My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 437 Moving
Southeast corner of Hai-character camp, the camp of the third banner of the Flame Army.

The rows of bungalows were sculpted from mud using various techniques, forming a seamless whole.

The interior furnishings are simple and uniform. Opposite the door, against the wall, is a row of beds that are seven or eight meters long. In front of the beds is a walkway that is more than two meters wide. There are large windows on both sides of the wall next to the door. There is nothing else.

Inside a bungalow.

Dim sunlight filtered through the haze shone through the large cardboard windows.

Inside the room, some of the spirits closed their eyes and slept, while others huddled together and whispered among themselves.

Chen Mu and Shi Dechun sat on the edge of the bed against the wall.

"Something's not right." Shi Dechun frowned.

"Apart from the dozen or so people in our group who are newcomers, the rest are long-time residents of Jigu City."

"Their residency period is at least eight or nine years!"

Chen Mu immediately raised an eyebrow: "So?"

"It seems someone tampered with the household registration list and took our place to collect jade dew!" Shi Dechun said gravely.

Chen Mu's heart skipped a beat.

Yes, there are so many evil spirits in Jigu City, some of whom are obsessed with fame and fortune and military achievements.

Of course, there are also law-abiding people like myself who don't want to get involved in conflicts.

But if you're going to behave yourself, why did you have to mess with my list?!
Chen Mu couldn't help but grit his teeth.

"I've heard that even the monsters from the Outer Heavens are in danger if they die."

"Many people die before they even touch a corpse."

"These are still those ancient ghosts with profound divine power."

"we……"

"We've become scapegoats!" Shi Dechun said with a mournful face.

"The group of us who traveled together went to find that cold-faced flag commander, who said that this matter was the responsibility of the Jigu City defense battalion commander."

"But now that we're here, it has nothing to do with our previous identities."

"We must all obey orders and follow them, or we will be subject to military law," Shi Dechun sighed.

Chen Mu frowned deeply: "Is there any way to transfer to another unit?"

Just staying outside the camp is dangerous enough, let alone having to move monster corpses.

"Difficult!" Shi Dechun shook his head.

"To stay in the camp, you need to have special abilities."

"Or they might know a secret technique similar to the Yellow Springs Guide, which allows them to refine the water of the River of Oblivion."

"Either you know the Threefold Yuan Gathering Spell, which allows you to deal with the corpses of demons."

"If you can make terracotta warriors or brew precious medicinal potions, that would be even better; you might even have ghost soldiers protecting you."

"It's a pity we don't know anything, and we don't have any military merits to exchange for learning."

Chen Mu's face was grim; he was filled with hatred at the thought of the person who had done it.

Don't fucking let me find out who you are!

It took him a while to compose himself and consider the current situation.

"To change your troop type, you need to learn the secret technique."

"To learn the secret techniques, you need military merit."

"Looks like I'll have to stick with this Yisanqi for a while."

……

The camp was strictly managed, and Chen Mu and his group, being newcomers, were not allowed to go anywhere except around the barracks.

Shi Dechun slipped out of the room to gather information, while he sat on a futon, peering through the half-open window at the blood-red sky above the gray fog.

"As expected, it's not one of the thirteen states of the mortal realm."

"And it also lacks the earth's spiritual energy."

For the time being, the physical body can only be used as a trump card and should not be used lightly.

"I still need to practice my supernatural ghost patterns." He glanced at the other people in the room out of the corner of his eye.

"Too many people, too many eyes." He instinctively began to miss his underground chamber.

"Let's wait a bit, until we have a better understanding of the camp's situation." He had already put the excavation of the secret chamber on the agenda.

The sky quickly darkened.

In the gray fog above the camp, several pale green flames moved about, as if patrolling and monitoring, or as if guarding vigilantly.

The curfew bell rang, and a few people who had gone out returned to their rooms. The rest of the people sat or lay on the cold, hard beds and remained silent.

Nothing was said that night, and dawn broke in the blink of an eye.

Before dawn, a muffled drumbeat woke everyone up.

Chen Mu and his group walked out of the room, puzzled, and saw the soul-summoning banner shaking violently in the sky.

