Infinite Terror: This Middle Continent is Rebellious

Chapter 332: The Thirty-Six Generals of the Thunder Department [Jurchen Limited Edition]

Cheng Xiao pointed his sword at Wugu Lunxizhen and cursed him harshly, "You, you, you, your grandmother's leg! You old dogs of the imperial court, bitches, and dogs, I'll beat you up if I want to. You keep whining and whining, do you really think you can win by being shameless?"

Wugu Lunxizhen's face flushed red, and he said angrily: "I thought that as a general of the survival army, you would have something profound to say when you came to the front line. I didn't expect you to say such vulgar things..."

"Shoot him!"

Cheng Xiao had no intention of talking nonsense with Uguluanxizhen. He swung his sword and the soldiers around him received the order and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

The bullets fired from the gun barrel formed a dense rain of bullets, covering Ugurun Xizhen, Ugurun Liqing and Tang Kuojie from multiple directions.

Tang Kuojie raised his whip and crossed his arms in front of him. The iron whips collided, and his internal force was released, but it only caused the bullets in front to deflect due to resistance. The firing speed did not decrease much, and they penetrated Tang Kuojie's abdomen and legs one after another, penetrating deep into his bone marrow.

"what!"

Tang Kuojie screamed and fell off the Hot Wheels.

Cheng Xiao sneered, "Idiot, times have changed. You can't even beat me in my normal state, and you dare to resist a pulse rifle?"

All members of the Survival Army stationed in Nanhai County are equipped with pulse rifles, and there are also several snipers using Gauss sniper rifles. If the one who comes to rob the execution ground is one of the Five Supremes, the pulse rifle will not be very effective, but it is more than enough to deal with such a mediocre master.

However, Ugunun and his daughter were not as embarrassed as Tang Kuojie. Both of them were top masters and they keenly realized that these bullets were far more powerful than the musket developed by Tao Zhenting.

The two men did not dare to fight head-on. Their spears twirled and their swords echoed. They blocked the attacks with a defensive momentum and used nimble footwork. The pulse bullets either shattered, bounced off, or brushed past Ugun and his daughter.

Although the father and daughter were not unharmed, they only suffered minor injuries.

"Oh!"

At this moment, blood burst out from Ugulu Liqing's chest and right shoulder, a small piece of Ugulu Xizhen's left earlobe was broken, the sword body cracked, and a slender bullet was stuck in the middle.

Wugu Lun Liqing screamed, and Wugu Lun Xizhen also showed a look of astonishment and fear, shouting: "You rat! How dare you attack me from behind?"

Before he finished speaking, Ugulu Xizhen had already retreated quickly. He jumped to the side of Ugulu Liqing with a few jumps, grabbed Ugulu Liqing, and retreated to the distant streets without hesitation.

The soldiers fired volleys, but Ugun could not win in a head-on fight and was determined to escape, so not a single bullet could hit them.

Seeing this, Cheng Xiao immediately chased after him, but he didn't expect Tang Kuojie to pounce on him, waving his double whips and attacking Cheng Xiao like a madman.

"You bastard! Don't even think about escaping!"

Tang Kuojie's double whips were used in a disorderly manner, just smashing and bombarding wildly. The soldiers' bullets easily penetrated his body, and blood spurted out from the bullet holes. However, Tang Kuojie seemed to be unaware of the pain, with a ferocious face, he attacked Cheng Xiao madly.

"If you want to die, I'll grant your wish, and cross the four directions!"

Cheng Xiao frowned and displayed his superb sword technique. The sword flashed, stirring up a strong wind and waves. The iron whip hit Cheng Xiao's sword and was bounced back by the huge force, leaving the door wide open.

With a yank, the double whips popped up; with a chop, the right arm was cut off; with a push, the left shoulder was cut open; with a pick, the chest was split open.

Four changes occurred in an instant, and blood flew all over the sky. Tang Kuojie was seriously injured and was chopped to death and fell off the execution platform.

