Reborn as Xiao in another world, targeted by the little red bird

Xiao slowly opened his eyes, and the first thing he saw were more than a dozen figures wearing armor.

He first looked down at himself and found that he was wearing light armor like them.

He turned his head and looked around again. The sky was covered with dark clouds and he couldn't tell the time. In the distance, yellow sand was rising high, like a yellow curtain descending from the sky.

From time to time, explosions were heard from a distance, and the leaves of the weeds beside the boots were shaking.

This is near the space channel in the Black River Wasteland. The monsters at the other end of the channel have begun to encroach on this land again.

Xiao didn't wonder why he knew this, he just thought it was natural.

At the front of the crowd was a man with a white scar on the left side of his face, holding a short pole in his right hand.

He waved to the dozen or so people in front of him and said in a hoarse voice, "Come here."

Upon hearing this, Xiao walked out of the crowd and took the lead in occupying a good position next to the man.

The crowd extended to both sides around the man with a scar on the left side of his face, forming a crescent shape, and no one made any unnecessary noise.

The man didn't say anything at first, but bent down and drew a line on the sand with the short stick in his hand. The dust he raised flew past everyone's legs.

Xiao looked at the painting outlined by lines on the ground, and for a moment he couldn't tell what it was.

“It’s a map.”

A voice suddenly sounded in his mind. Xiao looked up at the others. At this moment, their attention was all on the painting on the ground. It was obviously impossible that the words just now were said by them.

Maybe I've been nervous for too long and started hallucinating.

Xiao stopped thinking about the sudden voice and focused his attention on the painting again.

In less than a minute, the man with the scar on his left cheek finished the painting. He pointed at a spot on the painting with a short stick and said, "Look carefully, this is the location of the space passage. The general blocked the beast tide here, but here, here..."

The man pointed to four locations on the painting and said, "General, be careful of the loopholes in these areas. Have the scouts keep a close eye on them. We are responsible for this area."

After he finished speaking, he straightened up and scanned everyone's face. "Remember, one incense stick of time to report. If you don't report by the time, I will consider you dead and report you as killed in action."

"Yes!" everyone said in unison.

The man took out an oilcloth bag from his arms, shook it open with a snap, and revealed a bunch of time-keeping incense wrapped inside.

"Divide into groups according to the old rules. Those whose names I call will come up to receive the time-limited incense. Fang Min..."

Hearing the sound, Xiao stepped forward and took three yellow time-keeping incense sticks from the other party.

The other party called out two names in total. The other one was Zheng Tao, who was Xiao's teammate.

After receiving the timed incense, Xiao summoned his contracted beast, which was a horse-like spirit beast with wind attributes.

Although he had awakened his bloodline and his realm was not low, reaching the Saint level, and his mobility was many times stronger than that of an ordinary person, scouts had many tasks, such as monitoring enemy movements, reporting gaps on the battlefield, preventing enemy sneak attacks, clearing out scattered enemies, etc. There was no need to waste physical energy on the road.

The two men lit the time-keeping incense, mounted their horses, and galloped towards the northwest.

A burst of "boom" sound came into Xiao's ears. He couldn't tell whether it was a muffled thunder or the sound of our generals fighting with high-level monsters.

Xiao's mind was not on the road ahead, and his auditory hallucinations continued.

The voice in his head muttered a bunch of words he couldn't understand. At first it was mocking him, but then it got anxious for some reason and started cursing. However, the words it used were quite polite, and he didn't feel offended at all.

The auditory hallucinations are getting worse and worse. After this war is over, I will probably have to apply to the rear for rest and treatment.

This shabby place is really not a place for human beings to stay.

"Fang Fang, what are you thinking about? You're completely distracted." Zheng Tao suddenly spoke up. "You haven't been home for a long time, are you missing your wife?"

"Wife?" Xiao came back to his senses and looked at the other person in confusion.

"Eh—?" Zheng Tao deliberately stretched out his tone, raised his eyebrows, and showed a surprised expression, "Isn't it? Did I guess wrong?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao fell into deep thought.

Do I have a wife?

Somehow, the noisy auditory hallucinations in my head disappeared.

Xiao continued to think.

I think I do.

No, I don’t think I’m married yet.

That's the fiancée?

Do I have a fiancée?

Have?

who is it?

No?

wrong.

Xiao felt his mind was in a mess, as if a ball of wool was stuffed in it, and he couldn't make sense of his thoughts.

He seemed to have forgotten something very important.

There was another thing that bothered him a little. The auditory hallucination appeared again not long after it had just stopped.