One by one, the ghostly soldiers clad in armor and shrouded in black clouds rose into the air, converging into three massive torrents of black smoke before breaking through the gray mist and flying towards the southern sky of the camp, accompanied by a series of ghostly wails.

"A ghostly army marching?"

Chen Mu's pupils couldn't help but shrink.

The combined power of the ghostly soldiers was overwhelming. He knew that if he were to be struck by that torrent, he would instantly lose his life. Even if he used his true power to withstand it, he estimated he would only survive for a few more breaths.
There are a total of twelve such formidable camps in Jigu City. Just how ferocious must an enemy be to warrant the entire city of Jigu mobilizing?
Chen Mu shuddered.

"We must learn the secret technique as soon as possible and hide in the main camp!"

……

More than ten days later.

To the northeast of the Hai-character camp, a ravaged battlefield was filled with lingering flames and billowing black smoke.

The stench of blood and burnt flesh filled the air, and the corpses of enormous apes, some as tall as eight or nine stories, lay scattered across the battlefield.

These apes are covered in red fur and have four arms, with their elbows, knees, and backs covered in dark white bone spurs.

Even in death, its blood-red fur continued to twist and bend eerily.

A faint but palpable pressure permeated the air, enough to send chills down one's spine at a glance.

Chen Mu took a deep breath and looked away.

Shi Dechun, standing beside him, was also still shaken and dared not look too long: "Luckily, we didn't have to move it."

"I feel like I'm doomed if I can't get to those big monkeys!"

“These little monkeys are safer.” Shi Dechun looked to the side, where a headless ape carcass lay.

This ape is three meters tall, has four arms, red fur, and a fierce appearance; it is called the Red-Eyed Water Ape.

Compared to their ancestors in the distance, it was definitely small and safe. Chen Mu nodded slightly and said no more.

He reached into his robes and pulled out a palm-sized flame-powered vehicle.

The cart was entirely black, as if cast in iron. It had a rectangular cargo bed on top, with four wheels tightly fitted to the sides.

Chen Mu skillfully infused the Yin Spirit Divine Power, and the black iron cart landed, instantly transforming into a cloud of black smoke the size of half a basketball court.

Amidst the billowing smoke, bright yellow flames were faintly visible within.

"Let's get to work," Chen Mu said.

Three-meter-tall red-eyed water apes were thrown onto the clouds and quickly piled up into a mountain.

With a thought, bright yellow flames rolled like wheels, and the flame-driven cloud slowly accelerated forward.

Chen Mu leaped up and sat atop the mountain of corpses, then followed the group back to the northern camp.

Carrying the bodies back to camp—this has been Chen Mu's work for the past ten days, and it's also his only way to earn military merits.

……

In the southwest corner of Haizi Camp, in front of a pool of water the size of a football field.

"Twelve military merits, next..." a burly man with small eyes, over two meters tall, called out lazily.

Behind it, rows of fiery black clouds lined up, each dumping the dead red-eyed water apes into the pool.

While waiting, Shi Dechun approached Chen Mu with a worried expression: "I heard that someone stole someone else's water monkey on the way to earn military merits."

Chen Mu frowned slightly: "The commander-in-chief isn't going to do anything about it?"

“Our military achievements are not linked to theirs. As long as no one dies, they won’t care.” Shi Dechun frowned and shook his head.

Chen Mu's expression was grave: "Do you know anything about the other party?"

“There were several groups: Fei Yong from the Second Banner of the First Class, Niu Chengzong from the Third Banner of the First Class, and Hong Xiu from the Fifth Banner of the Second Class. These are people with names and surnames,” Shi Dechun said quietly, counting on his fingers.

"It is said that they were roaming not far from the camp."

"If you run into them and don't want to get beaten up, you have to give them half of the water monkeys you brought back."

"They dare to rob near the camp?" Chen Mu's face darkened. "Are they really going to do nothing about this audacious act?"

“We’re just a bunch of auxiliary soldiers. As long as we finish the assigned tasks, who cares who actually did them?” Shi Dechun sighed.

He then turned his eyes and carefully looked at Chen Mu.

He had always felt that this bald young man was no ordinary person. Hadn't he been constantly getting close to him all along precisely to prepare for this kind of crisis?

His eyes were filled with expectation: "Brother Chen, what should we do if we run into those people?"

