Chapter 243: Chapter 241 Tie Niu’s Reaction
He had only run a short distance of about thirty to fifty meters when the flint had already burned right in front of the iron sphere.
After all, this flint was merely attached to the rope with some gunpowder, thus lacking the slow burning characteristic of modern fuses.
This distance of a dozen meters was covered in just a few breaths.
Seeing there was no time left, Lin Yi, fuming with anger, threw a punch into the air and couldn’t help but shout loudly at the Deputy General beside him:
“Bastard, get down immediately! Cover your head and get down!”
If it weren’t for this fellow’s previous hesitation, if it weren’t for his disregard, given the time the flint took to burn, even if he couldn’t make it close to Lin Yi, running a hundred or two hundred meters away would still have been plausible.
Even though in ancient society human lives were as cheap as grass, and people dying was too common.
But for Lin Yi from the future, human life was still very valuable and very important.
He didn’t want anyone to pay the price unless it was absolutely necessary.
Besides, today’s situation originally had no danger at all.
At this moment, Lin Yi’s commanding presence among the group was fully demonstrated.
After hearing Lin Yi’s shout, the Deputy General running towards him was startled.
Without thinking, he instantly followed Lin Yi’s words and covered his head, lying down on the ground.
At this point, he was already scared because of what had just happened, truly afraid that Lin Yi might drag him out and execute him for disobeying his commands earlier.
However, just as he lay down, just as he wondered whether he would be punished upon returning, he suddenly felt a thunderous boom behind him.
He then experienced the sensation of the mountains shaking and the earth trembling.
Lying on the ground, he felt the entire earth shake.
This was followed by a deafening roar, making his ears buzz violently.
Besides, he felt something harshly hit his back several times.
For a moment, he stood frozen on the spot, unsure of what to do.
His ears couldn’t hear any sound at all.
It can be said that this incident had completely dazed him, paralyzing him in place.
But looking at the scene at this moment, and looking at the original position of the Landmine.
As soon as the flame from the flint pierced into the interior of the landmine, it immediately triggered a violent reaction from the gunpowder inside.
In an instant, the intense force of the gunpowder blast shattered the landmine into pieces.
Not only that, following were fierce flames and a plume of black smoke, along with the scattered pieces of metal and the internal steel nails, iron nails, and other materials.
It can be said, in just an instant, all the dummy figures within a radius of several meters centered on the landmine had collapsed.
Even the dummy figure at a location of 30 meters swayed a few times.
Following the sound of the explosion here and the light of the explosion, Lin Yi also quickly ducked down.
Because of his prior shouting at the Deputy General, he hadn’t covered his ears with his hands, and now there was a ringing in his ears.
As for what exactly happened in the center of the explosion, at this moment Lin Yi could not see anything at all.
Because that area was already enveloped by a thick black smoke.
There’s no way around it, research on gunpowder currently is still insufficient, thus this gunpowder is not smokeless and emits an enormous amount of thick smoke.
Looking at the present moment, those soldiers had already been terrified.
Although they had to lie down on the ground due to Sir Lin’s order, the tremendous sound still caused them all to tremble instantly, landing them in a state of shock.
What had they seen? They had actually witnessed Divine Thunder descend from the sky!
Indeed, in their eyes, the scene just now was as if a bolt of lightning had struck right in front of them.
Moreover, the immense sound caused their ears to ring, their whole heads were dazed, and they had no idea what to do next.
All in all, they were standing there stupefied, like a series of statues.
However, compared to these people who had never seen gunpowder before, Lin Yi was obviously much calmer.
Aside from some ringing in his ears, there were no other abnormalities.
Just when Lin Yi, somewhat awkwardly, rose from the ground, he was shocked to discover a silhouette had suddenly appeared in front of him.
Upon closer inspection, he realized this person was in the shape of a big ‘X’, arms stretched wide, shielding him in front, completely covering him behind.
Moreover, this person was none other than Tie Niu, the big black man.
Currently, Tie Niu was blocking Lin Yi, facing the cloud of black smoke in the center of the area.
Meanwhile, although he positioned himself in front of Lin Yi, his facial expression was not much different from those around him.
At this moment, he was also scared enough, his face full of shock.
Although he was the main contributor in creating the landmine, it should not be forgotten that he was no more than a blacksmith.
Hence, he had never seen such a spectacle.
Not to mention them, even the individuals who had come along, involved in developing gunpowder, were equally startled.
They never expected that the nondescript powder Sir Lin had them make possessed such tremendous power, capable of producing such terrifying noises and movements.
Of course, setting these aside, looking at the big black figure in front, at Tie Niu who was thoroughly protecting him, it would be false to say Lin Yi was not touched.
In such a moment, regardless of his intentions or plans, Tie Niu was genuinely shielding him.
This fact deeply moved Lin Yi, and his favorable impression of him skyrocketed.
However, given Lin Yi’s status here, he had to maintain a serious expression.
Therefore, despite his touched feelings, his face remained mostly expressionless as he stepped forward and patted the big man’s arm.
As for why he patted his arm instead of his shoulder.
It was obvious that Lin Yi also wanted to pat his shoulder, but his height simply didn’t permit it:
“All is well now, let’s go, let’s have a look.”
After saying this, Lin Yi walked straight ahead.