Chapter 98 – Competitive
“Damn it!” the burly man cursed as he saw the situation in the third carriage. “There are so many of them; we’ll never kill them all!”
His clothes were soaked with the blood of the aliens, and his face and head were covered in it.
He lowered his head and pulled out a relatively clean piece of clothing from inside his shirt, wiping the blood from his eyes.
“I have a plan,” Tu Ran said, attempting to change the current chaotic and unstrategic situation.
“What?” The burly man looked at her impatiently, clearly doubting that she could come up with a good idea.
“You hide in those two corners,” Tu Ran pointed to the corners on either side of the carriage. “The aliens that rush out won’t notice you if you’re tightly pressed against the walls.”
“And what about you?” the burly man asked.
“I’ll act as bait and draw them all out. Then you can take the opportunity to rush in.”
This plan would allow the aliens in the third carriage to be drawn out while they could charge in with minimal expenditure of energy.
This way, during the nearly half-hour journey ahead, their team would be able to conserve enough strength to hold the second carriage.
“I agree,” said the woman with the curved blade, who had been silent until now. “If we keep going like this, not only will the people inside not hold out, but we won’t either.”
The other two men nodded in agreement; they were barely holding on.
The burly man thought for a moment. “Okay, but I’ll draw them out. You guys just hide.”
What a brave man!
However, Tu Ran didn’t want to keep hiding behind him.
His machete was clearly heavy; the sound it made when it hit the ground gave that away. He had been swinging it for so long that his hand was visibly trembling.
Having him continue to attract the aliens’ attention would be tantamount to a death sentence.
But with the limited understanding Tu Ran had of him in less than an hour, she knew that if she directly contradicted him, he would definitely scold her and refuse to cooperate.
So, she had to take a different approach.
“Sure,” Tu Ran said, crossing her arms and leaning against the handrail in the carriage. “You go get yourself killed, we survive, and in the end, all the credit for killing so many aliens goes to us.”
The burly man’s face instantly darkened.
“How can you be like this? He’s protected you all the way, and not only are you ungrateful, but you’re also making sarcastic comments!” The man who had been covering the rear was furious.
Another man echoed, “Exactly, let’s just ignore her! Anyway, she’s a pioneer, and it’s her responsibility to distract the aliens!”
“Fine, it is my responsibility. But if you take all the credit, how am I supposed to explain it to the government? So all of you just stay aside!”
The burly man frowned and glanced at her, gruffly saying, “Don’t be reckless! No amount of credit is worth more than your life.”
Tu Ran sighed inwardly: what a good person.
But she replied flippantly, “You ordinary people can’t possibly understand how important credit is to a pioneer.”
The burly man had nothing more to say.
“Anyway, we’ve warned you. If you insist on risking your life, it’s not our fault if you die!” The man covering the rear pulled the burly man’s arm and dragged him to a corner.
The other men also moved to another corner and got ready.
Compared to them, the woman was skeptical of Tu Ran’s behavior.
Throughout their journey, she felt Tu Ran wasn’t someone who was overly competitive.
Remembering that Tu Ran had initially wanted a long blade, she handed her curved blade to her.
“Here, borrow this.”
Tu Ran was momentarily surprised. “What about you?”