"Brother Tang Kuo!"

Seeing this scene, Uguruliqing, who had already escaped far away, screamed in shock and anger.

"Cheng Xiao, I swear to kill you!"

Wugulun Liqing cried out with tears in her eyes. Cheng Xiao looked at the female general who was walking away and could feel her anger and murderous intent for losing a close friend.

but!

No mercy!
Cheng Xiao raised his left hand and made a throat-cutting gesture. He said nothing, but his expression was full of mockery.

"Report——!"

At this time, a hurried shout was heard, and a soldier of the Survival Army hurriedly ran over from the direction of the city gate.

When they got closer, the soldiers stood at attention, saluted Cheng Xiao, and said solemnly, "Tianshi Cheng, the patrol brothers have discovered the imperial army, a total of 30,000 troops, and they are already ten miles away."

"Oh, you're finally here? Gather the brothers and march out of the city to form a battle array and prepare for battle."

Cheng Xiao grinned and shouted calmly.

In fact, the reason why he came to Nanhai County was because more than ten days ago, Zhu Wen discovered during divination that a regiment of the Survival Army suffered a tragic defeat in Nanhai County and was almost wiped out.

To this end, he personally came to Nanhai County and upgraded the survival troops stationed in Nanhai County with rifles that could arm a regiment, hundreds of submachine guns, fifty machine guns, thirty pulse rifles, five Gauss sniper rifles, and elite soldiers who had all mastered the Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra to 20%, plus twenty alien evolved bodies.

Not to mention an army of 30,000, he has the confidence to defeat even an army of 300,000.

A squad leader put down his pulse rifle and ran towards Cheng Xiao. Pointing at the county magistrate's family, who had managed to survive thanks to the intrusion of Ugun and his daughter, and Tang Kuojie, who was seriously injured but not dead, he asked Cheng Xiao, "Cheng Tianshi, what should we do with these people?"

Cheng Xiao turned his head to look at the county magistrate who had lived for about ten minutes longer. The county magistrate was crawling on the execution platform like a wriggling reptile, and the joy of seeing a Song Dynasty general coming to rescue the execution ground was still frozen on his face.

Feeling Cheng Xiao's scrutiny, the county magistrate repeatedly slammed his head on the ground, crying out for mercy with tears streaming down his face: "Angel, angel! Please spare me, I know I was wrong. God is merciful. Please let me go, I will definitely..."

Blood spurted out, and a head fell to the ground and rolled several times, with a distorted expression still on the face.

Not everyone is like Wen Lie and Zheng Zha. When an ordinary person’s head falls to the ground, he is truly dead.

Cheng Xiao put the blood-stained sword back into the sheath and smacked his lips in dissatisfaction.

"This criticism and denunciation was a failure. It won't be the same next time. Take the injured executioner back to heal his wounds and lock him up first. You guys should kill all these people on behalf of the executioners... Good shot!" As he spoke, Cheng Xiao kicked the dead head of the county magistrate. The head shot out, flew hundreds of meters away, and hit a wall and smashed into pieces.

"Yes!"

The squad leader received the order and called on several soldiers to help the swordsman and axeman down. He then called on several more soldiers, picked up the ghost-head knives, and chopped at the crying and shouting family members of the county magistrate.

However, they were not professionals after all, and the ghost-head knife was damaged by Ugurun Liqing's continuous arrows.

With one cut, some people only broke the bones, and the head hung forward with a layer of flesh hanging on it. Some people's knives were cut crooked, and they split from the neck to the chest. Some people didn't grasp the angle well and split the head.

On the execution platform, there were continuous wailing and groaning, and shrill cries echoed. The people who had fled from Caishikou to the nearby houses looked out. The miserable sight of those whose heads were chopped in half and who were hanging on to their breaths half-dead made people feel horrified, but also filled with a sense of satisfaction of revenge.