"Don't be shy. It's normal to miss your wife." Zheng Tao drove his mount closer to Xiao and patted him on the back twice. "Well, I did think about it, but I didn't get a wife. I can only wait and see if there is a chance to take care of my wife for me in the future."

Xiao looked at Zheng Tao with a strange expression.

What do you mean by the following words?

Do you want to take care of my wife for me?

Xiao's fist is a little hard.

"Stop, stop, stop. Don't look at me like that. I'm not who you think I am." Zheng Tao raised his hand to block Xiao's sight. "Your wife is very tough. Only you can calm her down. That's why I won't have any ideas about her. Bah, I won't have any ideas about my brother's wife. I'm just helping, helping!"

Xiao retracted his gaze and said coldly, "Seriously, we are on a reconnaissance mission."

Zheng Tao said nonchalantly, "This is a siege organized by the general. How could there be a fish that slipped through the net so easily? Even if there was, it can't be such a coincidence that we ran into it, right?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw three beast-like creatures appear on a hill not far ahead.

It's a monster.

Zheng Tao was choked by this development, then he smiled and said, "They are just a few low-level monsters, nothing more than walking battle achievements. Just wait and see how I take them down."

After saying that, he accelerated and rushed forward.

Xiao did not follow immediately, but instead followed the regulations and reported the situation to his superiors using the communication stone before taking any action.

The two of them ran towards the three monsters, one in front and one behind. The latter were frightened by their appearance and quickly turned around and fled.

"Escape? You can escape..."

Pfft——!

Zheng Tao stopped talking abruptly before he could finish his words. He lowered his head in shock and saw an extremely large claw sinking into his chest. Bright red blood flowed down the edge of the claw and fell into the dry sand, leaving a dark mark.

His face was full of disbelief, as if to say, how could he be hit by such an attack.

From the other side of the hill walked out a magical beast that was stronger than any of them.

Xiao hurriedly tightened the reins, but the mount under him could not stop and rushed straight towards the monster. Xiao had no choice but to abandon the mount and jump off.

The ground was covered with a thin layer of gravel, which was quite soft, so Xiao was not injured.

He got up from the ground and looked up, only to see Zheng Tao's corpse approaching him rapidly.

Xiao had no time to dodge and was hit directly, knocking him away. By the time he pushed the corpse away and stood up again, the monster had already arrived in front of him, raising its claws covered in blood and mud, and was about to grab him in the heart.

Xiao wanted to avoid it, but found that no matter how hard he tried, his body could not move at all. It was as if an unknown force had imprisoned him, forcing him to face the fate of being killed by the monster.

wrong!

The scene of Zheng Tao crashing head-on into the monster's claws just now flashed through Xiao's mind. When he thought of his own strange situation, a gleam of light suddenly flashed in his eyes.

This is not Teyvat, so there is no such thing as a predetermined fate.

How can a villain decide his fate?

A green wind appeared out of nowhere, swirled around his body, and tore apart the restraining force.

Xiao only felt his body lighten, and hurriedly continued to dodge, but was ultimately delayed by the force and missed the best time to dodge. A piece of flesh on his left arm was gouged out by the monster's claws, and his entire left arm was immediately bleeding.

In response, Xiao just frowned slightly.

He remembered.

After he and Yang Ce experienced two more afterimages of the past, he received a warning from the Green Goblin, and then a blood-red mist suddenly emerged around them and swallowed them up.

This should be the "big show" that Bai Jie mentioned.

Roar--!

The roar of the monster made Xiao regain his composure. Xiao was angry about his survival, and he roared and attacked again.

Xiao tried to summon the Kabuto, but failed. He then tried to make a gun himself, but still failed.

At this time, the monster was already right in front of them.

Xiao dodged the sharp claws sideways and climbed up the beast's body along the arm. He kicked hard on its back and used the force to grab its head and twist it twice.

The monster's roar stopped abruptly, replaced by the teeth-grinding sound of bones breaking.

The monster's huge body slammed forward onto the ground, but it did not die immediately. Xiao jumped off its back, grabbed one of its claws and twisted it back, and the sound of broken bones was heard again.

Xiao plunged his claws into its back, delivering a fatal blow.

After doing all this, Xiao looked at the three monsters.

Stared at by that pair of cold golden eyes that did not belong to humans, the three monsters suddenly felt as if they were falling into an ice cellar. It seemed as if an invisible knife in the air was slicing their bodies again and again, draining their blood and losing their body temperature.

They were originally ready to move, but now they showed expressions of fear and turned around to flee.

Xiao didn't chase them, but just watched them run away quietly.

He suddenly lost his strength and knelt down, supporting himself on the ground with his hands, vomiting blood.

Wounds crawled up Xiao's cheeks, and bright red blood was oozing from the gaps in the armor.