“What is that?”
“It’s too dark to see clearly. It looks like a bamboo tube.”
“He said it’s a treasure. How is a bamboo tube a treasure? He said we’d understand after seeing it. What can a bamboo tube make us understand?”
“Who knows? He told us to watch, so we’ll watch.”
…
The attention of the bandits and the several big leaders was completely drawn to the bamboo tube in Old Black’s hand.
Under the gaze of all the bandits, Old Black took a fire starter from A-Lan.
He blew on it vigorously, then lit the fuse on the bamboo tube.
When the fuse was about to burn to the end, Old Black roared, “Watch closely!”
Then, using all his strength, he threw the bamboo tube into the air.
The bamboo tube traced an arc in the sky, flying towards the bandits at the foot of the mountain.
The bandits’ gazes followed the bamboo tube. No one noticed that Old Black had already squatted down, covering his eyes tightly with his arms and burying his head in his thighs.
Not only Old Black, but all the veteran soldiers, female soldiers, including Jin Feng and Guan Xiaorou, were doing the same.
The bamboo tube tumbled through the air to above the bandits’ heads, burst open with a pop, then emitted a “hiss” sound.
Immediately after, it bloomed with incomparably dazzling light!
The bandits felt as if they had seen the midday sun. Their vision suddenly went white, and then they could see nothing.
“What is this? Why is it so bright?”
“Heavens, am I blind?”
“I can’t see either!”
“A-Gui, where are you?”
…
All the bandits were blinded by the sudden flash of light. They panicked, rubbing their eyes that kept streaming tears.
No wonder the person on the mountaintop said they would understand after seeing it.
Indeed, it was very bright, very white.
Blindingly bright, piercingly white!
Yes, Jin Feng’s special weapon was a flashbang.
In fact, before going to Weizhou City, when he had Qing Huai’s steward procure items, he obtained a packet of magnesium powder.
However, turning it into a flashbang took Jin Feng a lot of effort, and he only succeeded recently.
He had also prepared some crude gunpowder and made some grenades, but due to limited conditions, the crude gunpowder was not very stable. It might explode from a bump, so Jin Feng did not dare equip the veteran soldiers with them or put them on the carriage.
He only placed a few homemade flashbangs in the heavy crossbow crate.
Also because of limited conditions, the homemade flashbangs were not as powerful as the ones Jin Feng had seen in his previous life. Their effect would be greatly reduced in daylight, so he insisted on waiting until dark to use them.
Now, the effect was much better than he had imagined.
At least the bandits had all become blind. Many were so frightened that they groped around, crashing into things.
Many bandits were tripped by rocks, branches, and such on the ground, then other bandits were tripped by them.
Some unlucky ones even groped their way to the other side of the official road and fell off the cliff.
Even the war horses tied by the road were not spared. Although they did not look directly at the flashbang, they still saw the scattered strong light and became blind too, frantically kicking their hooves.
“Sir, this thing you made is too powerful, isn’t it?”
Qing Mulian had stood up by now. Looking at the chaotic bandits at the foot of the mountain, she grabbed Jin Feng’s arm and shouted excitedly, “All the bandits are blind!”
“Sir is mighty!”
Old Black and several veteran soldiers cheered excitedly.
A-Mei’s eyes were also full of surprise.
She had not expected that Jin Feng had really done it.
With his own strength, he had rendered hundreds of bandits incapable of resistance.
Guan Xiaorou and Tang Xiaobei’s gazes towards Jin Feng were filled with deep admiration and worship.
The man before them had never disappointed them.
“Alright, don’t get too excited yet.”
Jin Feng said, “This is my first time using a flashbang. I don’t know how long they’ll be blind. Old Black, give them another one, then we’ll leave quickly.”
“Got it!”
Old Black quickly took out another bamboo tube.
Seeing this, everyone quickly squatted with their heads hugged, as Jin Feng had taught them.
Only Tang Xiaobei was very curious about something that could blind so many bandits. When she heard Old Black throw the bamboo tube, she could not resist her curiosity and looked up.
Then, just like the bandits, it was as if she had stared at the midday sun for an hour. Both eyes could see nothing.
“Husband!”
Tang Xiaobei now finally understood why the bandits at the foot of the mountain were groping around.
When a normal person suddenly goes blind, they instinctively feel panic and may even lose balance due to the sudden loss of vision.
They subconsciously want to grab something to increase their sense of security.
Tang Xiaobei was like this now. She grabbed Guan Xiaorou’s arm beside her and held on tightly.
“Xiaobei, what’s wrong?”
Guan Xiaorou saw Tang Xiaobei groping around just like the bandits below and was so frightened that her little face went pale.
Jin Feng heard the sound and lifted his head from his thighs.
Seeing Tang Xiaobei’s state, his expression changed slightly. He reached out and grabbed her small hand.
Feeling the familiar sensation from her palm, the panicked Tang Xiaobei finally felt at ease.
Only then did Jin Feng ask, “Xiaobei, you didn’t sneak a peek at the flashbang, did you?”
“I was curious…”
Tang Xiaobei stuck out her tongue and answered embarrassedly.
“Curiosity killed the cat. I told you not to look, but you had to peek. Now you know how powerful it is, right?”
Jin Feng instinctively reached out with his other hand, wanting to slap her bottom.
But seeing her tears streaming down her face and her pitiful appearance, he withdrew his hand.
“Husband, I won’t be blind forever, will I?”
Tang Xiaobei asked with some worry.
“Don’t worry, you won’t. At most, you’ll lie at home for a few days and be fine.”
Jin Feng pulled her up, amused and exasperated.
Hearing Jin Feng say this, Tang Xiaobei finally relaxed.
“Really can’t see anything at all?”
Qing Mulian was actually very curious too, but she held back, planning to research it later when they got back.
Who knew Tang Xiaobei would step on the mine for her first.
This made Qing Mulian extremely happy. She waved her palm in front of Tang Xiaobei’s eyes. Seeing no reaction, she even extended her fingers, making a poking motion towards her eyes.
Tang Xiaobei still had no reaction.
“Hey, what are you doing? Xiaobei can’t see now. If she takes a step forward and you really poke her blind, what then?”
Jin Feng slapped Qing Mulian’s arm away irritably.
“Husband, what is Sister Mulian doing?”
Tang Xiaobei quickly asked.
“What else? Taking advantage of you not seeing, poking your eyes with her fingers.”
Jin Feng answered casually.
“What?”
Tang Xiaobei instinctively closed her eyes and stepped back.
Unexpectedly, she stepped on a rock, cried out “Ouch!” and fell to the ground.
Her ankle swelled up at a visible speed.
Great!
Now not only blind, but also lame.
Qing Mulian held back several times but finally could not and laughed gleefully at her misfortune.