Cheng Xiao jumped off the stage and picked up the Wind Fire Wheels that Tang Kuojie had dropped. He pulled out a communicator from his arms and, while examining the two wheels covered in talismans, said into the communicator, "Chu Xuan, there's indeed a problem in Nanhai County. You should have heard it just now, right? Not only are there 30,000 troops, but there are also three masters who came to rob the execution ground. Those three have strange names, but they're all masters. The strongest one is several times stronger than Qiu Chuji, while the weaker one is not much worse than Qiu Chuji. And they're riding Wind Fire Wheels, just like Nezha. Are there still cultivators in this world?"

"It can't be considered cultivation, but rather a folk art. It can be said to be a special martial art. Similar techniques have also appeared in the White Lotus Sect and Manichaeism, used to deceive people and play tricks."

Chu Xuan's voice rang out from the communicator.

"As for those three people...Have you seen The Outlaws of the Marsh?"

"What's the matter?"

Cheng Xiao tilted his head and asked in confusion:
Chu Xuan commented indifferently, "It's a low-quality fanfiction of Water Margin, barely a sequel. It was written by the Qing Dynasty novelist Yu Wanchun. He had participated in suppressing peasant uprisings and was very dissatisfied with the content of Water Margin. So he wrote the story about the 36 generals of the Thunder Department descending to the mortal world. Even when persecuted by Gao Qiu and his son, they didn't become bandits. Instead, they endured humiliation and killed the 108 generals of Liangshanpo to atone for their crimes."

"What's the matter?"

Cheng Xiao's response remained the same, but his tone was vastly different. He chuckled in anger, "Do you have any shame, you Tartar Qing bastards? The Four Great Classics all have sequels and fan fiction, but I've never seen one that discredits the original protagonists. In the Journey to the West sequels, Sun Wukong becomes increasingly powerful, yet this Water Margin sequel kills off all the original protagonists?"

Chu Xuan said indifferently: "This is an insignificant matter, don't deviate from the topic."

Cheng Xiao scratched the back of his head and said perfunctorily, "Okay, okay, go on."

Chu Xuan continued, "Ugurun Liqing, Tangkuo Jie, and Ugurun Xizhen, the three people you mentioned remind me of the three Thunder Generals in "The Bandits." Chen Xizhen, the descendant of Inner Minister Zhenjun, the Xiantian Rain Master of Qingxu Thunder Palace; Chen Liqing, the descendant of Axiang Goddess Yuanjun, the messenger of the Nine Heavens Thunder Gate in Qiongling Thunder Palace, who commands the eight-direction Thunder Chariot, flies high and slays evil spirits; and Kang Jie, the descendant of the Nine Heavens Thunder Gate Law Envoy in Fulin Thunder Palace, who issues edicts to pursue demons and monsters. Their names haven't changed, but their surnames have become Jurchen nobles."

"Wait! Wait! Didn't you say that the Thirty-Six Generals of the Thunder Department were loyal to the Song Dynasty? And that they helped the Song Dynasty defeat Liangshanpo? Then how did they become Jurchens?"

Cheng Xiao was confused.

Didn't Yu Wanchun use the Thirty-Six Generals of the Thunder Department to criticize the peasant uprising, making them lickspittles of the Song Dynasty? It's only been a hundred years, how come the race has changed?

Chu Xuan said calmly, "Within a few months, imperial decrees were issued, both internally and externally, resounding throughout the land. All witnessed the holy ruler and wise minister's supreme rule. From then on, the people lived in peace, the people worked happily, and they honored the will of heaven and enjoyed eternal peace. This is the story after the 36 generals of the Thunder Department pacified Liangshan."

"Hmm? This sounds a bit off to me. It's clearly just a simple song praising the imperial court..."

Cheng Xiao was about to mock, but suddenly felt something was wrong.

Singing praises for the imperial court is too common. After all, the whole book of "Outlaws of the Marsh" was written to belittle the peasant uprising and glorify the imperial court.