Chen Mu frowned in deep thought: "How about we try to persuade them with reason and kind words?"

Shi Dechun: "..."

What the hell is this kind of well-intentioned advice?

Shi Dechun rolled his eyes.

They've already started stealing things, so why would they listen to advice!
……

Two days later.

On a vast, open plain.

A group of burly men in black were controlling clouds of black smoke the size of a basketball court, filled with small mountains of red-eyed water monkeys.

Dozens of people chatted and laughed as they happily returned to the camp.

"Brother, you really are the one who dares to think and act."

"A whole day of hard work carrying loads doesn't even earn us as much as a single job."

"If we work for another ten days or half a month, the secret formula and precious medicine will be right before our eyes!"

The group was talking loudly, each person saying their own thing.

The burly man with thick eyebrows and a square face, who was leading the group, had a slight upturn at the corners of his mouth and was about to say a few words of modesty.

Unexpectedly, five plumes of black smoke suddenly shot out from underground and plunged into the convoy, causing chaos and destruction wherever they went.

The burly man with thick eyebrows changed his expression, jumped off the flame-powered chariot, and with a wave of his hand, five armored paper terracotta warriors wielding swords immediately appeared, surrounding him and protecting him in the middle.

Then he chanted an incantation, and a large cloud of black wind appeared out of thin air above his head.

The burly man with thick eyebrows sneered: "You dare to use the Black Wind Spell in front of me? You overestimate yourself!"

His innate supernatural power is related to the Black Wind, and the Black Wind Spell he uses is exponentially more powerful.

Since he mastered the technique, all the black winds have scattered in the face of him!
With a thought, the massive black wind suddenly rushed towards the five plumes of black smoke, colliding with them in the blink of an eye.

His lips had just curled up when he froze on the spot.

The five plumes of black smoke suddenly merged and began to spin wildly. The black wind he had unleashed obediently entered the vortex of black smoke and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Before he could react, five plumes of black smoke, as if enraged, rushed towards him and began to spin wildly around him.

The paper terracotta warrior protecting him swung its sword twice, and half of its body instantly shattered, as if it had been bitten and torn apart by an invisible giant mouth.

The paper figure, which had just taken human form, was reduced to tattered bamboo strips and paper scraps floating in mid-air in the blink of an eye.

Then the black smoke crashed into the burly man with a deafening roar. The immense force sent the burly man with thick eyebrows flying without any resistance.

Before he could get up, an invisible force of restraint pressed him firmly to the ground, making it difficult for him to even lift his head.

Then black smoke billowed everywhere, and anyone still standing was quickly knocked down!
Ripples spread across the ground, and Chen Mu, who had transformed back into a tall, thin middle-aged man, slowly floated to the surface. Looking at the scattered Crimson-Eyed Water Apes, he couldn't help but smile.

He's a good person; he feels guilty about robbing others. But if it's a case of double-crossing, he feels no pressure at all.

Ever since he heard that no one in the camp was intervening in the fighting among the auxiliary soldiers, he had been thinking about it.

Earning military merits by honestly moving corpses is too slow. He'd heard that the Crimson-Eyed Water Ape was just an ordinary monster, and the war was said to be even fiercer later on, making moving corpses increasingly dangerous. He wanted to hide in the military camp as soon as possible, so he could only come here to cause trouble for these powerful big brothers.

"I'll keep 50% of the stuff, any problems?" Chen Mu said expressionlessly.

"I admit defeat." The pale-faced, thick-browed, burly man, pinned to the ground by Qi Jin Baili, surrendered decisively: "Brother, dare to state your name so I can understand why I lost?"

"What, you still want revenge?" Chen Mu sneered.

"Remember this well, I am Fei Yong from the Second Banner of the First Division. Don't come after the wrong person when you seek revenge!"

The crowd, who had been wailing, suddenly fell silent.

The burly man with thick eyebrows said helplessly, "I am Fei Yong from the Second Banner of the First Rank!"

Chen Mu: “…”

They stole it from the main character!
This is so awkward!

"Oh, I've got it wrong. I'm Hong Xiu from the Fifth Banner!"

Fei Yong: "..."

Could you be any more fake than this?!
(End of this chapter)