounds and high-explosive armor-piercing rounds, making it easy to kill beast-class monsters.
It hits the vital point and can deal effective damage to Beast General-level monsters.
Its power is much greater than that of a regular sniper rifle.
Bang!
Qin Ming pulled the trigger.
The bullet pierced the skull of the mutated sailfish's eye socket, tearing it apart completely.
However, under Qin Ming's watchful gaze, its soul was not collected by the Myriad Soul Banner.
Qin Ming pondered to himself that the Soul Reaper Banner's collection range seemed to be only a hundred meters.
"Well done! Quick, concentrate fire! Take down that armored giant crab!"
There were too many monsters on the battlefield, and in the blink of an eye, even more monsters crawled out of the river.
"Yes! Received!"