However, after pacifying Liangshan, within a few months, they met the Holy Emperor...

"Wait! After pacifying Liangshan, it wasn't long before the Jingkang Incident and the exile of the two emperors, right? Which sage emperor did the Thirty-Six Thunder Generals meet? The one that your servant, Zhao Gou, pays homage to?"

Cheng Xiao suddenly reacted.

According to the timeline, within a few months, Zhao Gou became the puppet emperor of the Jin Dynasty!
Chu Xuan explained, "From a divine and demonic perspective, during that period, destiny lay with the Jin, not the Song. The Thirty-Six Thunder Generals pledged their loyalty to the Jin, and it was normal for them to be reborn as Jin nobles after death. From a novelist's perspective, the Jurchens are the Manchus. The protagonist's husband is named Zhu Yongqing, and her brother is Zhu Wannian. Zhu is the eternal peace of the Jin."

The corners of Cheng Xiao's mouth twitched, and he said impatiently, "This is fucking bullshit! So those three guys who fought with me were the three Thunder Generals from Heaven? Isn't this a fucking martial arts world? Didn't you also say there weren't any cultivators? How come even gods are popping up?"

Chu Xuan said calmly, "Perhaps it was because Wen Lie single-handedly dealt a heavy blow to the Celestial God Team and the Mongolian Army, and we also rebelled within the Song Dynasty, that the Lord God increased the difficulty of the horror film and caused the Thirty-Six Thunder Generals to awaken their past memories. As for the martial arts world, yes, this is indeed a martial arts world, but who says that martial arts worlds can't have gods? Don't forget, Genghis Khan, wielding the Canglang Blade, is a character from the martial arts world's Tianzi Legend. Gods and Demons are also martial arts. Tianzi Legend and Fengyun both have gods and demons, but they are all based on martial arts, and gods and demons are just stronger martial arts masters."

"Okay, you have a point. Damn! Even gods have appeared. Sigh! Chu Xuan, if we go against the will of heaven and destroy the Song Dynasty in advance and then destroy Mongolia, will another group of gods appear?"

Cheng Xiao felt funny, but he really couldn't laugh.

The Return of the Condor Heroes, the Hong Kong comic The Return of the Condor Heroes, and The Legend of the Emperor 8: Genghis Khan, who became Wang Chongyang's apprentice, are equivalent to The Water Margin with the background of The Legend of the Condor Heroes. They share the same worldview of gods, demons and martial arts as The Legend of the Emperor 8, and The Outlaws of the Marsh belongs to the same worldview as The Water Margin.

The Lord God is really trying hard to mess with the Zhongzhou team. If this continues, the Queen Mother of the Nine Heavens will descend to the mortal world, right? Will the immortals of the Heavenly Court descend to the mortal world to slay the demons from outside the realm?

"Hahaha!"

Cheng Xiao couldn't help but laughed out loud.

Chu Xuan didn't laugh, his tone was as indifferent as ever.

"There's a possibility, but it's not high, only about 30%. There are still six months until the mission ends, and the Lord God won't perform a deus ex machina in the final days."

Cheng Xiao sighed, "Alright, alright, as long as they don't cause any more trouble, it'll be fine. The Thirty-Six Generals of the Thunder Department? I've seen their strength, and while they're quite capable, they're no stronger than me. Even if there were thirty-six of them, our army wouldn't be able to withstand them. That said, to deal with the Thirty-Six Generals of the Thunder Department, we probably won't be able to send troops to support Xiangyang in such a short time."

"Well, that makes sense. We really can't go to support Xiangyang. For now, let's just fight our own battles. I believe Zheng Zha and the others will not die."

Chu Xuan spoke lightly, and the tone sounded a little strange to Cheng Xiao, as if he had no intention of supporting Xiangyang from the beginning.

Maybe I heard it wrong?

Cheng Xiao said in his heart.

(End of this chapter)